By Editor, June 23, 2009
It's graduation season and once again we see an influx of candidates in the marketplace. More recently a new breed of worker is gaining momentum and making waves in the workplace. They are called, among other things, "Millennials." There are about 80 million of them, born between 1980 and 1995, and they're rapidly taking over from the baby boomers that are now pushing 60.
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Past Issues
In Focus - Computer Vision Syndrome
By Esme Friesen, June 16, 2009
You're sitting in front of your computer at work and it's 3pm. Approaching the end of an important project, you're feeling good knowing you are about to be done - on time, or with time to spare - and now that the workload pressure is starting to ease you start thinking about what you are going to do after work. You pause, maybe have a little stretch, a yawn, and you notice your eyes are burning or are a little sore and dry. Now you are having trouble focusing and the project you were about to finish starts to feel daunting and more difficult.
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Not Losing Sight
By Esme Friesen, June 10, 2009
What's the Problem? Vision impairment is defined as having 20/40 or worse vision in the better eye even with eyeglasses. Even people with the slightest vision impairment can experience challenges in their daily activities such as being able to obtain a driver's license. Approximately 78,000 Canadians are estimated to develop vision impairment within the next year in addition to the already staggering statistic of 600,000 Canadians already living with vision impairment. This is significantly higher than a common age-related side affect, Alzheimer's, at an estimated 300,000 cases amongst Canadians.
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Praise is the New Cash: Revisiting Non-Monetary Rewards to Motivate Employees
By Chloë Ernst, June 02, 2009
Paying someone a compliment produces a similar effect in the brain to giving the person cash. This was the finding of a Japanese study published in the science journal, Neuron, last year. A team at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences found the area of the brain that responds to compliments overlaps the area that responds to monetary rewards.
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Internships Today
By Monica Priebe, May 26, 2009 
Editor's Pick
Editor's PickWhile some economists foresee that the recession will ease up this academic year, others are not as certain. Currently, the economic climate remains tenuous. Given the fluctuating economy and the increasing reality that competition in the job market is fierce, securing internships to gain practical job experience in career fields outside of the classroom should be considered an advantageous co-curricular component.
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