Stats Can: The highest (and lowest) paying jobs in Canada right now

Here’s an up-to-date look at which Canadians are bringing home the fattest paycheques and who is falling behind. The data crunchers over at Statistics Canada have just released a report on hourly wages for occupations across the country. We recently reported that the average Canadian income is just over $50k … Read More

Canadian employer survey reveals where the hiring will (and won’t) be over the coming months

New information on the Canadian job market indicates which regions and sectors can expect robust hiring – and which areas are falling behind. The latest Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada released just last Friday showed that the Canadian economy had added a surprising 55,000 new jobs in May. Most … Read More

Eight interview questions you don’t need the answers to (because you won’t be getting the job)

Asking the wrong questions in job interviews can send red flags to employers that you are not the kind of candidate they’re looking for – and that working with you will probably suck. There’s usually some small talk at the beginning of a job interview which can seem conversational. Don’t … Read More

Where you can buy booze in Ontario without the LCBO

[UPDATED: June 9, 2017] Ontario residents could soon find the doors to their local liquor store locked up indefinitely. Unionized workers of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) had requested a “no board” report from the Ministry of Labour. That is a report that tells the union that no … Read More

Investing in a Trump World

We are several months into the new US Administration led by President Donald Trump and it has been anything but business as usual. Each day brings tweets, suggestions of scandal, press conferences that leave reporters trying to make sense of answers and just general confusion all round. Nobody would blame … Read More

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