SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW
It wasnÂ?t the Stanley Cup final or the Memorial Cup championship game, but the second annual hockey challenge put on by the Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students was still a great event to be part of.
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The whole purpose of the game was to promote Hire a Student (HAS) Week.
HAS Week promotes student employment by providing job opportunities and networking events for students and employers. HAS Week is a way to highlight the importance of getting that first job for some students or finding career-related work experience for others.
The game featured employers and summer employment officers versus the small, but rowdy local media team comprised of myself and four great individuals from CBC Radio-CanadaÂ?Christian Milette, Yanick Bourdon, Monick Corriveau and Dan Lessard.
We needed transplants from the other team just so we could have substitutions.
Although the game was for fun, it was still filled with enthusiasm and good old Sudbury spirit. In any
game it comes down to the fact nobody loves to lose.
The game was wide open and featured a unique element. We all played with mini hockey sticks about two feet long.
We played for about 45 minutes under the hot sun at Tom Davies Square.
The score remained deadlocked at zero for most of the game due to some surprisingly sharp goaltending by both goalies and the rather chaotic play.
About half an hour into the game, as I stood in the goalmouth, I received a fantastic pass through three sets of legs from Milette and buried the first goal of the game. I celebrated with the classic heroÂ?s windmill arm pump.
The action continued as the plastic sticks clashed while we all swung wildly at the small, yellow ball.
The media team went on to win 2-0 with Tammy Lamarche, transplanted from the human resources team, scoring the insurance goal against her former team.
As the participants started to huff and puff, play was halted at about 1:50 pm. Everybody was tired and sweaty, but extremely satisfied they participated in this great cause.
As staff reminded all of us who participated, students are highly motivated, eager and ready for new, challenging experiences.
Hiring students gives them the opportunity to showcase their skills and get that first important job they need to start their lives.
Students may not have experience, but they do have the ingenuity and energy to be an asset to almost
any business. The only way to gain experience is to have a business willing take students and give
them the chance to prove themselves.
We were all students at one point and IÂ?m sure some us can remember how hard it was and is to get
a job when we came out of college or university.
The Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students offers several benefits for employers including, job postings on the internet and in offices, recruitment and referral services and information on the labour market and other government services and programs.
For students they offer student job postings, resume counselling and interview advice, creative job search techniques and information on government programs and services.
Hire a student, you will not be disappointed.
Scott Haddow Hunter is a former ice hockey player and has worked at Northern Life for the past three months as a sports reporter.
