Use Twitter to find work
by Shift | Apr 25, 2017 | Career Builders - Ask Marie
In order to use Twitter to find work you need to to figure out how to make those 140 characters connect you to opportunities. Get the tips and tricks here.
Integrating international employees to your workplace
by Shift | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Canadian Workplace Culture, Intercultural Communication, Supervisory Smarts
Imagine you have just landed in a country where you will be working and living for the first time… Everything is new and strange. People don’t respond the way you expect them to and the environment, food and even the smells around you are completely unfamiliar....
How did I lose myself? Finding your confidence in a new country
by Shift | Apr 12, 2017 | Past Webinar Recording
Join Gerard Keledjian and Marie as they talk about what immigrating to a new country is REALLY like – Gerard’s done it 3 times – and what newcomers can do to establish themselves professionally in their new context.
Gerard Keledjian: An immigrant success story
by Shift | Apr 11, 2017 | Blog, Build your career, Canadian Workplace Culture, Hot Off The Press, Reaching Your Career Goals
About four years ago I migrated to Canada from Dubai, UAE, bringing with me over 15 years of experience and the dream of starting an exciting, new chapter in my life. However, like most new immigrants, I struggled to find my footing. In my search for solutions, I made...Search
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- Understanding the difference between employee thinking and manager thinking
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- Finding a job in Canada: Using online searches
- Documents you need to immigrate to Canada
- Getting a job with your degree
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- Older and out of work? Tips to get that job.
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- Bringing out the talents of your team: Survey and you shall receive
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- 3 Typical workplace communication problems you can actually do something about
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- Cross cultural negotiation - part three: Personality traits that lead to cultural behaviour change
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- Cultural differences: The key to creativity and innovation
- Cross cultural negotiation - part one: Using power strategies
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- Turning Twitter into a giant job board
- Use Twitter to find work
- Integrating international employees to your workplace
- How did I lose myself? Finding your confidence in a new country
- Gerard Keledjian: An immigrant success story
- Perfect your entry level resume: Tips and Tricks
- Stop pissing off recruiters
- Courageous conversations you wish you’d had
- Understand and showcase your "soft skills"
- [+]March
- To stop the talent drain, develop your own leadership
- Quit spending 80% of your time on one bad egg
- Craft an entry level resume
- Get employers to respond to your job application
- Organize your team for performance
- Stay motivated in your job search
- Is it true that some people can’t be motivated?
- Building your career in Canada: Chinese and Canadian perspectives
- [+]February
- Foreign credential recognition in Alberta: A few explanations and resources
- Stop drowning in paperwork
- Manage for this century and the next
- Stay current and employable in your field: 4 Ideas you may have missed
- 3 critical supervisory leadership tools for this century and the next!
- How to manage annoying people
- Build Powerful Engaged Teams
- Fix company communication that SUCKS
- [+]January
- Get results when talking to your boss
- Build your credibility as a leader
- Is online learning for you? Let’s find out
- Accent reduction without losing your identity or voice
- Getting through to your boss
- How to use your voice more effectively: 4 Critical strategies
- The need to be right versus the need to know
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- Building and recovering team trust: A basic framework for managers
- Workforce plagues: Understanding and dealing with social dominance and narcissistic personalities at work
- "We're going to have to let you go" - Words the indispensable NEVER have to hear
- Present yourself with confidence
- 5 Disastrously common meeting presentation mistakes & what you can learn from them
- Want more confidence? Try these steps!
- [+]October
- 7 Barriers to communication and a lesson from YouTube
- Communicating with clarity
- Why you can't afford to have poor communication in your business or organization
- Reflections on high school reunions and cultural awareness
- "What? Are you trying to teach me something?" The link between organizational learning and polar bears
- [+]September
- Virtual introductions: The "why" and "how"
- The power of a true vacation, and why you should harness it
- Virtual Networking: Using LinkedIn to find work
- Networking for people who are shy, socially uncomfortable or new to the country
- Virtual networking part three: Using Twitter to network your way into a job
- Networking tips and tricks for wallflowers: What to do before, during, and after an event
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- “Three cups of tea”: The principle behind building your network and getting results
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