Crafting an Attention-Grabbing Resume: Best Practices
If you’ve ever wished for a few minutes in the elevator with your idol, an investor, a thought leader, the boss, or the CEO at the company you dream of working for to pitch your idea or yourself? Well, every time you sent out your resume, you are doing just that. Your resume is your…
Going Back To Work With A Returnship
So you’ve decided to get back into the swing of things and return to the wonderful world of employment. Regardless of the reason you left all those years ago, be it raising a family, taking time off to find yourself in a tropical paradise, furthering your education, etc., you are still a skilled and sought-after…
Understanding The Value Of A Career Guide And Who Should Use It
We spend nearly one-third of our lives at work. This comes to roughly 90 000 hours of work during the course of your life. With so much time spent working, you want it to be in a career you love, can grow in, and look forward to. Making the right career choice requires lots of…
4 Workplace Problems and What You Can Do About Them
Mar 8, 2019 By Omar B. There’s no such thing as a perfect workplace. No matter who you are or where you work, there will be something that makes your day a little (or a lot) more difficult than you want it to be. Some of these workplace problems are things we just have to…
National Career Development Month
It’s often been said that ‘every pot has a lid’, or ‘every lock has a key’. What this means is that there is something for everyone. Similarly, when it comes to careers, the familiar that we hear about every day, or the more obscure career paths we wouldn’t think of like a mattress tester (talk…
Building a Career, One Academic Step at a Time
It wasn’t planned. The path that led Candice Retas from an interest in studying music and the arts to a career in nursing was one that just unfolded. “I definitely did not map this out,” Ms. Retas, 26, said with a laugh. “It was kind of one step at a time.” Actually, it was one…
Take the Career Path off the Beaten Path
When you think of a career path, many of us venture towards familiar choices like doctors, lawyers, teachers, physiotherapists, and other common titles. These are all great because we need professionals in these fields. But how often have you thought you’d make a great professional sleeper? Yes. This is a real job that someone gets…
The Top 5 Skills Computer Programmers Everywhere Need
Jan 24, 2019 By Francisco P. Did you know that computer programming is predicted to be the most in-demand career of the next decade? Almost every major task a company must complete, from file management and advertising to customer engagement and data analysis, now relies on computers. As companies everywhere become dependent on computer technology,…
Industry Spotlight: Psychology
The human mind and behaviour have captivated scholars and been the objects of interest for centuries. The conscious and unconscious. What drives people to do what they do? Positive psychology. Emotional intelligence. Talk therapy. What do these all mean and how can we make sense of it all? To understand the psychology of human behaviour,…
Navigating the Tech Layoffs: What It Means for You and How to Survive
Receiving a pink slip and being told that you have been laid off is nothing short of scary, jarring, discouraging, at times unexpected, destabilising, and a whirlwind of other emotions. The recent dramatic turn in layoffs in the tech field signal trying times, an economic downturn, and scrambling by affected individuals, those still in the…
