job search Archive
If you’ve never had to apply for social assistance you probably can’t fully appreciate how demeaning it can be to many who have no other option. In Ontario Canada, the first part of the process once you reach the decision …
Looking for a job, writing resumes, going to interviews, worrying about whether they will call you or ignore you; this isn’t most people’s idea of a good time. In fact, most of those I know see the process as a roller …
There are many people who go about job searching by standing in front of a job board and scanning the wall for employment. There are far more people pulling up job search websites on the computer and essentially doing the …
Are you looking for work and counting on your extensive experience to tip the scales in your favour over other applicants who have formal education but less experience? Do you think it’s unfair that you’re being rejected time and time again …
The perfect job; well it depends doesn’t it. What’s a great job for some is a terrible fit for others. So it’s fairly safe to say that there is no one job that is going to be the ideal or …
One thing I try to do for those I help with finding, maintaining or exploring employment opportunities is give them the gift of empowerment. Whether that’s mine to give in the first place I acknowledge could be a point of irony …
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 …
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 …
Two retail employees who are soon to be out of a job demonstrated friendly, knowledgeable service last night while helping my wife and I. When they have every reason to be bitter and let their mounting stress show, they each …
Technology has changed society in many ways, most of them beneficial. You can arrange to have your groceries delivered to your house, order clothing, have a pizza delivered, shop for a new car, even a home or research your next …
