Applying for a job can be an intimidating process; especially if it’s your first job or if you have held the same position for a long time. How do you really know what they’re looking for? Well, the key to getting the first step right is a clear and concise job application, because employers simply don’t have the time to go through lengthy, unfocused submissions. This program will help you focus on expressing your skills and experience, writing applications that really stand out, and addressing the all-important selection criteria. It also examines online job applications. An up-to-date and practical program that will get the real you onto paper. Chapters: 1.Identifying Your Skills 2.Looking for a Job 3.Writing a Good Cover Letter 4.Addressing the Selection Criteria
Grade levels: Adult
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Fashionable Business: Young Designers, New Labels
The fashion industry is renowned for its competitiveness. So how do emerging fashion designers get a foothold when there’s so much competition? In this program we introduce three emerging fashion labels and the designers behind them. It examines the elements of design and manufacture design inspiration, the different types of fabrics used in manufacture, and the marketing and branding of the labels.
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Financial Reporting For Business
Accounting reports convey vital information about cash, profit and financial position to the owner and key stakeholders of a business. This program explores the content and format of the three key accounting reports: the cash flow statement, profit and loss statement and balance sheet. Insights are provided from real business owners/managers about how these reports are used within the business for analysis and decision making.
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Understanding Prejudice
Prejudice in the 21st century may not seem overt, yet we remain a prejudiced society. Whether it’s racial assumptions, views on gender, income, vocation, clothing, even whole cities or suburbs, all of us hold prejudicial thoughts. In this intelligent and thought-provoking program we explore some of the reasons why society chooses to ‘accept’ some people, but excludes and rejects others. Including a brief historical look at groups of people who have experienced prejudice, and why these views differ today, this is an excellent discussion starter for your classroom. Leading psychologist Andrew Fuller provides commentary on the impact of prejudice on individuals, how prejudice is perpetuated, what to do in the face of injustice and how to embrace and accept differences. Chapter: 1.Introduction 2.What’s In and What Isn’t 3.Ask the Question: Why? 4.What it Means to be Different 5.The Impact of Prejudice 6. What We Can Do About Prejudice 7.Conclusion
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Identity Theft/Lottery and Prize Fraud
Collection agencies begin calling “Ann Marie” demanding the repayment of thousands of dollars. A woman assuming Ann Marie’s identity, with only social insurance and driver’s license numbers, had opened a bank account and stolen thousands of dollars from Ann Marie’s credit cards and line-of-credit accounts. Also, an 83-year-old woman loses most of her belongings to heartless fraudsters, by financing promises of lottery winnings.
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Employment Scam and Adoption Fraud
A woman takes a $4,800 cheque from a fraudster and pays him $3,500. She anticipates making a tidy profit, but the cheque bounces and she loses her $3,500. A college student trying to earn some extra cash ends up working for nothing when he is paid with a fraudulent cheque. Also, an adoption agency takes fees from several couples, without enough children for all of them, and also lies about the children’s backgrounds.
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Pump and Dump and Used Car Fraud
Repeat fraudster Harris Dempsey “Butch” Ballow skips bail for his first $10 million pump and dump stock fraud, and while he’s on the lam, manages to set up another $3 million scam. Also, a couple selling a car get a call from a buyer in Nigeria, who sends them a cashier’s cheque for more than the asking price, asking them to cash it and send back the remaining cash. They do so, but lose the money they advanced when the cheque is later declared a fake.
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Home Improvement Fraud (CAN)/Pyramid Scheme
A man approaches several homeowners, telling them that he is paving driveways in their neighbourhood, and offers to do the jobs at a special rate. He takes the homeowners’ money but never completes the work. In another story, an individual loses a lot of money getting involved in a pyramid scheme promising an easy, fast return.
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Counterfeit Products/Identity Fraud
A homebuilder suffers eye damage after his fraudulent Oakley sunglasses shatter. He sues the retailer that sold the counterfeit merchandise and is awarded $70,000. Also, a young woman from Portland, Oregon, lives in fear after being the victim of identity theft. The investigation of her case leads to a raid of the scam artists’ home and to their arrest.