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	Are You Following Your Calling? “How did you get started in your career?” It is as interesting a question as asking a married couple how they met. Start by asking yourself. Did things just happen to you, or did you follow a ...
	Be serious about your job search The other day a frustrated employer came to tell me his troubles. He told me a story, which I had heard many times before. This employer runs a popular retail store in a shopping centre. Recently, ...
	Can You Judge a Book by its Cover? The correct answer to this question is probably that you can tell a book by its cover in nine cases out of ten! You might give it a second glance and flip through it to look at the index, the ...
	CANADA RANKS HIGH ON PROSPERITY A UK study measuring the prosperity of each country shows Canada's strengths and weaknesses as an international competitor. Canada has ranked seventh in a recent global prosperity survey, ...
	Cold Calling There is nothing easy about job search – and sadly, cold calling, one of the most effective ways to look for work, is also one of the most difficult. A cold call is an approach to a company to ...
	Conducting a Job Search In a Down Economy Don't believe the hype; just because the economy is weakening and companies are downsizing doesn't mean job opportunities don't exist! Even in a down economy, there are jobs out there. You just have ...
	Credibility Counts in Your Job Correspondence Are you a person who feels highly challenged when you need to express yourself in writing? You are not alone. Believe me, it is not always as easy as it looks to come up with the right ideas and the ...
	Etiquette The word “etiquette” has a kind of antiquated air, and may sound like something your grandmother talked about. In the modern workplace though, ignore etiquette, and you could be passed over for ...
	Fear and Anxiety When an employer asks you for an interview, the first response is happiness – and then the fear and anxiety set in. If left unchecked sometimes the fear and anxiety can grow to the point that they ...
	Going Back To School Organize Yourself: Find the schedule that works for you and stick with it. Staying on track is perhaps the most important habit of an adult learner. Organize Your Space: Try to keep your work area ...
	Handling Rejection Life has conditioned us to look for applause. Warm fuzzies feel better than cold pricklies. One of the most difficult aspects of looking for work is the ongoing handling of rejection. Most of us are ...
	Hiring Young Workers We used to hear a lot about the generation gap and its impact on relations among family members. Now, when you hear the term generation gap, it’s more likely to be in reference to relationships in ...
	How to Stop Worrying About Your Job Search Want to put an end to your job-search worries? You can. Or, at the very least, you can channel worries into positive action that moves you closer to employment. That's a message I got from ...
	I didn't get the job? Have you ever received word that you’ve been turned down for a job, and your fist thought is “But I thought we really clicked during that interview!”? You may have been lulled into inappropriate ...
	In the Good Old Summer Time For students the summer might be a wonderful and relaxing time. However, this is no longer typically the situation. High tuition fees and other economic necessities drive students into the work force ...
	Interview There are many resources available to guide job seekers through different types of interviews - behavioural interviews, panel interviews, group interviews, “stress” interviews – but not much advice ...
	Job Fairs It seems that every week in the paper, there are ads promoting job fairs. If you haven't attended a job fair, a good one can be job seeker's dream - a big room filled with employers who are hiring, ...
	Job Fairs Aren't for Sissies Job Fairs Aren't for Sissies 10 Tips to Improve Your Chances There is more competition in the job market than there was a few years ago, so it pays to get out there. Attending a job fair beats ...
	Job Fairs Aren't for Sissies - 10 Tips to Improve Your Chances There is more competition in the job market than there was a few years ago, so it pays to get out there. Attending a job fair beats sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring. If nothing else, ...
	Job Search Alternatives One classic source for job leads is the want ad. These used to appear only in the newspaper, but are now on electronic job boards or company web sites. It’s tempting to restrict your job search ...
	Keeping Your Head Up in a Down Economy It's easy to get discouraged when talk of layoffs and downsizing abound but there are steps you can take to stay positive and resilient. As we shift into a new season, learn ways to avoid the ...
	Leaving a Job In my dad’s day, people stayed with one company from the start of their working lives until they retired. It’s different now: people will changes jobs – and careers – several times. It’s important to ...
	Minding Your Phone Manners is Important We take common sense on the telephone for granted. Not everyone respects the rules of etiquette. Just yesterday I received a call from a human resource professional who wanted to contact me in order ...
	Negative Issues? We all have something in our background or work history that we think will make an employer reluctant to hire us. Some issues, such as having been fired, being out of work for a long period of time, ...
	Out Of Work For Over A Year? How To Bounce Back It happens to the best of us. You hit a bump in the rocky road of your career and find yourself out of work for longer than you'd like. Being out of work for an extended period of time does more ...
	Selection Process It is becoming increasingly common for employers to put candidates for positions through a series of tests, as well as an interview. Employers want to do whatever they can to avoid making a bad ...
	Slow Down, Plan, Practice! Suppose you were recently laid off from a job as a professional organizer and are two months into a highly stressful search. You find yourself walking into the post office to buy some stamps, ...
	Social Networking Websites: Generating some social income in a time of economic uncertainty Just how important is social capital, anyways? In past issues of Flownotes, we've discussed how large a role social capital plays in our lives. It can be a simple, unconscious experience: you slow ...
	Staying motivated in a tight job market Unemployment in a tight job market tends to be a time of rejection. And when it drags on for weeks and months, it can be difficult to stay motivated. "A work search is filled with adversity ...
	Technological Change on Work I recently attended a conference and had the pleasure of hearing Evan Solomon deliver the keynote address. Evan Solomon’s credentials are impressive (co-host / host of numerous television series and ...
	The 10 Key Elements to Reducing Stress and Getting Ahead within Your Job Search 1. Stay Connected: Send emails to family and friends letting them know you are currently looking for a new position and include a brief summary of your professional background. In most cases, at ...
	The Top Things To Do When You Can't Get A Job If you've been out of work for several months and aren't getting any interviews, or you're going on interviews but not getting any offers, maybe it's time to adjust your approach to job ...
	Top 5 Reasons Why Job Hunters Fail Top 5 Reasons Why Job Hunters Fail Employers are being extraordinarily picky about whom they offer a job to. Recent US Labor Dept reports show that the number of people looking longer than 27 ...
	Who Moved my Cheese? Dr. Spencer Johnson’s simple story has been around for a few years. For $30 you can buy his little book that contains less than one hundred pages. It is a tale of mice and men who have to face ...