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The Globe and Mail recently announced the recipients of the Top 40 Under 40 awards. Every year since 1995, a group of industry and community leaders from across Canada select 40 Canadians who have achieved significant success before reaching the age of 40, through Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Program. The  Top 40 Under 40 [...]

Anyone can type a page or two and call it a resume. To write an effective executive resume, you need to be much more than a typist; you need to be strategic. When it comes to writing resumes, strategy is not about: Following the pack just because they say that something “should be done a [...]

“Canadian employers expect an upbeat hiring climate for the third quarter of 2010” Manpower’s Employment Outlook Survey of more than 1,900 Canadian employers reveals a hiring climate that is trending upwards as we enter the second half of 2010. Since the start of the recession, we have been preoccupied with job losses. However, as the [...]

70% of six-figure Canadian resumes have several spelling and grammatical errors. According to a landmark research study conducted by Graham Management Group (GMG), many professionals are not performing adequate due diligence to ensure that they are presenting impeccable documents. GMG evaluated 1000 resumes received from six-figure candidates over a period of one year and found [...]

49% of Canadian executive resumes have significant issues hampering readability. As a leader and innovator in the Canadian resume writing industry, Graham Management Group (GMG) actively keeps a finger on the pulse of the market. In the largest research study of its kind, we evaluated 1000 randomly selected resumes that we received from senior executives, [...]

To be considered seriously as a sales, marketing, or business development candidate, you must look the part. You need to capture your prospective employer’s interest, present your product, highlight its features, demonstrate how the employer will benefit, negotiate the agreement, and close your next job offer. If you fail in any of these steps, you [...]

25% of six-figure job seekers are not addressing their shortcomings effectively  Based on two North American studies, it is clear that many executives are still opting to follow templates rather than creating a distinctive, strategic resume. Historically, professionals have been told to list their career history in a chronological format, presenting their career progression in [...]

66.0% of senior-level professionals are uncomfortable with cold calling and networking.   Graham Management Group’s recent survey, OUTLOOK 2010: Competitive Career Intelligence for Six-Figure Canadians, found that 69.4% of senior-level professionals feel that they do not have adequate connections or exposure within their industry. Adding to the concern, a full two-thirds of those surveyed expressed [...]

51% of candidates appear arrogant, according to hiring managers. CareerBuilder recently surveyed more than 2,700 hiring managers to uncover mistakes that some candidates have made in job interviews. Employers interviewed found that 55% of candidates appeared disinterested, 51% appeared arrogant, and 34% did not provide answers that were specific enough. If you want to gain [...]

45% of Canadian six-figure professionals don’t have clear short- or long-term career goals. We know that the economy has caused turmoil for many professionals in the $100k+ salary bracket. Yet, the results of Graham Management Group’s recent survey, OUTLOOK 2010: Competitive Career Intelligence for Six-Figure Canadians, seem to suggest that people are not adjusting their [...]