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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
