Professional coaching is flourishing worldwide. Career Coaches will take a lost and confused job seeker and help them build a career path based on interests, passions, and abilities. Career Coaches can help walk you through jobs that exist in the world to determine what type of role would be a good fit…
Top 5 Telltale Signs You Should be Changing Jobs
A long (very long?) time ago I started out on my first job working in an office for a very large insurance company, a pretty common first step for women entering the workforce. I was 17 and I hated every minute of that job. Yet I did it, and I didn’t…
Making Your Next Conference Experience Career Worthy
A conference is one of the most prized venues for meeting people with influence, and in fact many business deals are brokered, partnerships birthed and brilliant careers launched following introductions made in conferences. The fall conference season is here, and you no doubt have a few in your calendar….
Feeling Bullied at Work? You May be Working With A Sociopath.
If you think you are seeing evil in your workplace, you might be closer to the truth than you think. According to Dr Martha Stout, Harvard psychologist and author of the book The Sociopath Next Door), around 4% of the world’s population is a sociopath. That means about 1 in…
How to Ace Your Next Online Interview – A Quick Reference Guide
With the rapid growth of video conferencing tools, the popularity of online interviews among recruiters and hiring managers is booming. Whether you’re new to Skype (or whatever tool you use) or a seasoned pro, this quick reference guide will ensure that your interview goes off as planned and puts you…
Employers and Job Seekers, 8 Powerful LinkedIn Ways to Attract Talent, Jobs and Business
LinkedIn builds Know, Like, Trust like no other. Your LinkedIn profile, done properly, tells others “I’m trustworthy and someone you want to hire, work for, and do business with ”. It’s been said a kazillion times — online relationships are built on transparency, on being, and showing the world, that we are who we say we are….
The Future of Employment: Survival of the Social Media Savviest
Canadian employers are again shifting the way they hire people. More and more employers today are avoiding long term employment relationships by directly contracting with independent consultants. The single biggest reasons for this is the speed of digital communications in our business. Everything we do is at ten times the speed it used to be…
Build Your Social Influence: 3 Easy Steps to Curating News on LinkedIn
Building your social influence on LinkedIn is one of the single most powerful ways you can increase awareness of your professional profile. One of the best ways to grow social influence is to create relevant content with your connections on LinkedIn. But did you know that curating content is just as powerful? While…
Job Search Target Marketing for Jobseekers
Job search target marketing is the process you undertake to find employers that are a right fit for your values and skills. The amount of time you spend on target marketing in your job search, the more confidence you will have that the decision you make will be a solid right fit for your career and personal life….
How to Job Search Safely Online
Online job search has made it convenient for anyone to look for a new job. With the convenience the internet has brought to job search, a breeding ground for fraudulent activity continues to grow each year. Job seekers are often an easy target for scam artists to access enough information…
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