How to get the most out of a bad job experience: 5 mistakes to avoid
It was one of the worst jobs I ever had… The staff was cliquey and always gossiping and backbiting about the others, the boss was incompetent and sleazy, and the pay was crappy with an impossible workload. I was there for a year but it felt like 100 years. Sound...
Rejected again! Practical tips for turning job rejections into opportunities
The job hunt becomes discouraging when all you hear back is “no”. But rejections can be good feedback to help you get closer to the job you seek. Here are some tips that can help turn rejections into new opportunities: Sometimes “no” does not really mean “no,”...
How to win the interview and get the job, even if you are new to the country
Let me tell you about my friend Mary. She is a very qualified accountant from Cameroon and has her CPA designation – that puts her at the highest level of qualified accountants in Canada. For almost two years she has been single-mindedly trying to find work in...
Getting a job with your degree – 12 tips that work
Many university students are now finding themselves in the same boat as immigrant trained professionals: they have the education but cannot land jobs in their field. According to Stats Canada, of those who are earning money while completing their degrees, a whopping...
Overcoming talent blindness
The Webster dictionary defines talent as “a special ability that allows a person to do something well.” We all have some special abilities that help us do things well and we are actually full of latent, undeveloped talents Why learn to see talent in...
Work experience – does it really matter?
People with experience on their resumes tend to receive more interview requests, and experience is certainly good for personal brand and increasing perceptions of competence. Surprisingly, however, a meta-analysis [1] about the effects of work experience on job...
Measuring for results: Three key principles
We all know it is important to measure for results, but often we don’t know what to measure or how to interpret the metrics. Another issue is knowing what to do – how to change our behaviour – based on the metrics. QUESTION 1: HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND METRICS SIMPLY?...
8 Social Assumptions and What To Do About Them
8 Social Assumptions and What To Do About Them Are your social assumptions about people’s motivations accurate? Have you noticed yourself or others making any of these kinds of statements? Engaging in comm skills training can help you challenge these assumptions and...
Basic cultural themes that affect the workplace: Theme #1 speech patterns
Every piece of communication shared requires a sender and a receiver – someone to send the message and someone to receive it. Inevitably, there exists a space between the sender and the receiver where interpretation of the message occurs. Culture and...
