It’s a win win, really. You don’t vacuum, clean the floors, or do the dishes, and you bring home a fatter paycheque. Well, for men anyway. Men who are in opposite sex marriages, that is. (Although, I’m not sure how happy those marriages are.) A new report has found that ‘disagreeable’ married men who don’t …
Is it five o’clock yet? Who cares? A lot of folks don’t, as it turns out. Those were the results of an eye-opening report published this week. This new research has found that during COVID-19, a great many remote workers aren’t waiting for the end of the day to fix a drink. The survey of …
Study: Many workers admit to drinking on the job during COVID Read More »
Here’s the thing with being very, very smart: the sharpest people are not always the most successful. Sometimes having too much intelligence can actually be seen a drawback in the eyes of others, and it can lead to smart candidates being their own worst enemies on the job market. We recently covered the story of …
Over-thinking it: How your intelligence can hurt your career Read More »
You know this one. If a tree falls in a forest – and there is no one there to hear it – does it still make a sound? It’s meant to be a conundrum – a question that cannot be answered. But of course, the answer is no. It does not make a sound. Soundwaves …
Why you should smile behind your mask – even if nobody sees it Read More »
In a new poll out this week, nearly 70 per cent of Canadian hiring professionals say that screening a candidate’s social media profiles is a must. While they may choose not to hire you if they find you’ve posted content they consider objectionable, you could also be ruled out of contention if they cannot find …
Your online presence can make or break your candidacy Read More »
Want to optimize your social media strategy and reach a larger audience of fans and followers – potentially customers? There are content management systems that will automatically post your content to your social media accounts as soon as you publish it. It’s convenient, it’s streamlined, it’s lazy marketing. Automatically broadcasting your updates ignores the first …
The best time to share content on various social media platforms Read More »
How you look and what you wear are deliberate choices you make about how you present yourself to the world. These choices can affect not only how others perceive you, but also how you think and act. I’ve been thinking about this since I got home. I was in the grocery store, picking up the …
Of course, you should judge a book by its cover. That’s what covers are for. Read More »
Let’s face it. Most social gatherings suck, and organized occasions, such as work parties or association functions are the worst. Weddings, extended family events, and other forced communal festivities are usually pretty bad too. Well, maybe not for everybody. I’m sure there are people out there who enjoy making small talk with folks they barely …
A survival guide to awkward parties for introverts (and people who hate work functions) Read More »
It turns out that the ways we write and speak have changed some since the textbooks were written. Case in point. My friend Emery gave me an English grammar “Rules and Observations” book published in 1838. The inside cover page of the book reveals that it is intended “for assisting advanced students to write with …
Five classic rules of grammar you can (and often should) break now Read More »
Remember how as kids in the schoolyard teams were often chosen by ‘captains’ picking out the members they wanted on their side from the crowd of potential players gathered there? Well, we’ve all gotten older, but very little else has changed over the years. In the world of career survival, that scene of picking teams …
Everything you need to know about career success – you learned in elementary school Read More »