Counter-Offer Dilemma
Should You Accept a Counteroffer? Why Sticking with Your Decision Is Often the Right Move
Deciding to leave a job is rarely easy. It’s an emotional process that often triggers fear, doubt, and anxiety—especially when it comes time to submit your resignation. You may find yourself second-guessing your choice, and your current employer may do everything in their power READ MORE–>
Checklist to Review As You Start Your Career Transition
Adaptation of an article by Emma Ward as featured on LinkedIn
It is our experience that people consider roles advertised rather than thinking about what they truly want from their next career move. This makes sense as they are usually busy being successful in their current position and don’t have too much time to commit to a job hunt. READ MORE–>
Be Careful How You Answer these 5 Job Interview Questions
Most interview questions are innocuous: They’re meant to evaluate whether you’re right for the job, and whether this company could be the next and best place for you. But some of the questions you’re asked, experts tell us, have a slightly more nefarious purpose: They are meant to trip you up by confusing you, catching you in a READ MORE–>
Self Discovery: Assessing your Educational and Occupational Suitability
Did you know that a survey of over 2100 Canadian youth found that 50% of these youth in the 15 to 19 age bracket were uncertain about their post secondary educational and career plans? (Posterski & Bibby, 1988)
It’s not only youth that have difficulty sorting out what they want to do and where they want to do it. READ MORE–>
Articulating the Reasons Why You Should Be Hired
These days you don’t get an interview unless the company knows or has a strong comfort level that you can do the job- the resume determines the CAN DO of the candidate, the interview determines the WILL DO of the candidate.
In most job interviews today, candidates spend 80% of their time answering behavioural questions about their attitudes, skills READ MORE–>
A Young Adult’s Guide to Networking
Career professionals know that 70-80% of jobs are found through networking. This skill is particularly critical for new graduates and early-stage career professionals, yet it is something that they typically don’t think about in school. Many young adults mistakenly believe that networking is something that is done once they have launched their careers, but nothing could be further READ MORE–>