There are many ways you can create a positive impact in your community. Making a monetary donation to your favourite charity is a great start. Financially supporting a non-profit offers them much-needed resources to continue the quality programs they facilitate. Most organizations make it easy to donate: direct withdrawals can be done from your account, credit cards can be used online or simply mail in a cheque! There are also tax benefits associated with donations, depending on the amount you choose to give.

Volunteering is also a fantastic way to make a difference. Most charities would agree, volunteers are the backbone of their organization. Volunteering offers work experience, a great way to meet new people and can provide an opportunity of a lifetime; knowing you have created a positive change in the lives of those who need it.

Lastly, getting co-workers involved by organizing a company fundraiser can generate awareness and revenue for your charity. With some planning and enthusiasm, office bake sales, silent auctions and golf tournaments can help raise money and create team-building memories, as you and your colleagues help build a better community.

United Way Durham Region is a registered charity dedicated to improving lives and strengthening neighbourhoods across Durham. They work hard to address locally based issues through research and partnerships. In turn, they provide much-needed funding for 35 agencies in Durham. This funding is used towards programs that assist those who need it most in our area. If you are interested in learning more on how you can create a positive difference in your community by supporting United Way Durham Region, log on to www.unitedwaydr.com.

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ACCOUNTING FIRM
Thomas Anderson

ACUPUNCTURE/PHYSIOTHERAPY
Great Lakes Physio

ARCHITECT
Barry Bryan Associates

AUDIOLOGY
Whitby Hearing Centre

AUTO SERVICE CENTRE (DOMESTIC)
Marigold Ford Lincoln

AUTO SERVICE CENTRE (IMPORT)
Owasco

AUTOMOBILE DEALER (DOMESTIC)
Nurse Chevrolet Cadillac Ltd.

AUTOMOBILE DEALER (IMPORT)
Owasco

BANK & TRUST COMPANY
TD Canada Trust, Bayly St., Ajax

BANQUET FACILITY
Tosca

BUSINESS CENTRE/OFFICE RENTALS
Durham Corporate Centre

BUSINESS NETWORKING ORGANIZATION
Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade

BUSINESS SCHOOL
Durham College

CAR RENTAL
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ajax

CATERING
Pelican Catering

CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
Peak Health & Wellness

COMPUTER STORE
Skyview Electronics

CONTRACTOR
John McLellan Contracting

CONVENTION FACILITY
Ajax Convention Centre

COPY CENTRE
PostNet Whitby

CORPORATE TRAINING
Durham College

COURIER
Purolator

DENTIST
Dr. Paul Semotiuk Family Dental

DISPLAY EQUIPMENT
Soehner Displays and Exhibits Inc

DJ SERVICES
Sight & Sound

DRY CLEANING
Snow White

EDUCATION
Durham College

EDUCATION – PRIVATE SCHOOL
Trafalgar Castle

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Rand Electric

EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES/TEMPORARY HELP
Adecco

ENERGY SERVICES
Veridian

ENTERTAINMENT
Herongate Barn Dinner Theatre

EYE CARE CENTRE/OPTICAL
Whitby Optical

FASHION – MEN
Moore’s Clothing For Men

FASHION – WOMEN
LaFontaine

FITNESS CENTRE
Good Life

FLOOR COVERINGS
Dodd and Souter Flooring

FLORIST
VanBelle

FUNERAL HOME
McEachnie Funeral Home Ajax

FURNITURE STORE (Office – New & Used)
Addmore Office Furniture

GOLF COURSE (18 HOLE)
Deer Creek Golf Clubs

GOLF COURSE (9 HOLE)
Salem Ridge at Deer Creek

GRAPHIC DESIGN
PostNet, Whitby

HAIR/COSMETICS
Valentino’s Grande Salon

HEALTH CENTRE
Rouge Valley Health System

HEALTH STORE/PHARMACY
Health Rite Pharmacy, Bayly St, Ajax

HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
Rodman’s Heating & Air Conditioning

HOME BUILDER
Tribute Communities

HOTEL/MOTEL
Hilton Garden Inn Ajax

INSURANCE BROKER
First Durham Insurance & Financial

INVESTMENT DEALER/FINANCIAL PLANNER
Kyle Patterson, Edward Jones
Investments, Brooklin

I.T Services
I.T. Agency

JANITORIAL SUPPLIES & SERVICES
Swish Maintenance

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Henry Kortekaas & Associates Inc.

LANDSCAPE SUPPLY
Arnts Topsoil: The Landscape Supplier

LAWYER
Mason Bennett Johncox

LIGHTING CENTRE
Osso Lighting

LIMO SERVICE
Luxe Limo

MANUFACTURER
Gerdau

MEDIATION
Families First Mediation

MOTORCYCLE DEALER
Mackie Harley-Davidson

MOVING & STORAGE
Two Men and a Truck

NIGHT CLUB
Jukebox Live

NUTRITIONIST
U Weight Loss

OFFICE FURNITURE & DESIGN
Holmes & Brakel

OFFICE SUPPLIES
Staples, Ajax

PACKAGING COMPANY
MeadWestvaco

PARTY RENTALS
Gervais Party Rentals

PERSONAL TRAINER
Optymal Health Studios

PHOTOGRAPHER
Pickering Photo by Chuck Shumilak

PRINTER
PostNet Whitby

PROMO PRODUCTS
STANDOUT Promotional Products

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Picore Holdings Ltd.

REAL ESTATE OFFICE
Re/Max Quality One

RESTAURANTS

BUFFET
Mandarin

BREAKFAST
Cora

CARIBBEAN
Island Mix

CASUAL
Corrado’s

CHINESE
Mandarin

FINE DINING
Mojo Vino

GREEK
The Greek Tycoon

INDIAN
Mount Everest

ITALIAN
Casa Verde

JAPANESE
Oishi Make Japanese

PATIO
The Royal Oak Pub

PUB
The Tap & Tankard

SPORTS BAR
Hoops, Ajax

THAI
DeSiam

SECURITY COMPANY
Knights on Guard

SIGN COMPANY
Kwik Signs

SPA/ESTHETICS
Angela’s Esthetics

SPORTS CENTRE
Iroquois Park

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
Voicepath Convergence Group

TRAVEL COMPANY
Cruise Ship Centre, North Whitby

VIDEOGRAPHER
Go4Pro Video

WATER COMPANY
Young’s Water Company

WEB DESIGNER
Webrite Design Solutions

WINDOW COVERINGS
Sunshade Blinds & Drapery

We’ve been in the community for almost 40 years, placing an average of 350 job seekers per day in roles ranging from the automotive sector to finance. Our tenured staff is friendly and professional and specialize in part-time, full-time, permanent, contract or casual positions.  With 50 branches across Canada, Adecco has a vast network to draw on when it comes to finding the right fit for you.

At Adecco, our values are team spirit, customer focus, responsibility and entrepreneurship. We focus on those attributes to create the best possible experience for our candidates and our clients. In fact, in a client-driven vote, we have been named the employment agency of choice by the Durham Business Times for 10 years out of the past 11. Job candidates have identified us as the gold medal winner for agency of choice for Metroland newspapers. It’s the relationships that we build, our honesty and our level of experience that keep people coming back to us.

At our Oshawa branch we offer a personal touch and are conveniently located in the landmark Teddy’s plaza, but we’re also backed by an international business model and technological support. Our computerized payroll systems make keeping track of documents easy for employers and employees alike and our postings to Facebook and Twitter ensure that our job opportunities are seen by the right candidates. We also provide extensive safety training for all employees, so that they’re prepared and ready to work when they arrive on site.

We encourage you to check us out online, call or come by our office. We know we’ll be able to help you out.

Location:
245 King St. W.
Unit 12
Oshawa

Contact:
905-436-6202
www.adecco.ca

Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 5p.m.
After hours service:
6 a.m. – 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday to Friday
6:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. weekends and holidays

OUR BLOG POSTS:

• In the market for a new job? A recruitment agency can help.

Social media tweeps were atwitter in December when micro-blogging giant Twitter rolled out hot new features. Slimmed down and buffed up, new Twitter introduces business-minded expansions, including network-building tools, media embeds and—at long last—the Twitter brand page. Ready to make the twitterverse work for you?

Connect with new tweeps
The aptly-named Connect tab organizes your Twitter conversations, tracking your interactions and mentions. This page also features Twitter’s upgraded “Who to Follow” box, which recommends contacts who share your interests, industry and connections. Each suggestion identifies your shared connections to help you to keep your lists organized and spam-free. Networking is the name of the game and Twitter wants to make it easy.

Discover the Twitterverse
Putting the “blog” in “microblogging,” the innovative Discover page offers users instant access to the Internet’s hottest stories. Browse web-wide tweets by category in one central hub. Discover does more than gather trending topics and hashtags; it tailors those trends, stories and webpages to your individual network and location.

Tweet-volution
Tweets now pack more punch, automatically displaying stats on retweets, replies and favourites. The handy buffer button—the app that allows the post-dating of tweets—perches right beside the retweet button. Finally, Twitter knows tweeple need their media fix: image and video content can now be viewed within each individual tweet.

Embeddable tweets
Seeking accolades for your product pages? Want reliable sources to include for your latest article or blog post? Twitter’s new embed function anchors tweets to your webpage—complete with live links and media—quicker than you can say “copy-paste.” Embedded tweets enjoy custom styling, with position, size and text wrap options. The best part? Embedded tweets include live follow, retweet and favourite buttons, allowing your traffic to follow you on Twitter without even leaving your website!

Brand-new brand pages
Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Google+, Twitter’s sizzling new layout invites businesses to build their official home in the twitterverse. Brand pages are public, meaning they show up in search rankings and can be visited even by non-twitterers.

Showcase your success and cement positive first impressions by pinning your favourite, top-value tweet to the top of your feed. This tweet automatically shows up first on computers and smartphones alike. (Did I mention Twitter’s brand pages are mobile-optimized?) In addition to customizable backgrounds, brand pages boast a custom header, which can pull double-duty as a product link, news page or promotion.

Brand pages can embed media on their page and within their tweets, and research already suggests that video-heavy sites are attracting major traffic. Need inspiration? Check out Twitter’s 21 original brand pages, including Coca-Cola, HP, and McDonalds.

Tweet your heart out
It’s time for businesses to make their mark in the twittersphere. Fine-tune your brand page, grow your network and add your voice. And remember: Twitter is all about conversation. If you build it, they will come; to seal the deal, make sure you’ve got something to say. Happy tweeting!

Check out Twitter’s handy new keyboard shortcuts:

F – favourite a tweet

R – reply to a tweet

T – retweet

M – send a direct message

N – create a new tweet

L – close all open tweets

J – go to the next tweet

K – go to the previous tweet

Space Bar – page down

/ – search

Twitter overload? Press “Shift” and “?” for a pop-up list of all keyboard shortcuts.

References:

https://twitter.com/#!/CocaCola

https://twitter.com/#!/HP

https://twitter.com/#!/mcdonalds

Held on the last Thursday of every month in rotating local municipalities, the Creative Social aims to connect creative people to discuss opportunities for collaboration and new business in Durham Region.

The first Creative Social took place on January 26 at 7 p.m. at Tin Mill Restaurant in Uxbridge. The next event will take place on Thursday, February 23 in Whitby at the Station Gallery. Tickets are $10 and include light snacks and a beverage. The event will include networking opportunities, entertainment, as well as presentations by local creative entrepreneurs. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets now on sale at whitbycreativesocial.eventbrite.ca Key speakers include Donna Raetsen-Kemp, CEO of Station Gallery and professional photographer Leif Petersen.  Performances by folk star Patrick Dorie and contemporary dancer Haley McPherson (as seen on So You Think You Can Dance Canada).

“I am excited to collaborate with local creative entrepreneur, Dana Jackson, to bring the Creative Social to Durham Region,” says Kerri King, Tourism Manager. “Since 2009, our community has shown its enthusiasm for creativity through the Art of Transition movement. The Creative Social is the next step for the continued development of Durham’s creative economy.”

For more information, and to register for the Durham Creative Social, visit www.creativesocial.ca.

Creative Social organizer Dana Jackson, Kent Farndale and Durham Tourism's Kerri King.

After decades of watching Queen’s Park handing out billions of dollars to other regions in the GTA for major infrastructure projects, new Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade President Gary Strange believes Durham Region is finally going to get its due.

“It’s our turn,” said Strange, an insurance broker and 30-year Pickering resident who took over the leadership reigns January 26. “We’ve earned the attention, we’ve earned the funding and we’ve earned the priority status.”

Of particular importance to Strange and his executive team are transportation issues, with improvements to Highway 401 and the long-awaited extension of Highway 407 front and centre.

“Transportation is two-headed monster out here but we’re seeing progress,” he said. “(Transportation Minister) Kathleen Wynne said in her speech to our members there is progress on Hwy 407, but we want to see some commitment that it’s actually going through.”

“And it’s not just the pavement to (Highway) 115. It’s the connectors – the north/south links – that have to be in place as well. Let’s get it done.”

Strange is encouraged by the fact the Provincial Government set a completion date for the 407 work, after back-tracking on earlier promises.

It was five years ago, in fact, when the federal and provincial governments declared the highway would extend all the way to Highway 35/115, with a completion date of 2013, much to the delight of local politicians and business people.

That feeling of goodwill didn’t last long, however, as Wynne’s ministry announced in June of 2010 the road would be built only to Simcoe Street in north Oshawa, with the rest of the road completed when enough money could be freed up to finish the job.

That announcement unleashed a firestorm of protest and nine months later a united front of business people, politicians and community leaders got its wish – the next phase of construction will take the toll road to Harmony Road, with an end date of 2015. The rest of the journey, promised the Province, will be wrapped up by 2020.

“This is the time to really push for this. We really need the highway out here and everybody recognizes that it has got to happen,” Strange noted.  “It’s time stuff happens out here.”

The fate of the Pickering Airport Lands is another issue that will demand some of the board’s advocacy attention this year, he added. “Our members are also very concerned about crime – both vandalism and fraud – as well as government assisted retraining of the employed and we will continue to ensure our voice is heard on these issues.”

As an insurance broker, Strange is no stranger to working with small and medium-sized businesses, which make up the bulk of the membership of the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade. He believes it’s those same business people who have to step up to make sure their voices are heard.

“We want to make sure our voice is strong. For that to happen our membership has to be involved, because they are the ones who are going to be driving this growth.”

Strange said he is fortunate to work with a strong team at the board, led by Executive Director Kathy McKay, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce ‘Executive of the Year’ for 2010.

“She is the glue that holds all this together and I don’t think we would be in the position we are today without her efforts.”

The Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade has experienced strong growth in recent years, with the membership increasing from 400-plus three years ago to more than 600 today and Strange wants to see that trend continue. He’d also like to see progress made on the board’s three year strategic plan.

“Our primary goal is to strengthen our brand through the execution of four key strategies: building business in the community; giving our membership a voice and advocating on their behalf; keeping our own house in order; and championing social and environmental consciousness.”

“A year from now I hope we will have achieved success in each of these areas and that we remain the voice of business in Ajax and Pickering.”

At least one Zellers outlet in Oshawa – and possibly two others – will carry the Target banner next year after the Minneapolis retail giant released its latest master list for its grand push into Canada.

Target – Walmart’s biggest rival in the U.S. – will welcome customers at Five Points Mall next summer, with hiring for 150 to 200 employees to begin later this year. The retail chain had already announced it will convert Zellers locations in Ajax (Durham Centre) and Whitby (Taunton Road Power Centre) to Target stores in 2013.

The Ajax and Whitby locations are expected to open March/April of next year.

A year ago Target purchased the leasehold interests in 189 Zellers stores across the country, with plans to open 125 to 135 Target outlets, most next year. Two dozen stores in Ontario are expected to open in 2013.

Leases at Zellers locations at the Oshawa Centre; at Kingsway Village (Townline Road and Highway 2); at Clarington Town Centre in Bowmanville; and at Pickering Town Centre were also acquired, but the company has not announced if those locations will become Target stores, sold to other retailers (39 leasehold interests have or will be sold to Walmart) or returned to the original landlords.

That decision is not expected until the fall.

In all, the company looked at 220 Zellers locations, explained Target spokesperson Lisa Gibson, and after “careful deliberations” narrowed that list down to 189.

“We took a thoughtful approach to determine which stores could be high-performing Target stores,” she said, adding that factors such as store performance, demographics, competition and market potential were among the factors in analysis used to decide which stores would “better achieve” Target’s long-term financial goals.

Approximately $10 million to $11 million will be invested to remodel each new store in order to bring the “full Target brand experience” to shoppers, Gibson said. The stores would be shuttered for six to nine months during the remodeling process.

Each Target location will employ 150 to 200 workers.

The deal with Zellers parent Hudson Bay Company (HBC) is worth $1.825 billion and gives Target an immediate foothold north of the border, all the better to take on Walmart for mass merchandising supremacy in Canada.

“It definitely made it a lot easier,” noted Gibson. “It gives us an opportunity to have a really strong presence in Canada quickly.”

The deal was finalized only after Target reached a settlement with Toronto apparel magnate Isaac Benitah’s (Fairweather) for naming and branding rights in Canada.

Target, which has been locked in a decade-long fight over the ‘Target’ name – Benitah operates 15 ‘Target Apparel’ stores in Canada – was forced to reach a deal after losing a court bid last June.

Benitah agreed to cease use of the Target mark by January 31, 2013. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Target has also announced it will not acquire the pharmacies within the Zellers outlets it is buying. Instead it will use a pharmacy franchise model for its Canadian stores, with the Target-branded store pharmacies owned and operated by individual pharmacist owners.

A bidding war is expected to erupt among drugstore retailers such as Shopper’s Drug Mart and Rexall for the coveted customer prescription files not acquired by Target. Those prescription files are valued at $2 million to $5 million each.

The remaining 84 Zellers stores that are not included in the Target transaction were rejected primarily because they’re in smaller towns or marginal neighbourhoods. Included on that list is the Zellers store at Simcoe Street and First Avenue in Oshawa, in the appropriately named Zellers Plaza.

The neighbourhood has been devastated by job losses during the past decade or so – Knob Hill Farms (late 2000) and Pittsburgh Glass Works (2009) – and the plaza itself has also seen migration, with Swiss Chalet moving west to newer digs on Stevenson Road, also in 2009.

The Zellers store on Simcoe Street South will continue to operate while HBC “reviews its options” for the site. Target, meanwhile has plans in place to “make it easier” for current Zellers staff to apply for jobs but Gibson cautioned there will be no guarantees of employment.

Durham Region residents interested in working for Target are encouraged to visit www.Target.ca/careers to learn more about job opportunities.

Most Canadians recognize Arlene Dickinson as the female force on CBC Television’s popular show “Dragon’s Den,” holding her own as she competes for deals with her powerful male co-stars. This marketing expert is also owner and CEO of Venture Communications (recognized repeatedly as one of the 50 best-managed companies in Canada), and she has been ranked as one of Canada’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs by PROFIT magazine for the past seven years. In 2011, she published her first book, Persuasion: A New Approach to Changing Minds. An information-packed resource for businesspeople, the book is also a handy guide for anyone who wants to persuade others to do everything from taking out the garbage to accepting a million-dollar marketing proposal.

Startlingly frank, Dickinson delves into personal stories to illustrate the points in her book. From accounts of her troubled marriage to various mistakes and triumphs she experienced as she built her career, her honesty is refreshing. Her major focus is on “principled persuasion” — using “authenticity, honesty and reciprocity” – a noble goal that in my opinion, more organizations should embrace.

Avid readers of books about business will recognize ideas from many past self-help titles, from Dress for Success to Co-opetition, How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less, and How to Win Friends and Influence People. Although she hasn’t reinvented the wheel, she has packaged business success lessons in a fresh way, with humorous and touching personal anecdotes.

In Persuasion, she doles out timely and time-tested advice guided by a logical, easy-to-follow table of contents. Recurring themes throughout include trusting your gut instinct, staying true to yourself, the importance of being prepared, positive self-talk, owning up when you make mistakes, and listening more than you talk. I’m particularly fond of her section that addresses requests for freebies from family, friends and even clients. As a business trainer, I share her concern for how difficult it is to say “No” in these circumstances, and I appreciate the tactful suggestions she gives for how to handle them.

The overriding theme of the book is integrity; as evidenced on “Dragon’s Den,” Arlene has strong feelings about being honest and upfront in both business and personal dealings. In a business world that has gotten ugly in so many ways, she reminds readers of the beauty in focusing on win-win scenarios that enable both negotiators to benefit. She titled one section “Check your ego at the door” — an often-used business phrase that remains valid, especially today when so many companies are struggling under short-sighted, compartmentalized decision-making that glorifies one stakeholder to the detriment of another.

Dickinson’s messages are realistic and optimistic, as well as reassuring. Her point that “high achievers are mistake makers” is a mantra that successful entrepreneurs understand.  Her book is ideal for beginning marketers who have not heard it all before. It’s also helpful to seasoned business professionals who need a kick-in-the-pants reminder about ethical persuasion practices that can help them achieve their goals.

The only disappointment with the book for me is the cover. In the book’s content, Arlene stresses being yourself when negotiating and avoiding “hyper-focusing on your appearance.” She is honest about being 54 years old, which I admire. Yet in her photo on the cover, her face is so made up/touched up (not sure which) that she looks like a computer graphic. I could take her advice on being yourself more seriously if the photo wasn’t so movie-star glamorous. She is, after all, a beautiful woman, even with a few wrinkles. But I guess that’s marketing, and maybe the photo helps persuade people to buy the book.

Dorothea Helms connects people and ideas, and can be reached at writer@wsws.ca

Jody used her skill and innovation to build a socially conscious, multi-million dollar business.  Jody graduated from the International Academy of Fashion, Merchandising & Design, receiving the President’s Pin for academic excellence and the Retail Council of Canada’s Award for most promising student. In 1988, from her one bedroom apartment, Jody utilized her work experience and developed a business concept called The Bargains Group.

The Bargains Group is Canada’s favourite discount family clothing wholesaler of discount promotional products, $2.00 t-shirts, .50¢ socks, accessories, personal hygiene products, gifts, towels & linens, toys and over 4000 other items at up to 80% off.

In 2001, Jody was awarded the Rotman Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the innovation category, R.O.B Magazine and The Globe and Mail named her one of Canada’s ‘Top 40 Under 40’. In 2010,  Jody received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Promotional Product Professionals of Canada. Other awards received include the Toronto Board of Trade-Chamber of Commerce 2005 Business Excellence Award, Kaufman Community Award at the Young Entrepreneurs Organization World Conference in Montreal and most recently received the Women of Influence Local Hero Award!

In addition, Jody has been a two-time finalist for the FLARE Magazine Volunteer Award. Jody is a true humanitarian. She continues to organize and coordinate “Project Winter Survival” which is dedicated to providing GTA’s homeless and less fortunate with “survival kits” and  provide warmth and essential supplies needed for survival on the streets during the winter season.

An invitation is extended to women across Durham Region to participate in the Connect.Women event Wednesday, March 21, 2012. It’s a chance for women in business to come together to celebrate, inspire and be empowered through a keynote presentation, panel discussions, exhibits and more!

Event Details:
March 21, 2012
12:30pm-6:00pm
Tosca Banquet & Conference Facility
$55.00 (plus HST)
Includes lunch, wine & cheese reception.

Panellists include: Marissa McTasney, Moxie Trades, Christine Elliott, MPP Whitby-Oshawa, & Betty Penny, Appsmaker Canada.

Employment agencies have clients – business ranging from small to large and everything in between, with a myriad of jobs to fill – that need employees like you. For example, Adecco, an international staffing agency, finds work for about 350 people every day in Durham region. Jobs range from clerical and management to warehouse staff and forklift drivers.

“A candidate could be somebody who’s just graduated and coming into the workforce, somebody wanting a career change, somebody who is new to the area or somebody who has been unsuccessful looking for work on their own,” says Melanie Seymour, Branch Manager for Adecco in Durham Region.

One of the reasons using an employment agency can be great experience for someone looking for work is that they get to “test drive” a company before becoming an employee, Seymour says. If they like where they’re working and they’re doing a good job, they’re likely to be hired by the company. If they don’t like where they are, they can ask the agency to look for a different position.

The cost to job seekers for this service?

“Absolutely nothing,” says Seymour, noting that Adecco doesn’t charge registration or placement fees and that while employed by Adecco, workers receive vacation  and statutory holiday pay. They also receive WHMIS training, site-specific training and have access to group benefits through a reputable insurance company.

So the next time you’re in the market for a career change, consider finding out how Adecco can help by visiting www.Adecco.ca or calling 905-436-6202.

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