Networking is the key to developing your career and getting professional and personal referrals. Moving up the career ladder is all about making connections with other people in your industry, on both a personal and professional level. Candidates are often hired for positions – before they’re advertised – on the recommendation of someone within the […]
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Networking Advice
May 14th, 2021
Tips for Social Media Leverage When Searching for a Job
Wondering how your social media profiles are relevant to a job search? Well, you’d be surprised to know that 87% of recruitment managers use social media to find and screen relevant candidates. This fact in itself is enough to emphasize the need to have proper social media profiles for every job seeker out there. Now […]
Read MoreDecember 18th, 2020
Remote Working Tips: How To Become Friends With Your Co-workers
If you’ve started a new job in Vancouver in 2020, you may find yourself struggling to connect with co-workers. The COVID-19 pandemic that has so many Canadians working from home has clearly changed work life. Beyond re-structuring the job market and limiting our new job search, the pandemic has us more isolated from colleagues than […]
Read MoreOctober 4th, 2020
7 Professional Networking Tips for a Successful Career
Nearly 80% of professionals agree that professional networking is a valuable tool for career progression [1]. Even so, one-quarter of currently-employed adults do not engage in active professional networking, and 38% of those who do struggle to maintain contact with their network. What is the most significant cause of this networking neglect? Insufficient time for […]
Read MoreJune 8th, 2020
An Overview of How Career Fairs Work
Career fairs are events designed to introduce students or potential employees to opportunities within their field of interest. Employers, businesses and organizations set up booths and informational sessions to showcase what they do and the talent they’re looking for. There are multiple styles of career fairs. Some have an emphasis on specific fields or careers, […]
Read MoreMay 27th, 2020
What Are Career Fairs: Are They Worth It?
In the realm of professional respect, career fairs are an underdog. Often portrayed as annoying obligations, career fairs may in fact be just what you need to boost your career opportunities, or hire a new star employee, or be yet another disappointment. Read on to find out how career fairs can help or harm you. […]
Read MoreApril 30th, 2020
How to Live Without A Job
From permanently couch-surfing, to pulling a Michael Wigge and traveling the world for free, there are some crazy ways to live jobless. Tiring of the 9-to-5 experience is relatable. Perhaps you want to spend more time traveling the world, exploring a freer lifestyle, and richer social connections. Perhaps you want to bow out of the […]
Read MoreMay 7th, 2018
Tips for Networking Success
What is networking and why does everyone emphasize its importance? When speaking with recruitment professionals, I was informed that upwards of 80% of positions are filled without ever being posted. I was staggered by this number and wanted to find out more about how this could be feasible. What I found through interviewing recruitment professionals […]
Read MoreJuly 2nd, 2014
The Zen of Networking: 10 Rules To Follow
Whenever you think of someone who’s a “consummate networker”, you conjure up an image of a person who has a busy social calendar, someone who’s popular at cocktail functions and knows how to work a room. That might be one definition of good networker. Another definition is someone who is a “go-to person” whenever you […]
Read MoreMay 30th, 2013
Asking for Recommendations
Marketing would be nowhere without smiling and satisfied consumers recommending a purchase. And the written equivalent of this is the testimonial or recommendation. A few words singing a product’s praises – or a person’s praises – go a long way in building credibility. Testimonials have slipped into job hunting strategies, and rightly so; a job […]
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