The Internet has greatly influenced how organizations advertise their job openings and locate potential candidates to fill them.  Companies may use the Internet as a recruitment tool.  You can use the Internet to visit a company's web site, find their job postings, and explore how the organization guides you to apply for an opening.

  "Every man looks at his woodpile with a kind of affection."  Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden and Civil Disobedience, wrote few more charming sentences than this one.  The man and his woodpile, modestly iconic, suggest a life of pleasurable striving in a homespun utopia -- or so I imagined during an adolescence given over to the teachings of this nineteenth century transcendental hippie.

When the warm weather arrives the sunshine and the highway seem to call out to us. Load the car with your picnic basket or back pack and head out for the day with a map and a destination. You'll be able to find something fun to do, whether it's about the activity, the place or just the getting there.

Okay, I'll admit I have a problem. The stack of Pottery Barn catalogues beside my bed will attest to the fact that I am slightly obsessed with home decorating. Not a day goes by when you won't find me reading about, discussing or shopping for home decor. Drives my husband nuts!

We've all got incipient spring fever this year, after the January and February (and March) winter blasts.  But Olympic fever is just heating up, and it promises to be hot, indeed.  Presses are already running overtime producing fiction and nonfiction books, DVDs,  e-books and even music featuring the Olympics:  its history, politics, and individual Olympic champions,  for adults and children.   

Help clean our Thames River on Saturday, April 19th. All along this heritage river in London and other communities, people like you are pitching in to pick up trash. It's a great way to give back to our community! Last year, over 1800 people worked together and cleaned up 200 km of this waterway. The list of clean-up sites in London are

March 26, 2008 - We may have just what you're looking for! Did you know that you can subscribe to free email LPL Connections newsletters with book reviews of a selection of our latest books? If you see a book listed that you like, you can click on the link right in the email to go directly to that item in our catalogue, place a hold and then we'll telephone or email you when that book is ready for you to pick up! You may subscribe to one or all sixteen of these popular newsletters on any topic. Our newsletter themes are,

March 25, 2008 – The Board of the London Public Library today announced the resignation of Anne Becker from the role of Chief Executive Officer at LPL. Board Chair Svetlana MacDonald praised the organization’s progress with Becker at the helm. “The Library Board is extremely grateful to Anne Becker for her contributions to LPL’s success over the past three years. Her leadership and passion for the Library will be greatly missed,” said MacDonald.

No matter how many times you’ve watched home decorating shows on TV, the thought of painting can still be unnerving. And sadly, most of us don’t have Colin and Justin waiting in the wings to perform a free intervention so we’re left to choose between hiring a contractor or tackling the job ourselves.

Before you DIY ask these questions:

Realistically, how long will this project take?