Find Your Zen, Then Crush Your Job Interview
Discovering offbeat ways to center yourself can put you in the perfect frame of mind when meeting a prospective employer....
Yes, you can land a job during the holidays
Keep applying to jobs – they're still out there, despite popular opinion – and, if you can't find the right opportunity, take advantage of people's lighter end-of-year work loads to...
Forget finding a mentor—this is a better way to help your career
The popular narrative around mentors is that you need one person—someone who’s older, further along in their career, and has experience in the area where you’re headed. Your personal career...
Mapping soft skills for workforce engagement and retention
While the Canadian economy is growing rapidly, we are currently and for the foreseeable future facing a general labour shortage, with close to 40% of small and medium-sized businesses already...
How to Be Prepared for Important Career Moments
No one wants to be left struggling for an answer in front of a client or a boss, or stuck stammering in a job interview or networking event. The solution,...
How my chronic illness changed my approach to work
In a workplace, as in many other spaces, disabilities interfere with our ability to do as expected. The social contract breaks down—anarchy by way of hypoglycemia—and when the issue is...
Is It Burnout or Boredom? The Answer Matters
Entrepreneurs have a habit of blaming their lack of enthusiasm or increased fatigue on burnout. While burnout certainly isn’t uncommon among founders, the condition is often self-misdiagnosed, which can derail...
Workplace mental health programs deliver healthier bottom lines
A new analysis from Deloitte Insights, the research arm of accounting giant Deloitte, calculated the return on investment (ROI) of workplace mental health programs at various stages of maturity. It found...
To attract a generation that grew up with cellphones and iPads, the construction industry goes high-tech
Tech tools are not only a way of saving time — and therefore money — they're a critical part of attracting and keeping generation Z and millennial workers who have grown...
5-Hour Workdays? 4-Day Workweeks? Yes, Please
Employers are testing out shorter workdays and work weeks. Given that we're still early in the new phase of digital knowledge work, more productive — and hopefully much more meaningful...