At a supervision meeting with a Master’s student yesterday, Jules Richardson and I became very enthusiastic about the student’s proposed study of LinkedIn. The project is about the use of LinkedIn as a job search tool. Surveys indicate that recruiters are increasingly using social media to identify appropriate applicants. As a result, job seekers are […]
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Late last week the media started to leak the news that the Ontario government is considering the repeal of all day kindergarten. Today, multiple outlets confirmed that Don Drummond’s report to Dalton McGuinty will suggest a number of service cuts – including the elimination of this new educational plan. Ouch! This is a pretty significant […]
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My research partner, Basak Yanar, and I are recruiting participants for a new study. We are investigating the effectiveness of a few workshops that train people in job search skills. All sessions focus on how to use social media to differentiate yourself during your search. We have put together a program that we believe teaches […]
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The New York Times published a set of opinions on unpaid internships – do they exploit young people or provide them with valuable experience? The opinions presented are fairly brief and, therefore, do not really get into a substantive debate of the issues on this topic but they do hit on some interesting points. This […]
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Up until this point, this Blog has been largely for students in my Master’s course at York University. I am not teaching Learning and Development this semester. In fact, I am about to take a long hiatus from teaching. On July 1, I will be starting a sabbatical. If I continued to relate the Blog […]
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