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Article: Netting Stars career fair hopes to catch Aboriginal job seekers.
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- May 1, 1999
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By Kenneth Williams
Windspeaker Contributor
TORONTO
Two hundred Aboriginal job-seekers crammed into Metro Hall in downtown Toronto on April 8 hoping to make a connection with one of the 20 employers at the Netting Stars: Aboriginal Career Fair that was organized by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business and Miziwe Biik: Aboriginal Employment and Training.
There were an additional 10 booths supplied by various Toronto-based training and employment agencies, as well as 16 workshops geared towards giving Aboriginal job-seekers the tools to succeed in their employment search. The workshops dealt with resume writing, job search ...