10 Best Jobs for Women in 2012

Check out this video highlighting the best jobs for women in 2012, based on findings from jobs expert Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., author of Best Jobs for the 21st Century, and as reported by Forbes staff writer Jenn Goudreau:

Do you agree with the list?

National Work From Home Day

Check out the video below to find out more about an initiative from Workopolis asking Parliament to recognize an annual Work From Home Day.

Would you support a government-mandated work from home day? Share your thoughts with us in the Comments section of this post.

How to re-enter the workforce

Are you a CCG-turned-SAHM (stay-at-home mom) who's now looking to head back into the working world? Check out this video for some great advice on how to do just that from career coach Maggie Mistal who also hosts national weekly radio show "Making a Living with Maggie" on Martha Stewart Radio:

Work trend alert: job sharing

We read Two workers, one job by Tavia Grant (The Globe & Mail, May 16/17 weekend edition, Report on Business section, page B14) and felt we had to share this one (pun intended).

A popular concept in Europe, the idea of job sharing is only just emerging in Canada. Just like it sounds, this work arrangement involves two employees splitting the duties of one job in order to create a work-life balance that suits their schedules. Read how two employees at agricultural not-for-profit group AgCare and two senior account managers at the Royal Bank of Canada are making job sharing work for them.

Click here to read the article or copy and paste this link into your web browser:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wworkout0516/BNStory/lifeMain/