How to Go After Your Dream Job
We’ve found a fantastic guide in Fast Company for leaving your day job behind in favour of pursuing your dreams. It’s a great read that we recommend you check out if you’re feeling unsatisfied with your career. A few of the steps in the 9 step process include: Define your passions and what you really [...]
Continue Reading →How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Get a Job
We’ve found a fantastic guide on the Recruiter website that can help you spruce up your LinkedIn profile to something that will grab the attention of prospective employers. The article cites recent research indicating that 85% of employers use LinkedIn to find new applicants! So it’s a great investment of your time to make sure [...]
Continue Reading →Are Long Term Jobs a Thing of the Past?
It used to be the deal that people worked at the same job for their entire lifetime until they finally retired on company pension. However, times may be changing. Fast Company recently released a statistics-supported article about the shortage of long-term jobs in today’s society as compared to previous decades. Though the stats come from [...]
Continue Reading →What Not to Do When Applying for a New Job
Business Insider recently released an article highlighting the things that potential job applicants should not do. Many of the best practices were excellent resume and cover letter tips. Here’s a few of our favourite points from the article: Don’t be cute Leave out any cute phraseology, pretty fonts, unnecessary anecdotes or attempts at humour in [...]
Continue Reading →Change Your Job, Change Your Life
If going to work feels more like a drag than an important and rewarding part of your life, it’s probably time for a change. Unfortunately, many people are scared to make changes. We just continue to grind through our life, never feeling very happy or fulfilled by what we do. However, it doesn’t have to [...]
Continue Reading →Flexible Work Equals Greater Happiness, Success and Fun
After conducting research on Best Buy’s flex-schedule program, a report in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior includes information regarding the positive benefits of flexible scheduling. Important information regarding the health and behaviors of workers who had a flexible schedule were compared with those of workers who had a more traditional schedule. So what [...]
Continue Reading →How to Answer the Interview Question “Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?”
Forbes recently published an article that provides insights to answering this toughest of interview questions: Why did you leave your last job? This question is pretty scary for most of us, even people who voluntarily left their jobs. We start talking and don’t know when to stop. Before we know it, we’ve told our prospective [...]
Continue Reading →How Creative Zones Provide Inspiration
Boring cubicle walls, dull colours and square shapes plague the workplace and drag down employee morale. Wouldn’t it be more fun to work somewhere that appreciated colour, creativity, and unique flair? A few of the world’s more forward-thinking companies would agree – in fact, they build “creative zones” to bring more fun and enjoyment to [...]
Continue Reading →Using Online Job Boards and Social Networking Sites
There are many benefits and a few drawbacks of using job boards and social media sites to help you find your next job. While having a noticeable online presence can help you, you must still compete against many other qualified applicants. Here are a few things to keep in mind when using the Internet to [...]
Continue Reading →Weirdest Job Interview Questions of 2011
Mashable recently compiled a hilarious list of the strangest job interview questions of 2011. It focused on the tech sector, as innovative Silicon Valley companies such as Apple and Google often use curveball questions to test their job candidates for out-of-the-box thinking. These unconventional interview questions can span a variety of topics, including complicated mathematical [...]
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