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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
It’s like the first day of high school all over again, the same old fear that you won’t be liked, that you won’t fit in, that you won’t be wearing the right clothes, says Katherine Craig, a former human resources executive and founder of Spearhead Executive Coaching. Imposter syndrome — that worry that you’re really not qualified — sets in early, and things go downhill from there. “Your anxiety is greatest before action actually starts. Because you’re not even there, so you’re imagining all the worst things,” says Craig. “Nature abhors a vacuum, so we make up the story, it gets uglier and uglier. By the (time you start the job) you’ve lost 10 pounds or you’ve gained 30, one or the other.” There are some important differences between high school and the workplace, however: unless you were starting at a new school, you usually had a support network, friends who were facing the situation with you.
And there’s more to lose if things go badly at a new job. The problem from the perspective of the company is that new employees don’t get over it soon enough. “Anxiety decreases performance,” says Craig. “You are distracted. You’re not thinking with your whole head about the program, your deliverables. In those first weeks all you’re trying to do is survive, to fit in.” Companies invest a lot of time and money putting a new hire’s bum in a seat. It takes about six months to reach the point where the new employee’s contribution meets the employer’s contribution. “Not because the new hire necessarily doesn’t have the skills — you hired the person with the skills, they have the skills to do that job — it’s the anxiety. They’re distracted.”
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Mayor of Stephenville says government's announcement of an aquaculture hatchery in the town will have a tremendous impact on the community. Tom O'Brien says it will help diversify the local economy. He says there will be construction jobs and some full- and part-time jobs once it opens. He says when completed, it will be the largest in North America, and he says that's something to be proud of. O'Brien says the company, Northern Harvest, is anxious to start construction. He says it could begin within the next few weeks. He says they want to get the first building up by the fall, so there's going to be an immediate boost to the local economy.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Marport is a leading underwater acoustics technology company based in St. John’s. According to a news release, this is the third consecutive year that Marport has been named to the MTR 100. Marine Technology Reporter is the world’s largest audited circulation magazine to cover the marine technology market. Each year the magazine evaluates and ranks marine technology companies worldwide to create the MTR 100 list. In the July/August 2010 Issue of MTR, Marport and the other MTR 100 companies are profiled as the leading companies serving the global marine technology industry.
The release states that Marport was selected based on the merit of its Software Defined Sonar® platform. Software Defined Sonar (SDS) is an advanced technology that’s revolutionizing the underwater acoustics industry by enabling significant increases in sonar flexibility, capability and price/performance value. “The Marport team continues to work hard to produce innovative and customer-focused sonar technology such as our Software Defined Sonar platform,” said Karl Kenny, Marport’s President & CEO. “It’s a true honour to be recognized as a leader amongst some of the best known marine technology companies in the world.”
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Government of Canada is funding a project that will make it easier for internationally trained accountants to find work in their field. The Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada) will receive $990,993 in Foreign Credential Recognition Program funding for its project entitled Foreign Credential Recognition National Harmonization.
"Attracting and retaining the best international talent to address existing and future labour market challenges is critical to Canada's long-term economic success," said Minister of State Moore. "Through Canada's Economic Action Plan, we invested $50 million to improve foreign credential recognition so that newcomers can put their knowledge and skills to work sooner." CGA-Canada's project will create a national online self-assessment tool that will provide timely, fair and consistent evaluations of foreign-trained accountants' education and work experience. The Association will also work with international accounting bodies whose programs align closely with Canadian standards to develop mutual credential recognition agreements.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
The Atlantic Province's Economic Council's latest report card shows Newfoundland and Labrador saw a decline in federal employment in the last 17 years. APEC senior economist David Chaundy says following budget cuts in the 1990s, federal employment has increased steadily, though over half of those new jobs are based in Ottawa. Between 1992 and 2009, this province and Nova Scotia saw the steepest declines in federal employment in the country at 19% and 13% respectively. The report shows New Brunswick saw a net gain of 7% while PEI saw the strongest increase with a gain of more than 50% since 1992. In Newfoundland and Labrador, DFO and the Canada Revenue Agency are the two largest federal employers.
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