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By Sharon Graham. If you are thinking about starting a home-based career consulting service, with over 17 million Canadians in the labour market, there has never been a better time to take the plunge. All is not what it seems, though. Many overzealous practitioners hang up a shingle and expect that people will be knocking down the door. When they realize that the clients are just not there, disillusionment quickly turns to frustration. Eventually, their confidence wanes and they find themselves back in the job market. If you do things…
By Maureen McCann. Three self-employed career practitioners share their discussion about the OTHER side of work. This week, I had the good fortune to share PowerToFly President Katharine Zaleski’s commentary on the Fortune website entitled “I’m sorry to all the mothers I worked with.” What followed was great insight and discussion into being parents and career professionals. Here’s my edited online discussion with Adrienne Tom and Skye Berry-Burke, working mothers and members of Career Professionals of Canada (CPC). Maureen: Ladies, this article reminded me of some of the challenges I faced when my kids were…
By Janet Barclay. A blog is a great tool for developing your career or marketing your small business, but you may have any number of reasons for not blogging consistently. If you find it difficult to write articles from scratch on a regular basis, content curation is an excellent way to keep your name in front of potential employers and clients. Many of the Web’s top bloggers are expert content curators. Content curation is extremely popular right now, but like most Internet buzzwords, many people use the phrase without really understanding what…
As a supporter of using social media, I absolutely believe in the benefits of building one’s profile by becoming a respected Subject Matter Expert. You can do this through a “back to basics” strategy: good old organic viral word-of-mouth marketing. Self-employed professionals often use this strategy to attract the perfect client that fits their unique methodology and style. The same approach can be used by job seekers to attract the ideal employer. Here are some tips to start your viral word-of-mouth networking. Start your core network Assemble your “posse”: a…
By Janet Barclay. You’ve worked hard to get to where you are. Money’s flowing in, your family is well taken care of and you have the material things you need. This is not an uncommon scenario, but there’s one major problem. Success is often attained at the expense of one’s personal well-being. But you don’t have to travel down this dangerous road. Instead, here are some simple actions you can take to invest in yourself and your personal brand so your professional life will continue to flourish: 1. Aim for…
By Daisy Wright. As a solo entrepreneur, like many of my colleagues at CPC, I make a living from providing career services. Too often, we are asked for free advice by individuals who have no intention of hiring us, and many times we are left feeling guilty if we don’t acquiesce. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy helping people. That’s why I have been writing blog content and newsletters for many years, providing a wide array of job and career advice. That’s why, from time to time, I host free career-related webinars or…