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According to “Social Networking: 2009,” an online survey conducted by Ipsos Reid, only 26% of Canadians who are actively online are aware of Twitter. A more interesting fact is that just 1.45% of those surveyed actually used the 140-character microblogging site. This survey was taken about three months ago, and I have to admit that [...]
You have successfully landed a job interview for your dream position. With a full and rich career, your successes and achievements are notable. So, when you are invited to the interview, you are not surprised. Your distinguished history and extensive expertise are a great match for the role. However, also among those who secured job [...]
If you are an executive in career transition, you probably have never had to write a resume – until now. While you were busy working hard, attaining business objectives, and being promoted, you hardly had time or reason to put together such a document. Resume writing trends sure have come a long way since the [...]
Recently, Canadian recruitment professionals Head2Head in partnership with LinkedIn performed an informal survey. They asked recruiters to tell them how they found candidates. The results were quite telling. In short, 69% of Canadian recruiters surveyed use LinkedIn for recruiting and 44% use Facebook to find and investigate candidates. A small percentage of recruiters use other [...]
I’m so excited — there is only one month left for nominations for Career Professionals of Canada’s annual Awards of Excellence program! We’re coming down to the wire for nomination submissions for this year’s Awards of Excellence Program and the introduction of our new award category: Outstanding Canadian Online Profile Developer. With an explosion in [...]
Most successful professionals have worked very hard to make it into the $100k+ Club. Now that they have made it, it should be easy for them to stay there. So, why are so many asking for and accepting less than they are worth? I think that the answer is simple. The incessant talk of the [...]
