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It happens to many. You reach out to someone and you are awaiting a response. The response doesn’t come and suddenly you realize that your email has gone into cyberspace. This is often due to a common phenomenon — ghosting. Ghosting happens when someone ends a relationship without communicating officially that it’s over. And, this doesn’t just happen in personal or social networking circles. Ghosting can leave jobseekers feeling frustrated and lacking closure. It can derail confidence in the job search and leave them mystified about their career path. Research commissioned…
Tina Iantorno is a Toronto-based Fitness and Wellness Consultant. Her career journey is an unusual one with lessons for all of us; career professionals and our clients. Tina, you’ve had a very interesting and unique career path. How did you come to be a Fitness and Wellness Consultant? After 17 years as a talent acquisition and HR professional, I made a career change to fitness and corporate wellness. In some ways, this was not an easy decision and in others, it really was! Although the two career paths may seem…
The new CDP Competency Framework and National Certification Program is well underway. The “CDP Competence Project” is led by the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF) in partnership with the Canadian Council for Career Development (3CD) and working closely with career development stakeholders across Canada. Emerit Consulting has also been an invaluable partner in providing subject matter expertise for this project. This 35-month project, Supporting Canadians to Navigate Learning and Work, could not have happened without funding and support from the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Initiative Program. There are two main…
Self-employment is both challenging and rewarding, and for career practitioners who, like me, make the giant leap to start our own private practice, setting fees for our services can be a struggle. We have this fear of charging too low because we are just starting out or charging too high because we are comparing our fees with those of our competitors. Most times, we encounter the “imposter syndrome” monster who tells us we are not qualified or experienced enough, which results in us undervaluing ourselves and charging too little. Another…
Did you know that Thomas Edison’s most famous creation went through several thousand changes before it worked to his satisfaction? That’s right. His goal: To create an incandescent lightbulb that worked perfectly. His strategy: He demonstrated great perseverance in order to reach his goal. He saw each failed attempt as a lesson learned as he cultivated new insights into how to change the lightbulb in order to manifest the desired outcome. In fact, Thomas Edison used the T.O.T.E. Model to produce a functional lightbulb. The T.O.T.E Model is a powerful…
In recent years, we’ve seen a complete transformation of the résumé. No longer are career objectives outwardly stated on résumés. Employers do not welcome an “overloaded” listing of key words. Long summary profiles of two to three paragraphs are being replaced with three to five sentences representing a succinct “snapshot” of the candidate. And, outdated statements such as “references available upon request” have run their course. In short, verbosity in the résumé is no longer a winning strategy. As career professionals, we continuously strive to create powerful résumés for our clients.…