We are now half-way through 2019 (or just about) and with summer just around the bend and a new school season starting soon after that, it’s never too late to upgrade and hone your employability skills. After all, “stop learning, start dying” (paraphrased and attributed to Albert Einstein). So, what are/were the top skills of […]
We have and are in the middle of a career revolution wherein more people are jumping jobs, taking on contract gigs (as opposed to the forty hour a week standard that prevailed in the mid twentieth century) and generally having a more varied resume. But the mentality around careers hasn’t quite caught up with this […]
Generation Z are those people defined as being born between 1995 (roughly) and the mid 2000s. This means that the first wave of Gen Z is just about to or has just hit employment. (Those born in 1995 are now 24 years of age, meaning that they have either been in the workforce for at […]
We are coming to an age now where it seems that automation and computers will take over much of what used to be employment opportunities, particularly in the areas of labor, agriculture, mining, and even retail, at least to some extent. This fundamental shift in the way we work has caused ripple effects in many […]
In a world of inter-connectivity and collaboration, it seems like solitude has not only been pushed out, but is actively hunted down and pulled apart in many industries! When looking for work, many job seekers see the repetition of people skills: teamwork, able to work well with others, values collaboration… etc. Furthermore, we still see […]
The ability to multitask is celebrated by businesses and by people, but it’s not all that it’s cut out to be. Research into how the human brain works finds that we don’t actually multitask (in the sense that we can do many things at the same time or think of many things at the same […]
We may not always be happy over the success of others, but there is something to be gained from watching how the success stories build up and then maintain their narrative! So what are some simple things you can do every day to help you focus your mind, find more success, and achieve better balance […]
Although we may not realize it, the interviewee has an advantage in the interview process. Presumably, you, as the interviewee, have researched your chosen company: mission statement, purpose, competition, problems they have faced, and what is coming up in the future. But the interviewer knows very little about you, save for whatever you put on […]
We recently took part in a large job fair held by WorkBC and Kopar in Prince George, BC. It was a fairly busy event; there were many employers, plenty of resources, and of course, lots of curious people-both job-seekers and potential job-seekers. Job fairs have their main benefit which is found right in the title: […]
We know that a job hunt is a frustrating and scary process; it’s hard, it’s stressful, and it opens you up to a million kinds of judgement that you have asked for! The really frustrating part about it is that we never quite know what people doing the hiring are thinking and therefore, we don’t […]