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Enermodal Engineering

Employment Opportunities Want to make a difference in the world? Put your values to work with Enermodal!

- create greener buildings and communities
- commit to work that you are passionate about
- leave a smaller ecological footprint
- enjoy co-workers who support your values
- learn from peers who are industry leaders

Enermodal’s People
- a love for a fast-paced consulting engineering environment
- a background in engineering or architectural/construction technology
- understanding of project management and ability to read construction documents
- highly effective communication and social skills

Enermodal’s Culture
- green lifestyle incentives
- LEED AP exams covered by Enermodal
- profit-sharing and merit-based rewards
- office social and sports activities
- a flexible and innovative work environment
- opportunities to shape corporate culture and “green” our activities

Current Openings:

MANAGER of MECHANICAL DESIGN,GREEN BUILDINGS (Kitchener, Ontario)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ― GREEN BUILDINGS (Kitchener and Toronto, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta)

ENERGY ANALYST (Kitchener, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta)

COMMISSIONING PROJECT ENGINEER (Kitchener, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta)

Please send your resume, a cover letter detailing your professional aspirations and references to the email address shown below. Your application will be carefully considered with respect to the position for which you are applying and our current business needs. We thank all applicants for applying; only those individuals chosen for an interview will be contacted for further discussion.

Please send resumes and references to:
Enermodal Engineering Limited

650 Riverbend DriveKitchener, ON N2K 3S2

fax: 519 743 8778

email: jobs@enermodal.com

Half of working Canadians have trouble fitting in at work: Poll

New IPSOS Reid survey shows one in three feel dragged down by negative atmosphere

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 21 /CNW/ - A new poll by IPSOS Reid suggests that half of working Canadians have trouble fitting in at work and one in three find it difficult to concentrate at work because they are dragged down by a negative atmosphere.

"Workers aged 18 to 34 are much more likely (37 per cent) than those aged 35 to 54 (30 per cent) or those aged 55 or more (20 per cent) to believe they're dragged down by a negative atmosphere at work," says Sean Simpson of IPSOS Reid.

The study also indicates that 50 per cent of working Canadians don't think they always fit in well at work. More than one in 10 (12 per cent) say they feel like an outsider, with 9 per cent saying they don't fit well 'within their workplace's culture,' and another 3 per cent think they are complete misfits, saying they 'hate' the culture and 'don't fit in at all.'

"Younger workers are also more likely to be disappointed with their work experience than those who are older," says Simpson. "Among those under 35, more than a quarter (28 per cent) say their experience is worse than they expected versus just 10 per cent of workers 55 and older."
Gail Rieschi, president and CEO of HR services firm vpi Inc., says employers should place a higher priority on hiring people who are a good match with the corporate culture, as well as having the technical qualifications for the job.

"While most people are hired for their hard skills, a bad fit with the corporate culture can often lead to dissatisfaction at work," says Rieschi. "It is critical that employers pay close attention to how well potential candidates will fit within the organization, not just their experience and
skills."

Rieschi offers some advice to help employers hire people who will fit within the organization.

1. Know your company's personality
When employers know their business personality and organizational values, they can better understand what kinds of people will work well within the company. "The most effective way to identify your organizational personality is to conduct an objective assessment, carried out by a third-party evaluator," says Rieschi. "Employers can also do self-assessments by developing a questionnaire that can be completed by employees at all levels aswell as by a sampling of clients." Questions should centre around decision making processes, work routines, organizational procedures and dress code among others. Once the questionnaires are completed, the responses can be used to develop a working document that defines the company personality.

2. Determine employee suitability
Once organizational values are clearly known, situational interview questions designed to measure fit can be developed that are unique to the organization. There are also many commercially available assessments that can help identify job candidates' work values and work personality and measure them against those of the organization. Work simulations and work trials designed to identify work values, rather than just technical competency, can
also help the selection process. Rieschi says employers should pay close attention to how young people are affected by a negative workplace given the large numbers of older workers retiring in the next 10 years. "The battle for talent has already started and it will only intensify in the coming years," says Rieschi. "Young people entering the labour market will increasingly have many work options. To attract and retain talent, employers must be attuned to their needs and understand if they fit well within the organization."

About vpi Inc.
vpi Inc. is a leader in employment facilitation services with a comprehensive range of results-focused solutions to maximize employee productivity, manage disability claims and assist individuals find employment. Founded in 1988, vpi is one of the fastest expanding companies of its kind with 32 offices, and more than 180 full-time skilled experienced professionals across Ontario. The company has a strong record of effectiveness including 98 percent client satisfaction with all employee selection services; 95 per cent of outplaced clients achieving new employment within 12 weeks and 90 percent of disabled workers successfully reinstated. For more information, visit http://www.vpi-inc.com/.

About the survey:
The online poll was conducted by IPSOS Reid from August 21 to August 26 among 1,013 Canadians, of which 540 were currently employed. An unweighted probability sample of this size, with a 100% response rate, would have an estimated margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, for the entire sample, and +/- 4.5%, 19 times out of 20, for the sample of workers.

Research and business leaders gather in Toronto - look to innovation and "jobs of the future"

TORONTO, Oct. 10 /CNW/ - Research and business leaders are gathering in Toronto early next month to explore the impact and potential of next-generation innovation and "jobs of the future" at the CANARIE and ORION National Summit.

Global innovation guru Dr. John Kao is among a prestigious roster of distinguished leaders coming together at "Powering Innovation - a National Summit" at the Metro Toronto Convention Center November 3 and 4.

Kao, dubbed "a serial innovator" by The Economist, is a leading authority on organizational transformation and digital media. Kao draws on his experience teaching at Harvard Business School and his appointments at the MIT Media Lab, Yale College, and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.



Former University of Toronto President Robert Birgeneau, now Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, returns to Toronto as opening keynote to set the stage for the conference, and address the importance of innovation and cross-border collaboration in research.



The conference is hosted by ORION and CANARIE, Ontario's and Canada's advanced research network organizations which link scientists, researchers and innovators across the province, country and around the world. Cybera, Alberta's Cyberinfrastructure for Innovation organization, is contributing significantly to the planning and staging of the national Summit.



The conference is expected to bring up to 250 delegates from universities, colleges, research facilities, centres of excellence and other organizations - including government and industry.



"Developing innovative solutions for tomorrow's problems is an objective around which we all can rally," says CANARIE President and C.E.O. Guy Bujold.



"Our conference program is designed to inspire the development and encourage the use of network tools by Canada's researchers, educators and business leaders."

"We have invited some of the brightest minds in the country to come to the Summit and challenge them to take full advantage of new and emerging e-science technologies that are driving innovation, scientific discovery and jobs of the future, here and around the world," says ORION President/CEO Phil Baker.

Other keynotes include the President of Internet2 Doug Van Houweling, the President of the Ontario College of Art & Design Sara Diamond, host of CBC Radio's Spark Nora Young, Delvinia Interactive's Adam Froman, and Ron Dembo, President/CEO of Zerofootprint.

Delegates will also engage with experts from e-science, virtual organizations, network-enabled platforms, the greening of information technology, visualization technologies, teaching and learning in a web 2.0 universe, and commercialization of innovation.



The Summit also showcases advancements at the cutting edge of research, from high-definition holographic printing, to IP-based television platforms, to research collaborations using world-leading optical networks like CANARIE's and ORION's that quickly transmit massive amounts of data in seconds across Canada and around the world, allowing our researchers to participate fully in international collaborations.

The Summit will also give delegates a first look at national scientific research projects that help position Canada among the world's leaders in many fields, from global-scale high performance computing, to cancer research, to climate change simulation.

The summit is made possible by the generous contribution of our sponsors, including gold sponsor Juniper Networks; silver sponsor SHARCNET; bronze sponsors Bell, the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning Program; Cogent Communications, Colleges Ontario and IBM; and partner sponsors Atria Networks, Auto 21, Cybera, the Ontario Centres of Excellence, the Ontario College of Art & Design, Polycom, Tech Media Reports and Ryerson University.

Learn more at www.orioncanariesummit.ca