Pendulum Swings in Employees' Favour Again
One of the areas of employment law which remains least predictable is the enforceability of post-employment restrictive covenants. A recent decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal represents another pendulum swing in favour of employees’ interests. The element in question is whether a restrictive covenant can be enforceable after the employee has been wrongfully dismissed by the employer. This question attracts periodic attention and my thinking is that even most employment lawyers and judges aren’t certain of the answer. [ go]

60 Seconds With Roger Hardy - Founder and CEO Clearly Contacts
Ask almost any executive and they’ll tell you that learning from others and developing mentors has been a key component of their own success. Albertajobcentre.ca is therefore happy to bring to you the first of our 60 Seconds With… series, highlighting some of the successful business persons. The first in our series is Roger Hardy, Founder and CEO of Clearly Contacts. [ go]

Twitter to Find a Job
Has Twitter Reached Job Hunting Tool Status? Today I watched another webinar, this time on ‘How to Use Twitter to Impress Recruiters’ by JT O’Donnell, founder of Careerealism.com. She provided five tips when using social media to find a job. They include: Using Bio Keywords: This includes thinking about what key words people (recruiters) would use to find you and including them in your bio. She suggests looking at some relevant job postings, finding the prominent words and including them. [ go]