Are you in the loop? Each quarter, Career Edge Organization sends out our e-Newsletter to up to 25,000 of our closest friends - host employers, partner organizations, interns and alumni all receive the CareerBulletin. Our next issue is scheduled to be sent out tomorrow, and will feature an update on Canada's economic recover, spring cleaning tips for your office and workspace and an inspiring story of a recent Career Bridge intern who is now a Vice President at United Way in ... read more

Last week on Wednesday, February 24 Career Edge Organization gathered partners, employers, interns, alumni, board members, leaders and ambassadors to celebrate the 2009/10 Achievement Awards. The response at and since the event has been overwhelmingly positive! The food and decor was exquisite - we have never been prouder to be members of the Toronto Board of Trade! With Oliver & Bonacini behind their events and catering, everything was top-notch. ... read more

Last week, Career Edge Organization conquered the Human Resources Professionals Association’s Annual Conference and Tradeshow – aka HRPA 20X. We not only took up post at the tradeshow as an exhibitor, we also had eyes and ears in the conference. So if you couldn’t make it out this year, no worries! Let us fill you in. Overview: More than 3,500 business professionals attend the HRPA Conference and Tradeshow annually, making it Canada’s top HR event and one ... read more

Today, everyone here at Career Edge Organization took some time out of our daily busyness to celebrate the holidays which, as they approach, may instill feelings of anxiety (for those of us who haven’t started gift shopping), restlessness, (for those of us going on vacation), or joy (for employees who relish the holiday spirit). This is the perfect time for a celebration! What’s great about living and working in a multi-faceted country like Canada is that many of us work in ... read more

Career Edge Organization would like to thank the University of Toronto Mississauga Career Centre for inviting us to participate in a panel discussion yesterday. As a panelist, our own Janice Rudkowski, Director of Marketing and Communications, shared her experiences in the marketing industry with eager, wide-eyed students who came from a variety of academic backgrounds from business management to anthropology! One of the key insights Janice offered was on the topic of networking. Job seekers are often told that persistence and networking ... read more

“The future economic prosperity is in the hands of this generation,” according to Sonja Stockton, head of recruitment for PricewaterhouseCoopers. In an interview on their website, Stockton was addressing the global issue of rising youth unemployment. A report released earlier this month by Community Foundations of Canada found that youth employment was declining faster than any other demographic. Canada’s Vital Signs 2009 reports that the unemployment rate is 16.3 per cent for youth, around double the ... read more

Communicating with our stakeholders is not a new concept to us. We have an e-newsletter that is circulated to more than 25,000 subscribers and are frequent participants in employment-related workshops, conferences and other events. The tools through which we communicate are changing, and Career Edge Organization has embraced this by embarking in new social media. This blog, our LinkedIn groups and our twitter account are just a few examples of how we are strategically leveraging social media ... read more