Lack of money is the biggest risk faced by job seekers. Here are our tips of what to look out for and to reduce other risks from your lack of work. Financial risk The fear of financial fiasco may make you want to shorten your search by accepting the first job that comes along. No […]
Employers are requiring a second job interview more and more frequently. This is an opportunity for you to present yourself in more depth and ask your nagging questions. Here are our five tips to make the most of this second meeting. Be glad Being called to a second interview is excellent news, and it means […]
With design being midway between creation (arts) and research (sciences), innovation in architecture aims to create “ordinary things in an extraordinary way”, says Jacques White, director of the school of architecture of the Université Laval. How does this innovation materialize, which revolves around design, materials and working methods? Design Innovation in architecture is […]
How far we have come since the days when we thought the skeleton was rigid or, more recently, when we thought that only DNA had an influence on our bones! In studying the skeleton, osteobiography reveals how the bones adapt to our new lifestyles and influence our body and health. The Paleolithic Age and […]
Japanese computer giant Fujitsu is partnering with the International Gymnastics Federation (IGF) to offer technology to assess gymnasts’ performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Judges, viewers and athletes should be satisfied with this technological development based on artificial intelligence. Tests scrutinized by artificial intelligence The press conference on November 20, 2018, by […]
During the second Tech For Good summit, leading tech companies tackled the issue of parity in managerial positions or on boards of Directors. What has been achieved? What is the portrait of the current situation? How would the economy benefit? Ambitious goal At a reception at the Élysée, hosted last May by President Macron, […]
The labour shortage continues to affect the manufacturing sector. More than 4,000 positions will need to be filled in 2019, according to the most recent data from the Quebec Industrial Barometer. Recreational vehicle builder BRP in Valcourt alone is seeking 450 employees this summer, mostly full-time temporary employees for evening shifts on the assembly line. […]
In parallel with the establishment of World Wildlife Day by the United Nations in 2014, a variety of measures have been deployed in the parks of Africa and Asia to combat poaching of endangered species. Technology will be of great help to try to curb this growing scourge whose effects could also harm the tourism […]
The automation of factory production will create new job categories, related to IT. What are they? By replacing human work for predictable repetitive and physical tasks, technological innovations are leading to the development of new skills that require analysis and judgement. They are changing the very nature of many jobs and creating new ones. Rather […]
The emotion and stupor in the first hours following the fire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 16, 2019, quickly gave way to the time for reconstruction. Experts, architects, engineers… everyone descended on the media to give their opinion on the matter, to say nothing of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called […]
Announced at the Robotics Summit & Expo in May 2018, the new version of the Handle Robot by Boston Dynamics has just burst on the scene. With a humanoid appearance, this very agile robot could provide considerable support to warehouse staff within a few years. The Boston Dynamics Company A brainchild of the […]
She still had one more session at the Université de Sherbrooke, but Karine already had a job assured starting in the summer. As a project manager at Intersand, the new graduate is responsible for developing projects for animal health. For the young chemist, the days pass, each one different… “At the beginning of a project, […]
