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Career consultant firm helps all ages

AFTER DECADES of professional experience aiding others

in career planning and development,

North Vancouver

psychologist Jay. McGilvery has made “a personal career
move of his own by setting up Benchmark Career Consul-

tants Ltd.

McGilvery’ S.service is geared to
helping individuals and companies
adjust to a a marketplace defined

by an‘ increasing :number of bet-
ter-educated pcople chasing after,
fewer, more specialized jobs.

Bankers out to make profit

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questions relating to what you do*

for them, You have the same right
-":to ask a bank:teller or investment

adviser about anything you. want
clarified, including how the indi-
vidual
money — especially as that relates
to your financial dealings.

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Do you have a ‘fi nancial. ‘or con-

or company: makes © its.

sumer question. for Mike? Or a.-
story you think should be in his -
column? Please. write. to ~Mike
Grenby, North Shore News, 1139

Lonsdale,” North Vancouver - y7M ‘said.
‘2H4. Mike cannot

“reply:
dividually but will answer as many
of your Ietters as possible through
The North Shore News.

“Remember to include-: your

"phone number in case Mike nreds
“to contact you, :

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‘Bank changes feguactea

IN A LETTER to: ‘the chairman of.
Canada’s ‘major’. financial -institu-.
tions, the federal Minister of Cor- ”
“sumer.and ’ “Corporate; ‘Affairs: has.
“asked for; changes‘ in’ the:-area of
service charges, and fees. oe

Jn his-: - capacity: as.; ‘consumer

minister, Andre: said: in ‘his ° letter

that he is “‘determined to See some,

‘change. ‘that benefits consumers i
© ‘their dealings: with -banks and other
financial institutions.” fy

charges - as. “irritants ‘to-< con:
‘ gsumers’’ and asked © that they be
teviewed and climinated.

“This latest effort. follows’ several»

months ‘of . extensive ‘discussions.
With |Major: financial: institutions”

BUSINESS

“Things have changed a fot in
the last 10 ycars. The whole issuc

of career planning and develop--

ment is. geiting more attention,’* he

To help give young teens a han-
dle on- where career fits in to life,
McGilvery .. offers ‘a preliminary
, orientation ‘package providing in-
"formation about a young person's
intellectual potential and carly in-
terests, inclinations and prefer-
ences, vo oe

A. career «planning. package,
designed for ages 17 and: up, sket-
ches a self-awareness ‘picture the

client can use for making educa- . °

tional and career-path decisions.
A mid-career path package, for

“regarding ‘the. disclosure of, user-

‘friendly and timely’ taformation on™

“service charges. * wet

:The matter:is also under review
; by-the House. of: Commons Stan-
ding Committee , ,Of: -Finance: and

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.. companies

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individuals who might find
themselves in an unhappy work
situation: or rendered surplus by
corporate economic decisions, ad-

‘business
Driefcase
Michael. Becker

_dresses past experiences, both. the ,

“successes and failures, to point
towards present opportunities, and
choices.

McGilvery also offers a man-
power planning © package to help
assess employees.
‘Companies . which train and
develop people will yetain the, good
employecs.”’

For more information call 986-
4047. - :

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A 23. YEAR- old North Vancouver

1948 - North Shore News

man is tackling success one large
byte at a tite.

Mark Cooper's company, Coo-

per & Associates Computer Group
inc., is projecting $1 million worth
of sales after a few short years in

business. Last year the company ..

took in $580,000 as a service and
supply dealer of NEC computers,
peripherals and cellular telephones:

Old-tech , meets new-tech at
Cooper's offices located in the cir-
ca 1910 Bank of Hamilton building
at First Street and Lonsdale
Avenue.
' Cooper graduated from Carson
Graham Secondary School in [983.
The path to beginning his own
company included stints as a com-
puter field maintenance technician
and as the owner of a yacht charter
company.

While most of Cooper’ s clients
are Fortune 500 companies, private
users represent 15 per cent of his

business. ‘'We’re trying to develop. .-

that area.’ A lot of small business

people ‘are, working: from their:
“homes and we've got everything in®
place: to. give. them one-on-one
| support and service,"". Cooper'said

The company recently” took on

the’ AST line, of ‘computer’ pro- -~
ducts. For more information call ;

986-6275.

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