JOB FUTURES

Job Futures (www.jobfutures.ca) (http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/labourmarket/ojf/  for Ontario) is a Canadian government website that provides information about 300 occupational groups. For each occupation, you can learn about average earnings, job duties, unemployment and education requirements. The strength of this website is that it provides up-to-date information about the work prospects or employment outlook for each occupation. This information can help you decide what kind of work to look for.

Under the work prospects section you can find information about the factors that affect how easy or hard it is to find work in different occupations. These factors include economic conditions and demand in different areas of Canada for workers in that occupation.

The example below shows the 2009 work prospects for Dental Assistants. You can search the website for information by sector, by education level or by the NOC code.

VOC: 3411

education level:

• Completion of an eight-month to one-year college or other program in dental assistance
  or
  Completion of secondary school with on-the-job training is required.

• Licensing is required to perform intra-oral duties in all provinces. In Quebec, intra-oral duties are not performed by dental assistants.

The following phrases come from the Job Futures website. Using your own words, explain what they mean.

1. licensing is mandatory: you want to do the work , you must have licences ,or you can not do the work.

2. rate of wage growth is below average

3. employment outlook is fair

4. earnings are close to national average

5. work prospects will continue to be good

6. retirement rate will likely be average

7. the number of job seekers will likely match the number of job openings

On the Job Futures website, read the information about an occupation that interests you. Prepare a short presentation and present it to the class. The following questions can guide you.

1. What are the main duties in this occupation?

2. What are the educational requirements?

3. What are the work prospects (hourly wages, unemployment rates)?

4. What are some interesting facts about this occupation?

Job Research Websit

Mr.John is a LINC student. He studies English work hard. He got a work offer 4 days ago. He will work this wendsday. He likes his work very much.

Today Mr.John introduced his experence in finding job. He shared his 2 times interviews process with us. He telled us how to prepare resueme and cover letter. He gave us a lot of advices.

Thanks Mr.John for your report.
Good luck!

Sept. 29th 2014 NOC website

Locate the NOC website (www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC). On the home page, click on Occupational Structure (on the left-hand side of the page).

http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/English/NOC/2011/OccupationIndex.aspx

Task 1:

0. Management occupations 

1 .Business, finance and administration occupations 

2 .Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 

3 .Health occupations 

4 .Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 

5. Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 

6 .Sales and service occupations 

7.Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 

8 .Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 

9. Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 

Task 3:

a) How many Major Groups are listed in this sector? What are they?

1.Retail sales supervisors and specialized sales occupations

2.Service supervisors and specialized service occupations

3.Sales representatives and salespersons - wholesale and retail trade

4.Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations

5.Sales support occupations

6. Service support and other service occupations, n.e.c.

b) What Major Group is the Sales Clerk occupation listed under?

Sales representatives and salespersons - wholesale and retail trade

c)What types of occupations are within this Major Group (represented by the three-digit code)?

Retail salespersons

2. What is the four-digit NOC code for a Sales Clerk?

6421

3. Click on the NOC code for the Sales Clerk and read the NOC description. What kind of information can you get from the NOC description?

Retail salespersons sell, rent or lease a range of technical and non-technical goods and services directly to consumers. They are employed by stores and other retail businesses, as well as wholesale businesses that sell on a retail basis to the public.

4. Read the example titles in the NOC description. Do you think knowing these titles can be useful in your job search? How?

Yes. This Website give me a big help for finding job.

5. Read the main duties in the NOC description. List the duties you think are most relevant to this position.

Greet customers and discuss type, quality and quantity of merchandise or services sought for purchase, rental or lease

Advise customers on use and care of merchandise, and provide advice concerning specialized products or services

Estimate or quote prices, credit terms, trade-in allowances, warranties and delivery dates

Prepare merchandise for purchase, rental or lease

Prepare sales, rental or leasing contracts and accept cash, cheque, credit card or automatic debit payment

Assist in display of merchandise

Maintain sales records for inventory control

Operate computerized inventory record keeping and re-ordering systems

May conduct sales transactions through Internet-based electronic commerce.

6. How and where do you think you could use the statements about job duties?

7. How could you use the other information included in the NOC description (e.g., employment

requirements and additional information)?

Completion of secondary school may be required.

A university degree or college diploma may be required by some employers.

Specific subject matter courses or training may be required.

Demonstrated sales ability and product knowledge are usually required for retail salespersons who sell complex or valuable merchandise, such as automobiles, antiques or computers.

Technical or sales training programs may be provided by employers.

Progression to retail supervisory positions is possible with additional training or experience.

8. The information under Classified elsewhere lists related occupations. Choose one and click on its NOC code to view its NOC description. Compare the main duties with those of the Sales Clerk. How are they similar or different?

Sep. 26th 2014

Here are 14 bad habits that can cost you your job:

(http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/10/17/14-bad-habits-that-can-cost-you-your-job/)

1-Procrastination. 

2-Lying.  

3-Negativity. 

4-Tardiness. 

5-Poor e-mail communication. 

6-Social media addiction. 

7-Bad body language habits. 

8-Inattentiveness.  

9-Poor grammar. 

10-Lone wolf syndrome. 

11-Temper tantrums. 

12-Inefficiency.

13-Speaking without thinking. 

14-Lack of manners. “

1. reliability---reliable
2. organization---organized
3. confidence---confident
4. perseverance---persevering
5. versatility---versatile
6. flexibility---flexible
7. independence---independent
8. resourcefulness---resourceful
9. knowledge---knowledgeable
10. punctuality----punctual

Presentation ON 10th Sept.

Hi, Good morning, everybody!

There are new classmates to join us new term. so I need to introduce myself. I am Max, young man with gray hair, and from china. My last name is Mao. I am proud of my family name. Maybe some of us knew chairman Mao. He is one of the founder of the People's Republic of China. He is one of the great men in the world. I remembered clearly that the first day I went to the elementary school I studied one sentence"long lives chairman Mao" . I have the same family name with chairman Mao.

Everyone sitting here has a dream to learn English well. one hopes to speak English like native person fluently,quickly,and clearly. Some of us have a dream to make lot of money. money is not everything, but you can do nothing without money. It is very important to have a dream. Actually everybody enjoys the process to pursue dream. Working hard will make the dream come true someday. Please remember this sentence.

My Summer Holiday

My summer holiday was form 25th Aug. 2014 to 5th Sept. 2014. During this time I went to my friend's house. He lives in Cambridge,a beautiful city with new houses. The atmosphere is peaceful,and quiet. I really love the place. Maybe I will live there someday. There are about 120,000 people in the city. The area where the city hall is located is small. It is like a country, but it has its own style. The Great River runs through the city from east to west. The architecture in the centre of the city is from 1867. There were lot of tourists visit the city every year.

Field Trip On 21 Aug.

Today, we had a field trip. Our destination was the Cherry Beach. And this morning, some student took the TTC to go to the beach. The else of the students carpooled to there. It was 11:00am, when we arrived there. It took us 10 minutes to wait for our classmates until all the students together. Mr. Joseph led us to see the Cherry Beach and introduced one in detail. In the meantime, we took many pictures, talked each other, walked along the beach. We saw many seal gulls on the beach. There were several boats on the Lake Ontario. The lake was surrounded by the trees. What a beautiful scenery!

It was so cool day. After walking one hour, we knew a lot information about the Cherry Beach. The time was for lunch. We all gathered together and found two table for lunch. Everybody took out the food and put on the tables. They were so delicious. After the lunch, we started to play games. The first game was "handing water-bag" between two persons. The second game was "two persons three legs." The games were so funny. They made us relax. Maybe we will never forget the time with the classmates.