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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:40 PM
IT Skills In Canada – Part 4 (Final)
(This is part 4 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the final part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada. This part is titled “Myth 4 – Certifications
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:27 AM
IT Skills Shortage – Myths and Realities – Part 3
(This is part 3 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada. This part is titled “Myth 3 – I have
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Monday, March 30, 2009 12:36 PM
IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities – Part 2
(This is part 2 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada. This part is titled “Myth 2 - There
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:13 PM
IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities - Part 1
Working in today’s IT industry comes with a variety of challenges, especially in these tough economic times. Jobs are becoming more complex, employers expectations are high and employees need more than just technical skills to grow their careers.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:17 PM
DreamSpark: Preparing the next-gen workforce
I have been thinking a lot lately about the IT skills shortage. According to the Information and Communications Technology Council , from 2008 to 2015, Canadian employers will need to recruit as many as 178,800 technology workers. But based on their projections
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:57 PM
National Forum for Women in Technology Builds Momentum with Microsoft Canada
National Forum for Women in Technology Builds Momentum with Microsoft Canada and Launch of BC Chapter CATA WIT Expands its Support to Women in Technology in Challenging Economic Times Vancouver, March 17 2009 - The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:50 PM
Canada <Heart> IT. Vote Now – IgniteIT Awards
This year we brought together the MSDN and Technet Canada awards to create the IgniteIT Awards . This is a special award in Canada as it recognizes the hard work and innovation of the members of our IT community across Canada. The submission periods
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:58 PM
Hey Canada Technology Professionals: Ignite Your Career!
We’ve launched a great new set of webcasts called “ Ignite Your Career ”. It’s all focused on helping Canada’s ICT professionals be a successful as possible. So, it’s all about you. We’ve pulled together 6 great topics and a set of awesome
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:24 PM
It’s time to get creative
If you haven’t already, check out the Ontario in the Creative Age report released last week by Richard Florida and Roger Martin of the Rotman School of Management. It’s focused on Ontario, but it applies to every major city in Canada. It’s fascinating
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:28 PM
Techdays – A Revolution In Supporting Your Career & Developing Your Skills.
Techdays 2008 - our premier event for Canada’s Developers & IT Professionals – will soon be here. Today I wrote this to be included in a newsletter we are sending out to the IT Professional audience. I thought I would share it here on
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 1:41 PM
Our Participation @ Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Week
From the Communitech blog : Research In Motion, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google and Sun Microsystems will connect with new tech companies in Waterloo Region during Entrepreneur Week, Canada’s largest event dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. In an unprecedented
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Friday, September 26, 2008 10:26 AM
Reach out to new Canadians to battle tech talent crunch
Sharif, our HR VP, is featured in this article in Itbusiness.ca. He talks about ways to address the talent crunch in Canada. Reach out to new Canadians to battle tech talent crunch, urges Microsoft exec. 9/25/2008 5:00:00 AM By: Kavita
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:28 PM
Ignite Your Career
If you haven’t noticed, we have a bit of a theme behind our events and programs this year – developing your skills and career . A major hit last year was our “ Ignite Your Career ” series. These webcasts, featuring a great line-up of experts
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:11 PM
EnergizeIT 2008 – Are you going?
www.energizeit.ca This is our “capstone” event for the year (remember, when I say year, I am talking fiscal year – July – June). EnergizeIT is the premier event for Canada’s IT Technology Professionals. This year's
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Monday, February 04, 2008 10:07 PM
Heroes Happen {Here} - Community Connection Events
http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2008/02/04/community-connection-events-diamond-in-the-rough.aspx We've been getting a number of inquiries as to "What the heck is this event?", "Why should I bother going?" and "What's
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