Category: Career
Should I Hire a Career Coach?
You started out at your job excited and motivated to tackle any task. Then, as years went by and the job became a little too familiar, you lost some of that drive. This can result in your career stalling out and eventually, it leads to a sabotaged career. Before it goesRead More
How to Succeed in Different Job Interview Situations [INFOGRAPHIC]
Hiring managers often receive around 100 applications per job opening. Even if an applicant is lucky enough to go through the screening process successfully, they still have an even bigger mountain to climb: the job interview. With so many different types of interviewers and interview situations out there, how canRead More
10 Most Common Mistakes to Avoid When Writing a CV
Your CV is extremely important in the hiring process. After all, your CV is the first impression your potential employers have of you. Mistakes on your CV can cost you an interview and possibly a job. So if you don’t want to happen to you, pay attention to these 10Read More
How to Write Your Personal Statement
Along with your undergraduate transcript, your recommendations and your resume, the personal statement that you submit when you apply to organizational leadership masters degree courses or other programs presents a complete picture of you, your experience and your potential for success in grad school. While on the surface the personalRead More
How to Get the Salary You Deserve
In an economy where many workers are just happy to have jobs, it doesn’t mean you always have to settle for a below par salary just in order to have work. As many individuals who have been laid off and/or accepted jobs at a less than desired salary have discoveredRead More
5 Steps to Assertiveness in the Workplace
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King Jr. Do you want to tell your boss an important matter but are afraid to say so for fear of rejection? In a meeting, do you want to ask a question toRead More
Don’t Leave Your Online Reputation to Chance
Whether you are presently working or searching for that job to further your career and pay your bills, do you ever stop to think about your online reputation? For some workers and job applicants, the unfortunate answer is “no”. As a result, they put their current or potential job inRead More
How to Look Like a Leader in Your Interview
While we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, appearance is one of the ways job seekers are routinely judged by hiring managers. Some of this is conscious, but a lot of these split-second judgments are happening at the unconscious level. If you don’t know how to look like aRead More