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In The News |
| Foreign workers moving from U.S. to Canada (SFG) | |
| Workstream moving tech jobs to Ottawa (OBJ) | |
| Moderate job growth is expected in the Ottawa: Manpower (OBJ) | |
| 10,000 fewer Ottawa high tech jobs than last year: Market Research Group (OBJ) | |
| Ottawa's high-tech workforce has fallen about 20 per cent (OBJ) | |
| Open letter to the mayor of Ottawa | TOP suggests $200,000 be spent by the City of Ottawa for another study (OBJ) |
| Plaintree will issue final termination notices to all laid off employees (OBJ) | |
| Nortel to cut 7,000 jobs (OBJ) | |
| Fewer employers expect to hire in Q4: Manpower (OBJ) | |
| Establishing formal links with laid-off employees will pay off (OBJ) | |
| 120 job cuts at AimGlobal (OBJ) | |
| Posted Thursday, August 22, 2002 Watchfire cuts 20 staff (OBJ) | |
| Lantern cuts another dozen Ottawa staff (OBJ) | |
| Donna Cona / Sierra Systems get $15M fed contract (OBJ) | |
| Local tech workforce down to 47,000 (OBJ) | |
| Canadian Jobless rate, job creation both gain in July (OBJ) | |
| $300,000 homes sitting on the market as high-tech workers relocate or seek to downsize (OBJ) | |
| Meriton cuts 15% of staff (OBJ) | |
| JDS Ottawa workforce now 2,100 (OBJ) | |
| CGI Careers | CGI, Alcan $200M outsourcing deal to create 60 jobs. (OBJ) |
| Cuts / additions at Metro Photonics and Peleton Photonics (OBJ) | |
| JDS Uniphase: 400 more local jobs gone, cuts not over (OBJ) | |
| 300 cuts expected at Alcatel in Ottawa (OBJ) | |
| Dynasty Components headed for extinction (OBJ | |
| Orchestream cuts more jobs (OBJ) | |
| Corel cuts 30 engineering jobs (OBJ) | |
| Linmor cuts 30 per cent staff, again (OBJ) | |
| Espial cuts 20 staff: sources (OBJ) | |
| Broadwave Photonics down to half staff | |
| Ottawa's high-tech sector continues to lose jobs (OBJ) | |
| Quality of new jobs falling: study (CIBC) | |
| Unemployment in Ontario 17.4% higher than last year (StatCan) | |
| Employers relying too much on donated time (HealthCan) | |
| Employers relying too much on donated time (OC) | |
| Eftia plans job cuts (OBJ) | |
| Alcatel cuts 300 jobs in Ottawa (OBJ) | |
| 19.7% more Ontario EI recipients than last year (StatCan) | |
| Mitel cuts 50 jobs, mostly in Ottawa, (OBJ) | |
| Alcatel warns on earnings, cuts 10,000 more jobs (OBJ) | |
| Silicon Valley's high-tech slowdown may be worsening (Mercury) | |
| Jobs at CNW | Cold North Wind inks $10M deal in Mexico (OBJ) |
| Avalon Works acquisition of Texar costs 30 jobs (OBJ) | |
| Peregrine cuts hit Ottawa workforce (OBJ) | |
| High-tech jobs, companies on the rise(OBJ) | |
| Careers at Cactus | Cacus expected to top 100 employees (OBJ) |
| Ottawa high tech sector sees another 4,000 jobs gone in May (OBJ) | |
| Workers blast ITAA study claims | |
| Defence contract creates 75 Ottawa jobs, 75 Halifax jobs (OBJ) | |
| Weighing the impact of lost manufacturing (OBJ) | |
| Move to China an option, confirms JDS executive (OBJ) | |
| JDS Denies Ottawa Office to Close in Cost-Cutting (Reuters) | |
| Correspodence with HRDC | Skilled labour shortage looming again in IT sector (?) (OBJ) |
| Unemployment in Ontario 0.4% higher than April (StatCan) | |
| Worker demand continues to climb in Ottawa-Gatineau (OBJ) | |
| Help wanted index in Ontario 20% lower than May last year (StatCan) | |
| The compensation of Cisco certified professionals has taken a hit. (TCPmag) | |
| Alcatel cuts 115 Gatineau jobs (OBJ) | |
| Study: IT workforce down 5% (CW) | |
| UK IT skills shortages are half that of 2001 (ZD) | |
| Optovation Careers | CEO of Optovation: "We haven't seen a large impact from the previous (Nortel) layoffs." (OBJ) |
| Versatel current positions | Versatel Networks expects to almost double its local workforce (OBJ) |
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There will be some layoffs at AiT
(OC)
AiT has about 80 employees in Ottawa. | |
| Plaintree announces layoffs, stresses need for cash(OBJ) | |
| What's hot in recruiting (ERexchange) | |
| Reaction to ITAA study (Denver Post) | |
| Hottest Job Trends (Brassring) | |
| NetPCS closes doors after VCs shy away (OBJ) | |
| Worst of 'tech wreck' is over, says Deloitte survey (OBJ) | |
| More on outsourcing | |
| Outsourcing trends | |
| Surprise: Voluntary IT Turnover Remains High | |
| What software skills are in demand? | |
| Four out of 10 Ottawa employers expect to increase their staff by late summer or early fall May 17, 2002 The best job opportunities were expected in construction, manufacturing, transportation, retail and wholesale trade and public administration | |
| AimTronics workforce down to about 75 from 200 | |
| ITgrads enjoy a 68 per cent placement rate | |
| CSE careers | CSE looking for computer scientists, programmers and developers, engineers, mathematicians and more |
| NCF opportunity | NCF requires an intermediate/senior system administrator |
| Statistics Canada |
Boomers face greatest risk of suicide
May 13, 2002 Financial Post page A5
... changes such as the growing lack of job security have hit boomers hard |
| Tech slump scaring students away from IT | |
| IBM reported preparing layoffs for 8,000 employees | |
| Best in class | |
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It's pretty discouraging right now
If graduates are in trouble, placements for high-tech co-op students are positively abysmal. | |
| Orchestream cuts Ottawa staff to less than 30 | |
| Smart Technologies Jobs | Expansion a smart move for Smart Technologies |
| Ottawa jobless rate declines, more tech jobs lost | |
| Ontario's unemployment rate unchanged at 7% in April | |
| Engineers asked to volunteer to promote engineering careers to students | |
| High-Tech Pay Drops First Time in a Decade | |
| Largest pool ever of unemployed computer specialists | |
| New era of IT employment, | |
| 100 Accelio employees in Ottawa laid off | |
| Students: Jobs in the technology fields scarce | |
| Intelcan | Intelcan Techno scores huge Bulgarian contract |
| Burntsand cuts 50 jobs | |
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ATI careers
Cognos careers Mitel careers Innovance Bridgewater careers CGI careers Tundra careers |
Experienced ASIC, analog and mixed-signal circuit, embedded software, optical-networking designers and marketing superstars in demand
At the top of the list are chip designers, especially if they have at least five years' experience building application specific integrated circuits (ASIC). Companies don't typically let these people go because all high-end electronics systems -- from cellphones to Web servers to the set-top boxes for TVs that ATI plans to make -- rely on the expertise of ASIC designers. Not only are ASIC engineers in demand; they will continue to be so as companies rebound from the economic slump. In addition to ASIC designers, Cadieux is looking to hire some 50 people, including hardware developers with expertise in analog and mixed-signal circuit design, as well as specialists in embedded software. Not surprisingly, there is a feeding frenzy for world-class marketing experts -- people with the connections to generate sales leads. At Mitel Networks, which uses Internet technology to develop equipment for telephone networks, the marketing team not only survived the slowdown, it is expanding to a staff of five. The company has three marketing positions open, but according to Kathy Enright, head of human resources, the challenge is finding people with experience in the voice and data market. |
