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]]>Broadly speaking, when deciding whether to start a job search for a new career, a sense of “fit” with both employer and industry is the most significant consideration for most Canadians. In this context, career fit is a collective measurement of:
With that in mind, it does not make much sense that only about 13% of currently employed adults in Canada report feeling very happy with their employer and industry. That statistic should leave about 80% of the workforce feeling insecure, to some degree, about whether they are on the right career path.
That said, research also indicates that:
Together, these additional factors provide some clarity:
In industries and specializations where it takes a lot of up-front investment to get started (like healthcare, technology, and operations management) but the potential wages are high, people are more willing to tolerate workplace dissatisfaction in the hope that their investment will pay off.
Likewise, in careers where middle- and upper-level management are highly satisfied with their work and high wages (as in the mining, oil, and construction sectors), people tend to tough out workplace dissatisfaction in the hope that future benefits will be worth it.
This may explain why about 40% of the currently employed workforce are sticking to their current plan even though they are not overly happy with what they are currently doing.
The above-listed factors go a long way toward explaining why some jobs in Vancouver have noticeably lower turnover rates, greater career commitment, and less job search activity than is normal for the current job market.
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]]>Today, the job market favors personnel who are confident, reliable, and highly-effective communicators [1]. Demand for these soft skills — sometimes called “core skills” by job search experts — now outranks every other hiring requirement. This makes core skills a critical component of job search, application, hiring, and ongoing performative successes, especially for entry-level and remote jobs.
Consequently, the best strategies for work from home success focus on creating a remote-first or remote-friendly work environment, routine, and protocols. In doing so, people holding remote jobs can both leverage and further develop the core skills that make them most valuable to an employer.
Successful work from home activity requires and builds employee reliability, confidence, and communication skills. These core skills are apparent at every juncture in any remote job — including while creating an ideal work environment, setting and sticking to healthy work from home routines, and building and maintaining the most beneficial communication and connection structure for both performance and morale. Specifically, work from home employees who wish to continuously improve in their remote job performance know:
The first step for anyone aiming to improve their remote job performance is straightforward: ensure that the work from home environment meets the basic functional needs of the job.
This includes having access to necessary technology, stable and secure internet connectivity, privacy, and the ability to mitigate on-the-job distractions.
Much of the best advice for success in remote jobs involves boundary-setting. That is because creating expectations for other people present in the household as well as coworkers and supervisors — which includes working set hours, keeping a meeting/appointment schedule, taking scheduled breaks — makes work from home employees more confident and reliable.
A sense of disconnection from the firm is the driving force behind disengagement from objectives, loss of confidence in both the self and the organization, and the decision to start the job search for alternate positions. This makes collaboration, candid/consistent communication, and face- and air-time during meetings critical. In the absence of these elements, work from home employees run the risk of becoming siloed, which damages well-being and can diminish engagement with and personal commitment to both everyday tasks and ongoing projects.
The fact of the matter is: people who work from home are, on average, 47% more productive than in-office staff. Additionally, research shows that personnel assigned to (well-designed
and well-supported) remote jobs take shorter breaks during the workday, request less time off, and need fewer sick days than in-person job holders.
Work from home success is indicated by more than just quantitative performance metrics. Research shows that working in a (well-designed and well-supported) remote job dramatically lowers employee turnover. This suggests that the most successful work from home personnel should also report feeling:
Work from home employees who do not consistently feel confident, secure, and supported in the remote jobs — regardless of other measurable performative successes — will struggle to sustain high-level performance and will be unable to foster growth in relevant core skills. Nevertheless, this trajectory can be reversed by modifying the work from home environment, boundaries, and communicative structures. (https://www.dunkinbahamas.com)
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Simon Chou is the Vice President of Operations and Growth at BCjobs.ca. Over the course of his career, he carved a niche in brand development, marketing strategy, and online presence for startups. Prior to joining BCJobs.ca, Simon was an advisor for several global blockchain projects including Litecoin, NEM, and Ripple. In the past, he also worked with Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare space through SM Digital—a global marketing agency.
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