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Managing Your Career: What’s Next?
Right now, it’s easy to feel a bit limited. We’ve been in lockdown to some varying degree since March. Many have faced job loss. Others have faced increasing pressures to do more with less and juggle to keep things going at work and at home. It’s easy to give into...
Soft Skills Are the Key to Success: The Top 5 In-demand Skills in 2020
Every job is broken down into hard and soft skills. Certain jobs require specific education, experience, or proficiency – like using Excel or knowing a particular programming language. These are hard skills. They are specific and measurable. “Core,” “key” or...
Career Planning During Covid
Companies have already started layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. There is so much uncertainty and you may be feeling very anxious about the possibility of losing your job. So how do you handle career planning during a crisis like the one we are currently living...
Gap in Your Resume? 3 things to Keep in Mind When Interviewing
Dealing with a career gap often causes us stress. We worry it reflects negatively on us and this can tap into self-doubt. The good news is more and more people recognize that layoffs happen, life happens. Still, you will need to explain your absence and may encounter...
The Basics of Behavioral Interviewing
Many of the most important skills required for a job are what we consider soft skills. They are our interpersonal skills. How we think and handle ourselves and how work with others. The knowledge we’ve developed through our life and business experiences and on the job...
Want to Shine in Your Next Interview?
Interviewing can be nerve-wracking. There is nothing worse than feeling at a loss, struggling to think of a good answer to a question – a second begins to feel like a minute! Preparation is the key to a good interview. You won’t sweat the interview if you prepare to...
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