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WMUTY FmE PRES8. WBDMBEDAY,. JULY 29. m49ZPAU il biLsssnw C'olor Your ,WorlId teaches ýempoyetob the best, 'At àa time, whén Inany danadian, employees ý,are7 belng sent- home as the latest vltims of. the recesion, Color Your World sends its employees,,*baek , to 5Célor' Your -Word Corp., Canadals Iargest retailer and wholesaler of paint« and wailpaper products, has created an in-house training prqgram to qualify ail of its employées- to'become certified produot consultants (CPC). The proram hel 1 mpo1 e ta deivelop knowlede adskll about productsin-store 'services * and customer, interaction. To date, almost ail of thé 1,200 Color Your World retail employees have completed the eight-week CPC Level.i training program. *Don. MacMullen, personnel manager for Color Your World,' sa9>% ."W. ýdevloped the. CPC w tio euipour empiLoee pr=imnoldeand akilis abut ail of our products and servces, Mo that they wiil be ahi. ta best satisfy our customera" needs. "Ow underlying piiosophy is that the. bot way ta learn in by daing. For example, the. students don't just learn about the. varous qualities of pain%~ but also how ta paint. This way, they have the perfect balance of knowledge and 1 Weekend vaenishingi FROM PAGE 10 was introduced ta increase the number of jobs available. Toay, most-people stilihave two days off' frôpi paid employment,ý Dawson days. But there' increasing fi.xdiblty over which days they stay at home. For example, tii. nuniber of people who work Saturdays but take Mondays or Tuesdays off; bas .rwnsgnificantly in recent decaEs.arof théechange has come as more women enter the labour force, and as the service sector evolves to imeet *p.ople's nees& Dasnexplains that with more people working - and coeisquently more tw~o-income fanillies - there's less time for daing gocryishopig banldg and relate activities durn ii. week. The. service. sector is repodig both with longer weekdy hlours and with more Sêturday , and occasionaily Sunday services. ,For example, "Nt ln1 ao it was impossibl tâ sue aLdntist.on the weekend," h. says. Trent. aDurham Cocllege FaIlI-Winter: Sept. to April1 By study in Oshawa alone, you may obtain a Trent degree in: Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, History, wxeine, asMaMuilen.' Tii. :cours covers the.fui spectrum of company products ad services;, topics include hands-on worksiiops -onpanng installinwalpaper advinyl, tescaculating tiie amount' of materials required -ta c omplete a specific project. and communi- cating with customers Students must attain at least an 80 per cent avee for certification. Cole or or d'a CPC Level 1i te cogized as 'a credit course towards the. retail, management and interior. deign pragranis at DuiamCllege. 'W. ,teach employees ,that every home decorating prcject should b. loolcedat in its entiretyr, period, store, managers allow 71 "lou preparng the. surface, ta eèmployees time< ta complète the. caring for, it, m the long-term. written exercises.and caus tdiesý That way, our employees are, infrom ..tii. workbooks. Tii.ý final turn, abl.eta iielp our customers week te spent back 'in tiie make-sure tiiey bave ever rhigclaisroOflifor a, wra"ppmodule they need te, do the job,'-- d that concentrates, on csoe MacMulenh. service skillsa., The. first four days ofdthe. Color Your World has proea are spent in classroom liedrciv*0000fo op.OnaroM.initiy: of Skills as "There is where the. stdents part of thé. gov.rnment',s get tieir paintbruheo wet and DevelQpmenýt.Tann rs learn the fin. art of hangi'ngwail- Fun&.ypror=. paper," according to Maccullen. / Color tOur, Woild- Coip. te The studentà tiien return ^ta Canadian -owned and operatedý, their respective, stores for tà with more tban 55 y.ars .mi-home next Six, weelcs t practise.- w-h ,at decorating. Tii. company hbas.285 th.y have learned. Drn'i retail outiets in Canada. M mi ATTENTION BUSUNESSES MemErsi ~Ufe INTERNATONAL5~ DL1R"PA EUDC>DG3E C-RS~R-799 EBLC:):R I'ST. W. -AA-4402 Telecatôr Durham 1 53, Bock St.*N,., ýUit 2, ,Whitby, 430(m-PAGE (7243) *24,Hour Service -*Wide Area Paging r- ..........