26 Oakville Beaver Weekend Sunday June 13, 1999 i l & g | | R O Y A L B A N K IN V ESTM EN T A N D R E T IR E M E N T PLA N N IN G 15 YEARS OF FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE 4 . A D A V ID K IM B E R L E Y (905) 845-5675 O U R PA TIO IS N O W O P E N ! Lo ok fo r O u r 2 For 1 Patio Pizza Ad, C lip It O u t, B ring It In IL FORNELLO 9 0 5 .3 3 8 .5 2 3 3 ADVERTORIAL Interviews - The Final Step To Summer Job Success By Tara Nicholls The summer job you want is almost within reach! Now that you've fixed up a killer resume there is just one more hurdle - the interview proc ess. No, don't groan, it's really not as bad as our minds make it out to be! The interview is the cul mination of all of your hard work: job hunting, making contacts, and submitting resumes. Many students have come into our office this summer, located at 1090 Speers Road, asking for help with their interview skills, so don't feel alone. This is the second installment of a bi-weekly series, brought to you by the Oakville Human Resource Centre for Students. Every two weeks, watch the Beaver for helpful hints on some of the most important components of summer job suc cess. Read on to learn more about effective inter view skills. General tips for interviews include taking time out to prepare for each different interview by learn ing about each employer and thinking about why you want to work for that company. Brainstorm some questions you can ask during the interview, and think about questions you may be askqd and how you would respond. Always dress one step above what you would wear if you were to get the job, and go alone to the interview - leave your par ents and friends behind! Introduce yourself to the receptionist, if applicable, mention your appoint ment, thank them, and wait quietly - try to relax by taking deep breaths and thinking positively! What you SHOULD do in an interview includes shaking hands firmly with the interviewer, and maintaining eye contact with them, as well as hod- ding and smiling. Let your sense of humour show, and your enthusiasm and energy. Be aware of your posture and your tone, and think before answering questions. Highlight your best qualities, such as punctuality, hard-working, cooperative, creative, organized, experience with the public, or computer skills - whatever is relevant to the job, and be honest: What you SHOULD NOT do in an interview includes not smoking or chewing gum, fidgeting or slouching, and do not ramble - be concise. Never criticize former employers or volunteer potentially negative information about yourself. Always finish off the interview with a smile and a handshake, and thank the interviewer for the opportunity to meet with them. A mock interview conducted by a knowledge able summer employment officer here will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses within the interview and can be done anytime between Monday and Friday, from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Just drop by the Centre and ask, or call us at (905) 845-3601, if you have any questions. HIRE-A-STUDENT WEEK IS COMING! Help us celebrate national Hire-A-Student week, June 14-18, which we are kicking off on Friday, June 11, with the Proclamation from the Mayor of Oakville and an official flag raising of our Hire-A-Student flag at Towne Hall. On Tuesday, June 15 we will be hosting an employer apprecia tion FREE BBQ at Towne Square from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and then on June 16 Summer Jobs Partnership has organized an employer breakfast featuring Dave Foot as the keynote speaker. On Friday, June 18, we finish Hire-A-Student week off with a bang at Chinguacousy Park, in Brampton, from 4:00-8:00 pm, where a carnival has been organized, including games, prizes, a BBQ and tons of fun!! Don't forget about these festivities during Hire-A-Student week, as well as our office's own employer draw, so that all businesses or homeown ers who create a summer job for a student during the week can be entered into a draw to win fabulous prizes, such as dinner gift certificates! Hope to see you there! In addition, the week after, June 21-25, the Oakville Human Resource Centre for Students will be holding one hour in-house group informa tion sessions each day, on resume skills, interview skills, government programs, internet job search and the hidden job market. Call (905) 845-3601, or drop by and sign up now, as space is limited - regis ter early! sH (jilp iFSs If yo u a re lo o k in g to b rush up on y o u r in te rv iew s k ills , v is it th e H um an R e s o u rce C e n tre fo r S tudents! W e can he lp , so d ro p in M o n d ay to F rid ay fro m 9 :00 am -4 :30 pm a student. CALL 845-3601 0M H u m a n A N o u rc N D eveloppem cot deeD evelopm ent Canada re **o u re « * hum a inc* Canada ^ Canada Business To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 S Successful Investing with Patrick McKeough T IP O F T H E W E EK : "Mutual fund fees are dropping, but you may need to change brokers to benefit. Fees brokers charge The spread of discount brokerages is heightening competi tion and spurring fee reductions among many full-service brokers (those who give clients advice). But you may have to threaten to transfer your account to get a fee cut. H O W T H E Y C H A R G E Front-end loads are disappearing. These are commissions you pay to buy mutual funds through a broker. Many discount brokers now sell front-end load funds at zero commission. Many full- service brokers will also sell them at zero commission, if you insist. Some brokers rebate back-end loads. These are fees that fund companies pay your broker when you pay no commission to buy, but you agree to pay a redemption fee if you sell within six to seven years. A number of brokers will rebate up to 100% of the commissions they get when they sell you back-end load funds. Trailer fees are up for grabs. Trailers are fees that fund companies pay brokers who are holding units in the fund for their clients. Charles Schwab Canada will now rebate 1/4% of the annual trailer fee it gets on mutual funds its clients hold, in accounts over $25,000. Check your new broker's figures If you transfer an RRSP from one broke to another, be sure your new broker list: your foreign holdings at their true book value. Some brokers take the current market value of incoming RRSP investments as book value, because it's simpler. This can give you a temporary advantage, if the market value of your foreign RRSP holdings is below book value. This would bump up the foreign content limit in your RRSP. But it could cause future trouble for you with Reven Canada, and sorting it out would be a messy accounting problem. Before you transfer, ask your current broker to match what you being offered elsewhere. He or s may be more than willing to mate it to keep your business. ©1999 ArtPress International GRAPHICS SYNDICATI Patrick McKeough is author of Riding The B u ll and editor ol The Successful Investor, a monthly investment newsletter. For further information, call 1-800-579-4246 or visit http://www.thesucce8sfullnvestor.com Have your say when decisions are made M onday, June 14th: The O akville Planning and Development Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Oakville Municipal B uilding,1225 Trafalgar Road. A special meeting of Council is at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Oakville M unicipal Building. Wednesday, June 16th: The Halton Region Planning and Public Works Com m ittee meets at 9:30 a.m. at regional headquarters. The Halton Region A dm inistration and Finance Com m ittee meets at 1:30 p.m. at regional headquarters, 1151 Bronte Road.- FORG (Federation o f O akville Ratepayer Groups) meets at 7:30 p.m. in the O akville Room of the O akville M unicipal Building. REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALTON and THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION and CAST IRON WATERMAIN AND WASTEWATER MAIN REPLACEMENT TOWN OF OAKVILLE CONTRACT NO. WS-1547-99 A Public Information Centre will be held: DATE: Monday, June 14,1999 PLACE: Plnegrove Public School 529 Fourth Line TIME: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Oakville, Ontario The Town of Oakville proposes to reconstruct the Fourth L ine including curbs and gutters, from Bridge R oad to S tevens C rescent; and The Regional Municipality of Halton proposes to replace the cast iron w aterm ain and w astew ate r m a in on Fourth L ine from Bridge Road to Pinegrove Road and the Zone 2 cast iron w aterm ain from S peers R oad to P inegrove Road. Th is Inform ation C entre is being held to provide the public w ith an opportun ity to review the p ro jec t d raw ings and to d iscuss any potentia l construction d isruptions from the proposed works. The R egion of H alton and Tow n o f O akville representatives w ill be present to answ er any questions. Interested persons are invited to d rop in any tim e during the above-noted hours to review and com m ent on the proposed works. If you are unable to a ttend th is Public Inform ation C entre and w ish to obtain m ore inform ation o r provide w ritten com m ents, p lease address your concerns to: Mr. Eric Zutis, CET, Engineering Design Technologist Town of Oakville 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6 Telephone: (905) 845-6601, Ext 3312 Fax: (905)338-4159 Mr. J. Choi, P.Eng., Manager, Design Services Regional Municipality of Halton 1151 Bronte Road Oakville, ON L6M 3L1 Telephone: 905-825-6030, ext 7610 Fax: (905) 847-2192 G> O A K V I L L E * * * '* / / A / » / / / / / # # , # » 9 * » J JFJFJFJ* . » http://www.thesucce8sfullnvestor.com