Job Search Tips
- Ontario Government Jobs and Employment links A portal of information for job seekers that includes programs and resources to help you plan your career, get training, or find a job.
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Searching for a job is a full-time job!
However, many jobs are never advertised. Statistics vary, but they agree that a large percentage of jobs are found through in-person networking and referrals. As well, recruiters use social media to search and find potential candidates.
Gathered below are resources, online and in the Ottawa Public Library collection, to help you understand how to search for a job, and how to prepare yourself.
Move your job searching beyond a response to job listings to a pro-active search for contacts.
Stony Monday riot, the rabid Duke of Richmond, rowdy lumberjacks and eccentric geniuses. . . Ottawa's history is anything but boring! And OPL is the place to find out all about it. Our local history collections tell the stories of the people, customs, and institutions that built Ottawa and the surrounding communities.
The Ottawa Public Library welcomes submissions by authors outside of Ottawa for inclusion in the library’s collection, when that material:
- Fits the scope of the Library’s collection, and
- Meets our Materials Selection Criteria.
To donate a work for inclusion in the Ottawa Public Library’s collection, please read the guidelines below.
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Tim: Hello. I’m Tim Tierney, Chair of the OPL Board of the Ottawa Public Library and Councillor for Beacon Hill–Cyrville.
Bonjour. Je suis Tim Tierney, président du Conseil d’administration de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa.
Free access to any resident of Ottawa, from the Ottawa Public Library’s website. All you need is an active Library Card. Click on Make a Booking on the OPL website and Book an Appointment for a business consultation to learn how to use these online resources.
Present catchy or interesting information worth sharing by word-of-mouth, or use a push strategy, offering a discount, or a special offer for completing the survey, to drive traffic to your website.
As a startup, you can conduct your own mystery shopping. InTouchInsight offers an outline of why and how you should conduct mystery shopping of your own business and of your competition. Mystery shopping enables you to gather ideas of what your competitors are doing as well as understand what a particular customer experience is like and the types of products or services your competitors are selling. Be aware of direct and indirect competition.