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By Stephanie Clark. I am a writing snob. I drool over a superbly written piece. It gives me heart palpitations and genuine joy. There are poets who can pen a line of poetry that remain forever in the realm of “memorable.” Take the recently departed Mary Oliver’s final two lines of her poem, The Summer Day: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? How perfect is that string of words? As professional résumé writers, we can hardly be poetic. The résumé…
By Maureen McCann. This is a synopsis of a TED Talk presented in Toronto in October 2018. The speaker is Boston Consulting Group’s Julia Dhar. It’s probably an understatement to say that in the latter part of this decade, the media has been bombarding us daily with polarizing politics. Before you know it we’re picking sides on issues while thinking that “the other guy” is clueless about what’s really at stake. Media, and how we absorb and react to it, has a direct link to our view of the world…
By Maureen McCann. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Skills for Jobs report published late last year, there has been a shift in the global labour market. The change is a result of technological progress, globalization, and demographic changes. In essence, there is a misalignment between the skills available in the marketplace and those needed to fill jobs in the labour market. On a global scale, the report found that “approximately 35% of workers are mismatched by qualifications.” This is causing some jobs to be less in demand…
By Cathy Milton. During this gift-giving season, I’ve heard from many friends and family members that they will be giving gifts of genetic and ancestry testing, such as offered by companies like 23andMe. With this in mind, and as I listened to the podcast produced by Kamee Gilmore and Maureen McCann in recognition of Canada Career Month 2018, I was delighted to come across an ancestral name. Michelle Precourt, one of the contributors to the podcast, has the same surname as my paternal great-grandmother. This caught my attention so I…
By Kamee Gilmore. “I’m really happy I found CPC. I think that it’s going to be a real game-changer for my company going forward.” – Gabrielle Suttis Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to once again collaborate with Maureen McCann as we headed Career Professionals of Canada’s 2nd annual Canada Career Month podcast. Following 2017’s podcast, in which we interviewed résumé experts all across Canada, Maureen and I were intent on exploring and revealing the value-add of CPC membership, particularly through the perspective and experience of those newest…
By Maureen McCann. Kamee Gilmore caught my attention and interest with a post she wrote for the CPC website back in the spring of 2017. The article was titled “Pricing Freelance Résumé Services.” Some months later, I reached out to Kamee following a tele-networking session on the topic of private practice pricing and marketing models. Before you knew it, we were collaborating on a national survey of the pricing of Canadian résumé services. That survey led us to create last year’s Canada Career Month podcast, called the “Résumé Expert Q&A Session.” This…