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Okay, let's go on. "Suna." Suna, a dental assistant, and Mona, a nurse,
are two good friends having coffee and looking at newspaper ads for places to rent.
I encourage my clients never put all the eggs in one basket.
And in my case that means spread the news about the candidate to as many professional
colleagues as possible. Peter: Next one would be, do you use the personal
pronouns "I" "me" and "my" in your résumé? Generation Me?
What do you think, Ma'am? Skills International has a well-established
history of communicating with many employment counseling agencies, and they have well-established
connections with real employers who are willing to give not just placement, internships, but
real jobs to newcomers. They are offering a few unique online tools.
That is Optimal Résumé ®, Perfect Interview ®, and their online database.
This database was created to connect local employers who are specifically looking for
newcomer jobseekers. So that's the competitive advantage of this database.
Peter: If there is no age and they call you for an interview, and they like you as a person...
It's not just me now, their employment counsellor. It's also the Skills International team, who
will guide them step by step and who will connect them to employers here in this province
and nationwide. They are working on it day by day, I know
that. We as employment counsellors might not always
have the time to do this -- time and resources. But I see my duty in connecting my clients
to people who do it.