Career/Job Advice Archive
Job interviews tend to make most people nervous. That nervousness is usually depicted as a negative feeling, but to be honest, you can also feel nervous excitement because of the opportunity the job interview presents, especially when you’re prepared in …
If you were to say you are a tolerant person, would you be casting yourself in a positive light or unintentionally exposing a character flaw? I don’t often come across this word on too many resumes, nor hear when I …
yourst yesterday I was sitting down having a chat with an unemployed young woman. We were talking about several things she could do to enhance her online presence, and together were discussing some of the things she could do offline …
You’ve probably heard somewhere along the way that life is a journey? I imagine so, or some other analogy such as life being thought of as an adventure, etc. Whether you use the word, ‘journey’ or ‘adventure’, both suggest movement; …
Just about any goal we achieve can be initially traced back to a moment when wanting it entered our conscious thought. Depending how weak or strong that idea of wanting whatever enters our thoughts, we then make a decision to …
In my foundational social work placement I was placed at a subsidized housing building for persons with mental health issues, which provided both meaningful learning and personal growth for me despite my initial disappointment at not being placed in an …
Look at any on-line or on the wall job board these days and you’ll see the word, ‘passion’ or ‘passionate’ in many of those postings. Why is that and what’s really being sought by the employer? How passionate can a …
Networking; everybody promotes it these days as something people looking for work or looking to advance in their work should do. “But how do I get going? What do I say? I don’t even know what networking really is in …
There are a great number of people whose work goes largely unrecognized by us, and yet each of us relies on those people to do their jobs so our own lives are vastly improved. Their handiwork is in our homes, …
“Oh I hate it when people are like that; I really do!” “Okay, well that about does it. Thanks for coming in, we’ll be in touch.” And they never are. What went wrong? It’s likely that whatever you find annoying …
