Student Employment Day
Date: March 8, 2012
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Lobby of A Building
Sponsored By:
CGA
The Certified General Accountant designation is recognized for excellence and professionalism in all aspects of accounting, finance and business management. The CGA Program of Professional Studies provides you with specialized technical knowledge, sector-specific competencies, problem solving skills and the ethical integrity to lead. Working full-time while studying sophisticated business concepts is challenging but a CGA designation can provide the flexibility to work in any type of organization, in any sector, at any level of management.
To learn more about becoming a CGA, please visit cga-bc.org or contact:
Dan Relihan at 604-730-6202 or drelihan@cga-bc.org
Jas Randhawa at 604-629-8360 or jrandhawa@cga-bc.org
Workshops:
In conjunction with Employment Day, Langara will be holding workshops to assist students in their career and job searches.
Networking
Uncover the Hidden Job Market! Come learn the skills of Networking. Also learn about the LOT mentorship program of The Vancouver Board of Trade. Presented by Austin Narin, Program Manager of the Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) program. Austin will be speaking about the unique LOT mentorship program of The Vancouver Board of Trade. Students accepted into the LOT Program for Sept 2012 will receive a Vancouver Board of Trade Membership, and are paired with an Industry Professional Mentor that help to students to prepare to enter the workforce.
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
4:30pm-5:30pm
Room B253
Limited space, to reserve your seat please email careerfair@langara.bc.ca with your full name, student number, and the workshop title! Be one of the first 30 registrants to receive your free set of personalized business cards.
Quick Tips for Resume Writing
Fix up your resume in time for Student Employment Day! Drop by The HUB (C121) to learn tips and tools for creating an effective resume. Bring your resume with you for a one-on-one resume consultation with Kevin Rolston from the Co-op department directly after each 15 minute presentation.
Thursday, March 1st 2012
Presentations at 9:00am, 10:00am, and 11:00am
Drop in resume help will be available after the presentations from 9:00am to 12pm.
Room C121, The Hub meeting space
Limited space, to reserve your seat please email careerfair@langara.bc.ca with your full name, student number, and the workshop title! Be one of the first 30 registrants to receive your free set of personalized business cards.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
2:30pm-4:00pm
Room A122b
Limited space, to reserve your seat please email careerfair@langara.bc.ca with your full name, student number, and the workshop title! Be one of the first 30 registrants to receive your free set of personalized business cards.
Exhibitor List
Have you considered a management career in the Grocery Store Business? Buy-Low Foods offers excellent training positions for suitable candidates with a designated, Business Administration Degree or a Marketing Degree. Third or Fourth Year Business Administration or Marketing students are welcome to apply as well. Buy-Low Foods operates 25 grocery stores located throughout Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, Lower Mainland, BC Interior and Alberta. We offer excellent benefits as well!
Certified Management Accountants
With 50,000 members around the world, CMA Canada grants a professional designation in strategic management accounting and is responsible for standards-setting, accreditation and the continuing professional
development of CMAs. CMAs provide an integrating perspective to business decision-making, applying a unique blend of expertise in accounting, management and strategy to identify new market opportunities,
ensure corporate accountability, and help organizations maintain a long-term competitive advantage. To optimize the performance of global enterprises and build strategic management accounting skills,
CMA Canada offers innovative executive development programs, advanced online courses, and internationally recognized knowledge management publications.
For more information, visit www.cma-canada.org or www.cmabc.com.
The Certified General Accountant designation is recognized for excellence and professionalism in all aspects of accounting, finance and business management. The CGA Program of Professional Studies provides you with specialized technical knowledge, sector-specific competencies, problem solving skills and the ethical integrity to lead. Working full-time while studying sophisticated business concepts is challenging but a CGA designation can provide the flexibility to work in any type of organization, in any sector, at any level of management.
To learn more about becoming a CGA, please visit cga-bc.org or contact:
Dan Relihan at 604-730-6202 or drelihan@cga-bc.org
Jas Randhawa at 604-629-8360 or jrandhawa@cga-bc.org
Chartered Accountants are leaders in business - respected professionals who are essential to the success of the country's foremost organizations. Your CA designation will make a powerful statement about you - about the value of your abilities and ideas, the exceptional standards to which you hold yourself, and all that you stand to accomplish throughout your career. Chartered Accountants don't just balance the books and add up numbers. They're business professionals on the cutting edge in Canada and around the world. The CA designation is like a graduate level business degree that gives you career mobility, flexibility, and opportunity.
Today, Chartered Accountants are business leaders and entrepreneurs. They're in small business, big business, and e-business - everything from high-tech to high fashion. They're CEOs and CFOs. And they get there
because the CA program prepares them to excel as business professionals.
Make a statement. Become a CA. For more information, visit www.becomea.ca
Correctional Service of Canada
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is the federal government agency responsible for administering sentences of a term of two years or more, as imposed by the courts. CSC is responsible for managing institutions of various security levels and supervising offenders under conditional release in the community.
DECO Windshield Repair is one of Canada's fastest-growing companies. Our convenient, drive-up windshield repair kiosks employ more than 200 students every summer, but more than that; we provide training,
mentorship and fun to enterprising students who have their sights set on success in business. We offer excellent compensation, comprehensive training and no start-up costs. If you want to earn money, make friends
and learn new and valuable skills, all while working outside, then please apply!
Founded in 1945, B.C.-based London Drugs has 75 stores in more than 35 major markets throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba including its online store www.londondrugs.com. London Drugs offers consumers a range of products from digital cameras and cosmetics to computers and televisions. Renowned for its creative approach to retailing, the company employs more than 7,500 people with pharmacy and health care services being the heart of its business. Committed to innovation and superior customer service, London Drugs has established itself as a reputable and caring company and continues to position itself for future growth and development.
Make a Future is a recruitment initiative created by the BC Public School Employers Association as a joint venture among BC's 60 public boards of education and the Ministry of Education.
Make a Future Careers in BC Education supports the BC public education system to effectively recruit, select, and retain an exceptional workforce through a focus on human resource best practices and the strategic use of data. We provide and promote high quality, innovative, cost-effective, and timely support to the education sector to facilitate the creation, maintenance, and development of a qualified sustainable workforce.
Management Development Program
Management Development Program (MDP) is a program designed to provide students with the training and experience they need to become future business leaders. The system is based on over 29 years of entrepreneurial knowledge and success. The program gives students opportunities to gain practical management experience and learn valuable skills through different franchise options.
OfficeTeam offers a unique, specialized approach to administrative and office support staffing. Focusing on quality first, OfficeTeam provides firms with highly skilled administrative professionals ranging from executive
and administrative assistants to customer service and data entry specialists. The role of administrative staff continues to broaden significantly. As a result, support professionals are assuming increased responsibility in
Internet research, budgeting, project and schedule management, and software training and assistance, among other areas. OfficeTeam is well positioned to help professionals land these exciting opportunities.
Founded in 1991, OfficeTeam has earned a solid reputation for placing highly skilled administrative professionals. Our staffing managers, many with experience in human resources, office technology or administration,
build lasting relationships with our professionals, helping them to achieve their immediate and long-term career goals. Our customers are so satisfied with our services that 9 out of 10 would recommend OfficeTeam
to a colleague. OfficeTeam's official endorsement from the International Association of Administrative Professionals, the leading professional organization for administrative and office support professionals, further reinforces our commitment to the profession. OfficeTeam professionals have the distinct advantage of keeping their skills current through exclusive, 24-hour access to online software training and skills enhancement courses at no cost.
OfficeTeam has 315 locations worldwide. For more information or to speak with an OfficeTeam staffing manager, call 800-804-8367. Visit www.officeteam.com for career resources and online job search services.
Paladin Security
JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM
Paladin Security is not only Canada’s largest full service security company, but is the fastest growing company in the industry. As we are continuing to grow, we are looking to hire high profile security officers with superior customer service skills and a high level of professionalism.
TOP FIVE REASONS TO WORK FOR PALADIN:
- Flexible Hours - Being a full service security provider, Paladin Security has a variety of shifts to offer our employees including full-time and part-time hours during days, afternoons and graveyards.
- Extensive Training - With access to over 40 safety and security-related courses, we offer our employees an extensive range of company-paid training opportunities.
- Recognition - Paladin is the industry leader in employee rewards, recognition and incentive programs. We present monthly awards to recognize our employees for their outstanding efforts.
- Opportunity -Thanks to our record growth, Paladin Security has new positions being created all of the time allowing room for advancement within the company.
- Competitive Pay - At Paladin, we have higher expectations for performance than our competitors do, but we are also prepared to pay more to maintain those standards.
For additional information please visit our website at www.paladinsecurity.com
Service Canada offers single-window access to a wide range of Government of Canada programs and services for citizens through more than 600 points of service located across the country, call centres, and the Internet.
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, in partnership with Langara College, has created Seniors Links to connect seniors who are looking for occasional light help around the house with students who are looking for casual work opportunities.
Many seniors are seeking affordable ways to take care of household tasks to help them maintain their independence or even just to free up some time. Many college students are seeking jobs that will provide them with a little bit of income and flexible hours. Seniors Links brings these two groups together.
Fact: Sun Life Financial, Canada's premier financial services institution and also noted for being on the Global 100 list of sustainable corporations, along with being the most trusted brand in the industry, is where new graduates look to to start their career all across Canada, year after year. "The Advisor Career Sales Force is the jewel in the crown of Sun Life Financial" - Kevin Dougherty, President, Sun Life Financial Canada. Put your academic experience and entrepreneurial spirit to the test with one of Canada's landmark corporations, Sun Life Financial!
Talk with Sheraz Khan, Recruiting and Business Development Manager, today about becoming a Sun Life Financial Advisor at the Metropolis Financial Centre -604-453-3353.
TD is a great organization powered by great people who want to make a difference every day. Our over 81,000 employees world-wide are a big part of what makes TD stand out from any other organization. Every day, we deliver legendary customer and client experiences to our approximately 19 million customers. We are an award-winning organization that reinvests constantly to ensure future growth. We are recognized as an extraordinary place to work that embraces diversity, where everyone is respected and valued. TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches, with many exciting and challenging career opportunities in our four key businesses:
- Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking - including TD Canada Trust and TD Insurance
- Wealth Management - including TD Waterhouse and an investment in TD Ameritrade
- U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking - including TD Bank, Americas Most Convenient Bank
- Wholesale Banking - including TD Securities
Founded in 1907, UPS has grown into a multi-billion-dollar corporation by clearly focusing on the goal of enabling commerce around the globe. Today, UPS is a global company with one of the most recognized and admired brands in the world. We have become the world's largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. Every day, we manage the flow of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
WorkSafeBC is a provincial statutory agency dedicated to promoting workplace health and safety for the workers and employers of this province. We consult with and educate employers and workers and monitor
compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
In the event of work-related injuries or diseases, WorkSafeBC works with the affected parties to provide return-to-work rehabilitation, compensation, health care benefits, and a range of other services.
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
At WorkSafeBC, we are dedicated to environmental stewardship, sustainable business operations and getting involved in the communities we serve. Our commitments are focused where we have the most opportunity
to make a difference - health and safety leadership, community outreach, and environmental initiatives.
The YMCA of Greater Vancouver is a charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of community by nurturing the potential of children, teens and young adults; promoting healthy lifestyles; fostering social responsibility; and delivering lasting personal and social change. For 125 years, the YMCA of Greater Vancouver has been part of the community, providing services in health & fitness, child care, camping, employment & community services to over 95,000 participants annually.
Tips for Preparing for the Career Fair
Research participating employers. Read about them at this site, and go to their website links. Organizations often have career sections on their websites, aimed at graduate and student opportunities. Target your time at the Fair by ensuring that you visit the employers that look like they may have the part-time or summer job, practicum experience, career opportunity, or volunteer position that you are seeking.
Bring several copies of your updated resume. Ensure that you have updated contact information ready to offer. You can print off personal business cards at this site. Be prepared to answer detailed questions about your skills and experiences.
Look the part! Your face to face interaction with employers at the Fair may, in fact, be mini interviews, and you’ll want to make a good impression with a clean and neat appearance.
Practice what you’ll say to prospective employers. Be able to relate your background - your past work and volunteer experiences, your education, and your hobbies - to the kinds of jobs for which exhibitors are recruiting. Be prepared with opening statements that give your name, area or study, and interests.
Ask questions that will help both you and the employer to know whether you might be a good match. You will want to know whether a job/career with an organization will allow you to develop your skills and areas of interest. Ask about entry level positions, hiring practices, and application processes. Inquire about industry trends.
Student Business Cards
Business cards are valuable tools in your job search. While complementing your resume, you may feel comfortable distributing them more freely than the resume. Include your name, contact telephone and email, city, and a skills tag, or the position that you are seeking. You can order basic cards from print shops for reasonable rates or download them for free from shareware sites, such as the following website (click one of the several dozen free card options that are offered). Students that attend one of the Langara pre-Employment Day workshops will receive 50 free personalized business card which will be available for pick up at the Employment Day.
Let us know which companies you would like to see at the Fair. E-mail us your top three choices to careerfair@langara.bc.ca
Student volunteers are always needed at the Student Employment Day for a variety of positions.
Volunteering
Interested in volunteering? Please contact Katrina Iuvancigh at 604.323.5095 or kiuvancigh@langara.bc.ca.
