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POOL POSITIONS [12 records]

Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

Public Service Commission. Excerpt :"The objective of the Accelerated Aboriginal Recruitment to CAP is to develop qualified Aboriginal peoples through CAP thus contributing to the federal Public Service Employment Equity objectives. Departments will have the opportunity to access a pool of qualified Aboriginal peoples for consideration for CAP positions. Those selected will follow the same program and be required to meet the same standards of excellence as all other CAP participants. "

OBS

CAP: Career Assignment Program.

Key term(s)
  • Accelerated Aboriginal Recruitment to the Career Assignment Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

Commission de la fonction publique. Extrait du site : «Le Recrutement accéléré des Autochtones pour le programme CAP a pour objet d'assurer le perfectionnement de personnes autochtones qualifiées, contribuant ainsi à l'atteinte des objectifs d'équité en emploi de la fonction publique fédérale. En outre, cette initiative permet aux ministères d'accéder à un bassin d'Autochtones qualifiés dont la candidature sera prise en considération pour des postes du programme CAP. Les personnes retenues devront suivre le même programme et satisfaire aux mêmes normes d'excellence que tous les autres participants et participantes au programme CAP.»

OBS

CAP : programme Cours et affectations de perfectionnement.

Key term(s)
  • Recrutement accéléré des Autochtones pour le programme Cours et affectations de perfectionnement

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Photography
CONT

PHOTO TRANSPORT SYSTEM. After photographers have made their images, they may utilize the SOCOG [Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games] Photo Transport System and have their film or disks taken to either an on-site photo lab or to the MPC [Main Press Center] for processing. Photo Marshals and Photo Messengers within the venue will collect properly identified and bagged film/disks and prepare them for transport. The film will be dispatched to the MPC via motorcycle couriers who will transport film bags from each venue to the Kodak Image Center.

CONT

The requirements of accredited photographers covering the Beijing Olympic Games will be a high priority of the Press Operations team, and will be realized at the MPC Photo Work Area, Kodak Image Centre, Venue Photo Work Room, Photo Positions, Photo Pool services and through the disk/film transport system and backup the photographers require.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Photographie
CONT

Le service photo [...]. La mission des services photographiques du Comité organisateur (BOCOG) est d'aider ces photographes de talent à monter la chronique visuelle des Jeux en mettant à leur disposition toute une panoplie de moyens, de services et d'installations au Centre de presse principal (CPP) et dans les 37 lieux de compétition des Jeux olympiques de 2008 à Beijing. Satisfaire les besoins des photographes accrédités sera la priorité de l'équipe des services à la presse, qui mettra à leur disposition une zone de travail au CPP, un centre Kodak, une salle de travail pour les photographies des installations olympiques, des emplacements de prises de vues, un «pool» photographique, un système de transport disquettes & films et d'autres services utiles aux photographes.

OBS

Le Comité International Olympique (CIO) demande de respecter le nom des Jeux Olympiques tel qu'établi dans la Charte olympique, soit d'utiliser la majuscule «O». Par contre, les règles d'écriture de la langue française recommandent d'utiliser «Jeux olympiques», graphie préconisée par Sport Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
CONT

Hedge funds pool the capital of a small number of high net worth individuals or institutions under the direction of a single manager or small team. One of the reasons to domicile offshore is to be free to use trading strategies which traditional, domestically regulated retail fund are not allowed to do. A key technique is to use short as well as long positions. This can provide protection against a falling market...

OBS

As the name suggests, these funds hedge their risks by offsetting potential losses by hedging their investments using different approaches, the most popular one being short selling.

OBS

Nowadays, the term "hedge fund" also designates funds that do not hedge their risks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Fonds commun de placement ou société d'investissement à capital variable qui a recours à des stratégies de nature spéculative dans le but d'atténuer les risques de marché qu'il assume, notamment en tentant de maintenir simultanément une position longue sur les titres dont la valeur est susceptible d'augmenter et une position courte sur les titres dont la valeur est susceptible de diminuer, le seul objectif étant l'appréciation du capital.

OBS

Il faut prendre garde de ne pas confondre les fonds de couverture (en principe peu risqués) et les fonds spéculatifs (très risqués), d'autant plus que la langue anglaise ne possède qu'un seul terme pour désigner ces deux types d'outils de placement. À proprement parler, les fonds de couverture représentent une catégorie de fonds spéculatifs compte tenu de la nature spéculative de leurs stratégies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
DEF

Fondo que se utiliza esencialmente para cubrir las posiciones de otro fondo.

OBS

[...] utilizan técnicas de cobertura como la compra de futuros financieros sobre índices bursátiles y la venta de opciones sobre acciones con objeto de limitar riesgos.

OBS

fondo de cobertura: término que representa fondos que utilizan técnicas de cobertura para disminuir el riesgo. El concepto de "hedge fund" abarca también fondos de inversión con un índice mayor de riesgo y que se designa en español con el término "fondo de inversión libre".

OBS

fondo de cobertura: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 4 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Two pools of positions are created at each FS [Foreign Service] level; one pool of pay positions to which employees are appointed and one pool of duty positions to which employees are assigned, not appointed, on a rotational basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Foreign Service(FS) employees and positions in CIC [Citizenship and Immigration Canada] are managed as a pool of resources. Two pools of positions are created at each FS level; one pool of pay positions to which employees are appointed and one pool of duty positions to which employees are assigned, not appointed, on a rotational basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Job Descriptions
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Two pools of positions are created at each FS [Foreign Service] level; one pool of pay positions to which employees are appointed and one pool of duty positions to which employees are assigned, not appointed, on a rotational basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Descriptions d'emplois
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Foreign Service(FS) employees and positions in CIC [Citizenship and Immigration Canada] are managed as a pool of resources. Two pools of positions are created at each FS level; one pool of pay positions to which employees are appointed and one pool of duty positions to which employees are assigned, not appointed, on a rotational basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Administration (General)
  • Federal Administration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

English is predominant in communications between headquarters and federal offices in bilingual regions of Quebec. Regional offices expect headquarters to communicate with them in the official language of their choice, especially since there is a greater pool of bilingual positions in the federal Public Service in the NCR [National Capital Region], and it is the region where government policy originates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

L'anglais prédomine dans les communications entre l'administration centrale et les bureaux fédéraux situés dans les régions bilingues du Québec. Les bureaux régionaux s'attendent à ce que leur administration centrale communique avec eux dans la langue officielle de leur choix, surtout que la RCN [région de la capitale nationale] compte le plus gros bassin de postes bilingues dans la fonction publique fédérale et qu'il s'agit de la région d'où émanent les politiques gouvernementales.

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Public Service
DEF

A list established for a class of similar positions of the same group and level [naming] individuals who have been determined, through evaluation, to be qualified in accordance with the qualification standards for the positions.

CONT

All the candidates on the list are deemed to be qualified for an appointment and are therefore not placed in order of merit. Normally, an individual on the list may reasonably expect to be appointed. A prequalified pool is established when there is a need to fill several similar positions.

OBS

The Selection Process and Pre-qualified Pool are the principal mechanisms for the promotion and appointment of staff ...

OBS

To ensure that an adequate pool is in place at all times, corporate exercises will be conducted to prequalify Assistant Deputy Ministers. Candidates can self-identify or be nominated by a Deputy Minister, and will be assessed against leadership competencies. Successful candidates join the corporate pool and are appointed to the EX-4 level, when they begin their first assignment at the Assistant Deputy Minister level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Fonction publique
CONT

Les participants sont des diplômés du programme lorsqu'ils se qualifient à un répertoire de candidats préqualifiés (RCP) des ministères et organismes pour un poste de niveau CS-05.

OBS

Pour garantir la disponibilité constante d'une réserve suffisante, on soumettra les candidats intéressés à des épreuves de préqualification au niveau de sous-ministre adjoint. [...] Ceux qui réussiront seront intégrés à la réserve centrale [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Swimming
CONT

When in an event other than a Time-Final there are more entrants... than there are working lanes in the pool, all contestants shall swim for time in Preliminary Heats in order to qualify for starting positions in the next round of the event.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Natation
CONT

Lorsque, pour une épreuve autre qu'une finale contre la montre, le nombre de participants [...] dépasse le nombre de couloirs disponibles, tous les concurrents doivent participer à une série préliminaire contre la montre afin de se qualifier à une position de départ pour la prochaine série d'épreuves [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 1985-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Service
  • Recruiting of Personnel
OBS

training pool : a pool of person-years used for training purposes; for example, to staff training positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonction publique
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
OBS

C1071

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise

Spanish

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