PTC is pleased to announce that as of 2008, we have launched our new ‘Going Green’ initiative to take part in the ever-growing need to save the environment. There are many things we will be doing as a workplace to kick this plan into gear, and most of them will require only minimal changes to our lifestyles. We hope that you, our valued candidates, will find our tips useful and take part in our collaboration to help the environment.

Join PTC as we participate in CGA Ontario's Annual Controllers' Congress, taking place on February 21st and 22nd, 2008 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre.

Three main assets on a balance sheet that can threaten a corporation’s survival are accounts receivable, inventory, and marketable securities.

Think you’re taking all the right steps in your job search and still not seeing results? Have the perfect cover letter and a solid resume, but just can’t seem to land that perfect job? It may all be in your head. That’s right. Just the way you think about yourself, your value, and your chances for getting that job may actually be impacting your search.

What has 48 million users, 3% weekly growth, and is blue and white all over? Why, only one of the largest communicational phenomenons since the telephone. Taking North America by storm, Facebook is slowly taking over the web with its endless array of uses for everything from networking, marketing and even dating.

PTC will be sponsoring this year's CGA Ontario's Annual Conference at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel and Convention Centre in Toronto. We will be present on the 8th, so please come by and see us. For more information, please visit www.cga-ontario.org.

PTC will be attending the CICA Financial Reporting and Accounting Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this September. The two-day event will offer speakers, panel discussions and workshops that will help keep you and your organization up-to-date on emerging developments in financial reporting.

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Relationships can be our most important assets. Through our experiences, many of us have found that many of our successes have come from who we know and how they can help us. These relationships are typically mutually beneficial - every contact has the potential to be to the gateway to a new opportunity and should be maintained with respect and patience.

As a loyal member of Career Professionals of Canada (www.careerprocanada.ca), I attend our annual spring conference in Mississauga, Ontario so that I can impart valuable – and correct – information to better serve the job-seeking public. Three top recruiters revealed what Canadian recruiters and employers seek in both new-hires and their accompanying resumes.

Staying motivated in your job search is the key to survival. Like it or not, this is a "job" most of us will have several times in our careers -- looking for work. Facing a job search can be bleak, especially if it's suddenly thrust upon you. To find a great job while keeping your head above water, personally and financially, is no easy feat. The only way to do it is to stay motivated, and here are a few guidelines: