You're Hired...Now What?: An Immigrant's Guide to Success in the Canadian Workplace (Canadian Newcommer Series) - Softcover

Goldman, Lynda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195432185 ISBN 13: 9780195432183

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

You're Hired...Now What?, the third book in the Canadian Newcomer Series, will give people from different countries and backgrounds an understanding of Canadian workplace culture and norms. The material is presented as a general guide to adapting to a professional environment and explains common best-practice procedures at work. Examples are given to help explain and illustrate the positive results of working within these general guidelines.

The book (and accompanying workbook) can be used in the classroom as a way of preparing for a job or by individuals wanting to prepare by themselves or to further their careers.

About this title

About the Author

Lynda Goldman (formally Lynda Berish) worked as an ESL teacher at Concordia University and College Marie-Victorin in Montreal from 1984 to 1998. During that time she published a number of well-respected and well-received ESL books.

After 1998, she shifted to corporate training in areas such as business etiquette, first impressions, professional image, and networking. She has also developed, written, and currently delivers a training program on selling in a multi-cultural environment.

She has authored numerous books, articles, and educational material. She also provides writing services through her professional writing business.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0195432185
• ISBN 13: 9780195432183
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384