What are “soft skills,” and how can employers identify them?
For any new recruit to fit into your corporate culture and be productive, soft skills are prerequisite. While resumes may sound impressive, assessing a job seeker for soft skills plays...
The unemployment rate is meaningless and we should scrap it
For generations, Canadians have relied on the unemployment rate to tell them how their economy is doing. Today, however, a variety of demographic and economic factors have conspired to undermine...
Most Canadian workers are stressed about their pay, study suggests
Despite record job creation and low unemployment in recent months, 83 per cent of Canadian workers polled for a recent survey said they regularly experience stress related to pay and...
How to ask to work from home
You'll likely hear a lot of reasons why it just doesn't work. Be prepared to discuss how you'll handle productivity, build trust, address issues about presence and handle optics....
Why meetings, email, and ‘excessive collaboration’ are the unholy trinity of burnout
Excessive collaboration is when workers become bogged down by frequent meetings, conference calls, emails, and instant messaging to the point where they feel exhausted or overwhelmed. It's also part of...
To tackle our mental-health crisis, career guidance could be surprisingly important
Like any kind of one-to-one help, career guidance provides a safe space to share worries and concerns. Career guidance can help clients figure out who they are, what their goals...
The Digital Transformation Journey of HR
From on-premise systems to the cloud, from paper to digital, the digital transformation journey of HR has not been smooth. Not only has it demanded the transition to new systems,...
You Accomplished Something Great. So Now What?
You got the promotion, secured the raise, finished the project or otherwise leveled up in your career. But then you come down from that high, and reality starts to sink...
Career breaks are the new norm – so why are they still stigmatized?
It can be extremely hard to jam your foot back in the door once you’ve voluntarily stepped out of it, and people have different reasons for doing so. They might...
How and why you should diversify food-based celebrations in your workplace
The story goes that we eat together to show trust, that we demonstrate by sharing food that it is not poisoned. Of course, that story doesn’t take into account allergies,...