Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Janet Barclay. You’ve finally got your website updated and started blogging, and now everyone’s saying you need to be on Twitter! Monitoring your new followers, looking for people to follow, reading and responding to their tweets, and posting your own could easily take several hours per week! How on earth are you supposed to fit that into your already busy schedule? Twitter is great for building relationships that lead to business opportunities, but because it can be quite addictive, it’s easy to get sidetracked and lose track of time.…
By Stephanie Clark. In an instant, we size up a person and make assumptions about their status, health, and maybe even their personality. We do this by assessing hair style, clothing, and physical appearance. Any number of things trigger a response in a first impression. This is no less relevant when a recruiter assesses a resume. In fact, in a seemingly impossible time span of seven seconds, the typical recruiter will decide whether or not a candidate will be interviewed. This may seem ridiculous, given that reading takes much longer to convey…
By Janet Barclay. To be a successful resume writer, career coach, or employment consultant, you need knowledge, a passion for imparting that knowledge to others, and basic business skills. Today I’m happy to share my top tips to help you start and grow a successful business. 1. Get your own website Getting listed on online directories and/or creating social media profiles is better than having no online presence at all, but it’s far more effective to have your own website. While third-party sites can help to connect you with potential clients, your…
“There’s a light inside all of us. It’s never hid and you just have to light it. It’s the one thing that you got to trust. It’s like a diamond, you just have to find it. So if you ever feel like giving up. Yeah, let’s remember that… we were all meant to fly.” Avril Lavigne. Fly Lyrics for Special Olympics 2015. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Ann Dommasch Barbara Wrona Cassandra Barnard-Cleghorn Catherine Crawford Giselle Mazurat Jean Smith Lalit Lobo Laura Frangella Lorraine Anderson Monika Kawka Sherry Dumont Thank you to our…
By Ken Keis. Deliberate Leadership is about being self-aware enough that you can be purposefully wise, diplomatic, and intentional with competence. It is about embracing the values (and behaviours) of accountability, reliability, and responsibility. Admittedly, there are hundreds of other definitions of leadership; they all vary somewhat in orientation, but most imply that the leadership process contains the element of influence, which is situational, in constant flux, and could be directed towards individuals, teams or organizations – all with the intent of achieving success. Deliberate Leaders lead by personally modelling the…
By Ken Keis. Health care is quickly becoming the number one concern in the Western world. People are now looking at the quality of their life as equal to, or more important, than the length of their life. How are you treating your body? Today our life expectancy is higher than ever; the average lifespan for men and women exceeds 70 years. As the baby boomers reach retirement age, they are expecting an active lifestyle — not the past stereo-typical “doing nothing” view of retirement. In fact, most want the option of…