With the wonderful World Wide Web turning 25 recently, it’s only natural to reflect back on how it has touched almost every part of our daily lives. The technology has helped develop new business models worldwide and changed our economies forever. It’s predicted that by 2020 most skilled professionals career paths will be disrupted by smart…
LinkedIn is the modern resume – if you don’t have a good profile, you’re doing it wrong. How can you represent your unique career path on your LinkedIn profile? Find out below! Takeaways: When telling a career story, don’t be afraid to use humour and personality. Have you been out of work for a while? Show…
Conducting adequate keyword research during your job hunt is key to ensuring your resume is read by employers. According to ERE, each job opening receives an average of 250 resumes with recruiters spending on average only 6 seconds reviewing each application. The majority of applications are screened by a digital Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that scan resumes…
Are you an expert? What does it mean to be an expert? Zintro can help with their infographic below! Takeaways: First step to becoming an expert is listening! Understand how you best learn, because everyone is different. Experts spend 10,000 hours honing their craft. RELATED: How To Brand Yourself an Expert on Social Media
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Do You Know Your Myers-Briggs Type?
Hey you, what’s your type? Knowing your Myers-Briggs Type can help you identify the typical strengths and weaknesses in your natural personality. Working on the know weaknesses for your MBTI type can turn your life around personally and professionally. Check out the stats and descriptions below to see how common your personality type is, its…
Employee engagement – do you know it fully? Here are ten SHOCKING statistics about employee engagement, presented by OfficeVibe. Takeaways: First off, the bad news: 70% of US workers aren’t engaged at work. Highly engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their company compared to less-engaged employees. 89% of employers think their people leave…
“All my life’s a circle; But I can’t tell you why; Season’s spinning round again; The years keep rollin’ by.” – Harry Chapin Recruiting, as I have experienced it, has always been cyclical. On the agency side we were super busy from January 1st until Memorial Day. Then, very slow from Memorial Day to Labor…
According to the American Psychological Association, nearly a third of American workers believe they are underpaid and suffer heightened amounts of stress due to what they perceive to be an inadequate salary. As more jobs become available and the hiring economy slowly improves, this provides many U.S. workers with the ability to look elsewhere for…
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11 Ways to Deal with a Difficult Boss
I love my job, I enjoy working with my colleagues, and I love everything about my work but there’s one thing that’s giving me a terrible headache almost everyday – dealing with my difficult boss. I believe I am not the only person who experiences this – most working professionals have encountered the same and you…