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Career Advice;Navigating the Workplace
RECRUITER DECODER PART TWO
RECRUITER DECODER PART TWO In my last communication with newsletter friends, my mention of a new recruitment service I am involved with (in-house recruitment for corporations) had some people wondering if I still do career coaching. I do and Outplacement Coaching as well, for good employers who wish to help their people move on. As […]
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What lies ahead? The real story of the 45 plus jobseeker…
October 13, 2014
According to a Canadian National Household Survey taken in 2011, the median annual income for a full-time worker was $31,604 and the average employment income was $41,795. An updated Statistics Canada report in January of 2014, clocked the annual average wage for Canadian employees at about 48K. In my December 2013 Linked In publication IT […]
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91 or 19? It’s your choice…
April 16, 2014
Someone I know recently celebrated their 91st birthday. Rather than ask them how it felt to be 91, I reversed the numbers and asked if they would rather be 19? Without missing a beat they said “I’d rather be 19”. You may think it’s a stupid question but if I’d lived my live really well […]
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IT COULD BE YOU
December 13, 2013
IT COULD BE YOU In the lottery advertisements, IT COULD BE YOU with the smiling hand and pointed finger signifies a big money win could be coming your way. IT COULD BE YOU in this instance, is what job seekers 45 plus are finding out as they hunt for a role now and what those […]
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HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WORK HABITS OF EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS AND WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM
August 29, 2013
“Let’s face it, being Executive Assistant isn’t about the money or glamor…It’s about providing valuable support to a person and an organization you believe in.” Quote from Christine Scivicque Copywrite © 2008 All Rights Reserved THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT If you have a good executive assistant or know one, then you are aware of how formidable their skills are and how they contribute to […]
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CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE GOT THE…
July 11, 2013
Congratulations, you have got the job. Now, how NOT to lose it… Akin to the feeling of winning the lottery, it’s a major rush when you find out you have been selected out of dozens or even hundreds to take that role. It is a feather in your cap and you have done well so […]
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E-MAIL OVERLOAD? HOW IT CAN HARM YOU AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
March 15, 2013
I was riding down in an elevator with a fellow last month and watched as he scrolled through the messages on his cell phone. It seemed to take ages. I asked him if he was one of those people who get more than 150 work e-mails a day and he responded that he was actually […]
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SILLY SCENERY CONTEST WINNER AND MORE ABOUT THE SCENERY
March 13, 2013
WINNER OF THE SILLY SCENERY CONTEST IS JASON TOMPKINS JASON TOMPKINS, a Leasing Negotiator in Corporate Real Estate here in Toronto guessed what each photograph was, winning a Tim Horton’s gift certificate and a photograph of his favourite Silly Scenery Photo. What can one learn from scenery? When you are in the workplace, particularly in a new job – […]
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You can have everything….
January 25, 2013
“You Can Have Everything You Want in Life, If You Will Just Help Other People Get What They Want” —Zig Ziglar Quote usually made use of when people want to speak about networking but this quote in my opinion applies to life in general. A large life component for many of us is the workplace whether you are […]
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January 15, 2013
Originally posted on Larkycanuck's Blog:
“They were not him, he was not them, yet they were all the same” I was waiting for the elevator along with another tenant in my apartment building in downtown Calgary. I commenced a courtesy chit-chat with this tenant. At one instance, I asked him how he liked living…
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EXPATRIATE LIVES
October 9, 2012
! am writing this as I overlook a canopy of changing leaves punctuated by office buildings rising out of the colourfest that is autumn in Toronto. Many people moving here from other places usually do so in the summer to make sure their children are ready for school. This year they have been fooled into […]
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April 9, 2012
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