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February 2008 Archives
What’s wrong with HR
They’re idiots. A “recruitment leader” from IBM answers a question in today’s Globe and Mail (print edition only): “The reason to ask the question is to get a ballpark of where they are in terms of making it a win-win,” Ms. Puskas says.
The Battle of Other Milk Solids
Did you know that there is a pitched battle being waged over the composition of cheese? Since technological advances have made possible the creation of a whole new generation of milk products (for example, isolates or milk protein concentrates), which are not necessarily subject to tariff quotas and can therefore be imported freely into Canada,(2)continue reading
Anywhere but here
It’s no secret that Canada’s immigration system makes no sense at all. After spending much time and energy selecting highly-skilled, highly-educated immigrants, we leave them to their own devices, with few job placement programs in place and a patchwork of “bridging programs” that range from expensive, sometimes redundant re-training courses at universities to humiliatingly basiccontinue reading
Parenthood made simple
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Best new magazine
I noticed this magazine at Pages the other day and picked it up, assuming it was a special Russia issue of some trendy design magazine. But no — it’s actually the third issue of a stylish magazine about Russia, covering style, art, business, and a lot more. Highlights of this issue include: – an annotatedcontinue reading
Unintended consequences…
Here’s an economic side effect that one might not have seen coming — business is good for Texans selling paraphernalia to cowboy-mad Germans following the wind boom: “Dandy’s Western Wear, the local cowboy attire shop, cannot keep enough python skin and cowhide boots in stock because of all the Danes and Germans who have comecontinue reading
The second T is for transportation
This is awesome. Schedule here: http://www.tnt-supermarket.com/images/bus_schedule_1.pdf
February 23 is Open That Bottle Night
According to the Star, and backed up by the inevitable Open That Bottle Night website. Open That Bottle Night (OTBN) is the event you have been waiting for…the time when you are entitled to uncork that cherished bottle and enjoy the contents. It doesn’t matter if the wine is expensive or low cost, white orcontinue reading
“The Problem”
…is not so much with music downloading, it’s with the math. Let’s look at this piece from yesterday’s Star, shall we? THE PROBLEM Sales of CDs are down 20 per cent worldwide and 35 per cent in Canada, compared to 2006. An estimated 1.6 billion music files are downloaded in Canada each year on “grey-market”continue reading