CPAC Professionals Day&Job Fair 2014 will be held this Saturday: About 50 exhibitors, 10 workshops plus a FREE WelcomePack for New Immigrants
CPAC Professionals Day 2014, a career development conference and job fair for immigrant professionals in the GTA, will be held on May 31 at Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel. Free Admission by registration online at http://cpac2014pday.eventbrite.com. Registrants can redeem their confirmation for lunch at the event. Moreover, bringing along your Permanent Resident Card, new immigrants who are 18+ and arrived in Canada in or after September 2011 are eligible to collect a WelcomePack gift box filled with gifts, products and offers from over 40 Canadian brands at CPAC booth on the site.
Continuing the decade-long success of this event, the 13th CPAC Professionals Day will bring a new lineup of speakers, employers and service providers and will be held in an upscale facility to match the profile of this event. The one-day event features a keynote speaker and 10 breakout sessions on various career related topics. Close to 50 employers and service providers from various sectors and industries will participate in the Job Fair/Marketplace, bringing in a wide range of employment opportunities or promoting their programs and services to the participants.
Royson Ng, President of Samtack Inc., will be the keynote speaker for Professionals Day 2014. Mr. Ng will share with the audience his story of success. Born and raised in Malaysia, he came to Canada in 1991 and started his career with various entry level jobs before joining Samtrack. Under his leadership, the company has grown to be a leading distributor of personal computers, consumer electronics, dry food and health & beauty products and have such big name mass merchant clients as Best Buy, Canadian Tire, Office Depot, Staples and Wal-Mart. Mr. Ng attributes the success of the company to its employees, most of whom are immigrants.
Workshops:
- Career Opportunities with the Federal Government
- Strategies to Pass the Experience Requirement for Professional Engineer Licensure
- Adapting to the Canadian Work Environment
- Insights on How to Get a Job with Ontario Government
- All You Need to Know about Commission-based Careers
- Career Opportunities in Banks and Paths to Employment Success
- Path towards Your Accounting Designation
- How to Plan Your Careers before and after You Graduate
- Stories of Successful Young Professionals
- Secretes to Business Success
Exhibitors(in alphabetical order):
ACCES Employment Services
Action Business Management
Bell Canada
BMO Bank of Montreal
Canada Revenue Agency
Canadian Securities Institute
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Centennial College
Centre for Business, George Brown College
Chinese Professionals Association of Canada
CGA Ontario
Correctional Service Canada
CPA Ontario
CPAC Leadership Club/ GIEN Program
CPAC Resume Clinic
Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network
Enterprise Toronto, City of Toronto
Freedom Lunch
Heritage Education Funds
ICIT Canada
IFSE Institute
Job Skills—Employment and Business Programs and Services
Kognitive Marketing Inc.
Leivaire Inc.
Malvern Employment & Social Services
Manulife Bank
Manulife Toronto Asia Centre
Microskills
Moody’s Analytics
Pharma-Medical Science College of Canada
Royal LePage Golden Ridge Realty
Samtack
Seneca Workforce Skills Centre
Street Capital Financial Corporation
Sun Life Financial
Supply Chain Management Association Ontario (SCMAO)
TD Insurance Meloche Monnex
Toastmasters CPAC Club
Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology
Toronto Police Service
Toronto Fire Services
Tweebaa Inc.
Young Professionals Division of CPAC
YTB Travel Network of Canada
(Note: Please check on the day of Professionals Day for the exact content of workshops and the exhibitors)
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Sheraton Parkway Toronto North (600 HWY-7 E Richmond Hill, Ontario)
Register at: http://cpac2014pday.eventbrite.com
Enquiries: 416-298-7885 Ext. 101