Tuesday Apr. 29, 2014 – 11am
Posted Apr 29, 2014 03:11:46 PM.
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11:00- How bad is your commute? Are you doing anything about it?
Bryan Smale, Director of Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Professor at University of Waterloo
The first provincial look at Ontario’s well-being shows our lifestyles are lagging our productivity. Longer commute times, particularly in the Toronto area, are helping keep Ontarians chronically crunched for time, according to the first Ontario report looking at the quality of life indicators in the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW). Even though fewer of us work 50 hours or more per week and more of us have flexible work times, Ontario commute times increased 12 per cent on average between 1994 and 2010, says the study from the University of Waterloo for the Ontario Trillium Foundation released today.
11:30- How do you feel about your job? What’s your dream job? Job vs Career?
Mark Bania, Managing Director of CareerBuilder Canada
Almost 60% of workers don’t consider their occupation a career, according to a recent survey from Careerbuilder.ca. The survey paints a decent picture of how employees feel sitting in their offices each day. It might also offer some advice on employers who want to motivate their staff – regardless of whether they’re working in their dream job or not. Those who don’t like their jobs blame their boss, the pay and complain that they aren’t challenged or valued at the office. On the flip side, those who love their jobs cite the people they work with, the pay, their boss and feeling valued at work as the main reasons.
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