Getting older? Awesome. It’s better than the alternative. But it makes getting a job much more difficult. Know what the stereotypes about older workers are so you can anticipate and overcome these barriers in an increasingly ageist hiring market. Ageism is a huge problem on the job market. More than 80% of North Americans aged …
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Wondering if you should friend your boss & colleagues on social media? Maybe! But it depends on what kind of online personality you are. I once tried to add a client slash manager as a friend on Facebook and they didn’t accept. The next time I looked at his Facebook, he had changed his settings …
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Are you sabotaging your own job search? Are these the lies you tell yourself? If so, you need to stop it right now. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies and we sabotage our lives in many ways. Our careers and job searches are often examples of this. We get in our own ways and …
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The pandemic has created desperate times and a climate ripe for job scams in Canada. Here are some signs that job is BS. The COVID-19 pandemic has created desperate times and this means a lot of people are on the hunt for jobs and in need of an income – making us all more vulnerable …
Hiring managers ghosting job candidates is way too common. According to a recent survey, more than a third of job candidates said the last company that rejected them did so by not telling them anything. And I suspect the numbers are even higher in some industries, because we hear so much about it. And job …
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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 …
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A person’s name is to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. Here’s how to remember people’s names Remembering people’s names is important when it comes to career success. People notice when you remember their names, and it makes them feel good about you. They also notice when you forget their name. …
Many people think a university degree is the only way to succeed, but that isn’t today’s reality. Check out this list of jobs that don’t require a degree. No degree? No problem. It’s been a long time coming but the world is slowly moving away from the whole “You won’t be anything if you don’t …
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Should you work for free? It’s hard to decide when to put in time for nothing and when to say no. Here are four times when you should consider it, and some examples of unpaid gigs that led to paid ones. So, someone has asked you to do work for free. Should you do it? …
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The Body Shop is embracing open hiring, meaning employees will be hired on a first-come, first-served basis, practically no questions asked. This is cool. The Body Shop will start hiring people to work in its retail stores on a first-come, first-served basis, with no interview or background check. According to Fast Company, the Body Shop …