Presentations for Wednesday, March 27th

Business Plan Presentations

Your presentations will take place during 2nd  or 3rd period on Wednesday, March 27th.

The time limit is 15 minutes.

You should create 10-15 slides using MS PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Presentations, or similar program.

Make sure to make your presentation as clear and interesting as possible.


Remember the steps that we talked about for my 'dream' restaurant:

Kim’s Dumpling Restaurant

1. plan/vision
2. $$$
3. location
4. design/renovate
5. legal matters/ financial plans
6. staffing/ suppliers/equipment/recipes/ menu
7. advertising
8. grand opening

Please email me if you have any questions or problems or if you would like me to proofread your slides.

Have a nice weekend!

Kim

Opening a Small Business

LINC 7,

For those of you who attended the job fair, I hope it was a valuable experience that you can share.

I know that some of you are interested in opening small businesses in Hamilton. Here are some links that will give you useful information about what you need to know before and after you start a business.

Starting a Business:
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/lifeevents/business.shtml


Writing Your Business Plan:
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/page/2753/

Your Guide to Small Business (Ontario):
http://www.ontariocanada.com/ontcan/1medt/smallbiz/sb_downloads/yrguide_sb_en.pdf

I hope you find these sites useful!

Have a lovely March Break! :)

Kim

TED Talk - Larry Smith 'Why you will fail to have a great career.'

Notes from the talk:

-pursue your passion

-a great job has great problems

-people have an interest but find excuses not accomplish passions

-some people believe a great job comes from luck

-genius = great job

-hard work doesn’t equal great career

-competent is not enough

-20 interests but 1 passion

-you could miss your passion with too many interests

-don’t use personal relationships as an excuse for not following your passions

-child with a dream to become a magician; dream doesn’t match his talent for math

-afraid to fail

-people who follow their passions are obsessive,  weird, and a little strange

-look for opportunities to find your destiny

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-Unless.  If only I had…

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Good morning LINC 7,

This morning, we're going to be continuing our discussion of the workplace and talk, in particular, about careers.  First, we're going practice using the collocations from Monday afternoon.  Then, we will listen a TED Talk by Larry Smith from the University of Waterloo entitled "Why you will fail to have a great career?"  

http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_have_a_great_career.html

We will discuss the difference between a passion and an interest.  Finally, you will write about your ideal job in the lab.

Here are some additional links that you may find interesting on the topic of networking and using social media in your resume and job search:

http://www.thedailymuse.com/job-search/why-you-need-a-social-resume-and-how-to-build-one/?goback=%2Egde_1915687_member_215612681

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-recruiters-want-to-see-on-your-linkedin-profile-2013-2?nr_email_referer=1


Enjoy,
Kim

Collocations Maze

Oxford Collocations Dictionary: http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/


1. set achieveable goals

2. deal with problems

3. face challenges (face problems)

4. make a difference

5. have the right attitude

6. paid off

7. rise to the challenge

8.  ultimate amibition

9.  look forward

10.  an element of risk

11.  have the potential

12.  a learning experience

13.  exceed expections (go above and beyond)

14.  pursue a dream

15.  take on an opponent

16.  believe in yourself

17.  head for the top

Few vs. little and hard vs. hardly

little vs. few

The room is filled with little people.

little people = people who are small

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The room is filled with few people.

few people = not many people

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hard vs. hardly

The boy is working hard.

working hard = good worker

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The woman is hardly working.

hardly working = not really working

Connect to Careers

Dear LINC 7,

On Wednesday, March 6th from 10:00 to 3:00 pm, there will a Job Fair at the Hamilton Convention Centre.  Admission and transportation are free for those with their Mohawk ID cards.

Please visit the website for more information:

https://www.connecttocareersjobfair.ca/home.htm

If you're interested, we can attend as a class.  Also, if you plan to go, you should review and update your resume and make several copies to take with you.  

Have a lovely weekend!
Kim