Career Advice/Employment Counseling Archive
Aside from doing your homework and researching the job you’re about to be interviewed for, here are some tips you can easily overlook that could make the difference between making a positive or negative first impression. Read the list, see …
In my job as an Employment Counsellor, I hear the mantra, “Fake it ’til you make it” from a number of people; why even some of my fellow employees. Is this really the best advice to give someone and what …
You’re going about forging your career path and personal reputation in one of two ways; by design or by happenstance. Which is it? If you go about your career and building your personal reputation by happenstance you get points for …
Yesterday I had an unscheduled meeting with someone I’d been working closely with about two months ago as she went about looking for work. As she approached me I could quickly surmise that she had bad news to share from …
“I’m willing to do anything.” Whenever I hear someone say this, I immediately know that the person is going about their job search in a way that is likely to take much longer as they search for work that pays …
When you mess up, fess up. As children, many of us were told by our parents and the other adults in our lives that we would make mistakes; and when we did so the thing to do was admit them …
Most people I would guess walk around each day with at least one thing on their mind beyond what they are doing at the moment. Could be the family pet is in rough shape, there’s some house repairs that should …
Are you one of those people who has got to the point in life where your body is no longer able to keep up with what your job requirements demand, yet that job is all you really know how to …
Not all of us are bound for glory at the top of the organization. Quite frankly, not all of us value being at the top at all. For those however who do want to rise from the rank of the …
Job searching is serious business; in fact it’s an intense full-time occupation where the stakes are high and the cost of failure may be more than a person can bear. So it’s not the time or place to introduce humour …
