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Mark's Career Articles - Sorted By Topic

Job Hunting

Being Real @ Work

On The Job

Before You Start

How to Find a Qualified Career Coach

Do Employers Care if You’re Employed When You’re Job Hunting?

Avoid Rash Career Decisions:

Look Before You Leap

Creating Marketing Materials (resumes, business cards)

Design Your "Transitional" Business Card

Resume Samples

Use "Functional" Resume To Show Skills

Should You Pay For Resume Help?

Do I Need a "Video Resume?"

Can I Exaggerate On My Resume?

What if an Employer Googles Me? (Managing Your Online Presence)

Develop an effective “Elevator Speech” (Your 30 Second Verbal Introduction)

Preparing

Eliminating Surprises

Prepare Effectively for a Job Fair

Conduct Background Check on Yourself

FREE Job Search Preparedness Quiz

Researching Employers

Locate An Employer That’s Ethical

Find Employers That

Match Your Work Preferences

Finding Out the Truth about Potential Employers

Selling Yourself

Job Search Tips

Avoid "We'll Find You A Job" Rip-Offs

Conduct a Stealth Job Search

Keep Up Your Job Search in Summer

Should You Pay For An

'Employment Wanted Ad?

Apply for a Job in a Different City

When A Friend Delivers Your Resume to HR

Broadcasting Your Resume:  A Good Idea?

Keeping Up Your Job Search in Summer

Asking your temp agency
for a different job

Applying For a Job I’m Not
100% Qualified For


Re-Applying to the Same Job or Company

Online Job Hunting

Online Job Hunting: A Pragmatic Primer

Be Realistic about "Online Job Boards "

The Newest "Online Job Hunting" Tools

Online Resume Secrets Revealed

Should You Post Your Resume Publicly?

Recruiters & Personnel Agencies

Employment Agency, Recruiter or Headhunter: Which is Which?

How To Really Deal With Recruiting Firms

Interviewing

Before the Interview

Get Ready For a Really Important Interview

Should You Cheat on Pre-Employment Tests?

During the Interview

Should We Be Ourselves in Interviews?

Answer “Behavioural” Questions Properly

Answer "Prohibited" Questions Your Way

Leaving A Job On Bad Terms: Part 1 of 2 - Your “Exit Statement”

Explain Your Last Job If It Was Bad

Explain Why You Lost Your Job

Explain Why It's Taking Long To Find Work

Explain Long-Time Employment

at One Company

How To Describe Your Salary Expectations

Treat Confidential Information Carefully

Being More Likeable in Job Interviews

Tackling Telephone Interviews

Multiple Interview Blues

Questions You Can Ask Your Job Interviewers

After the Interview

Post-Interview: Thank You Notes etc.

References

Prepping Your References In Advance

Leaving A Job On Bad Terms: Part 2 of 2 - Securing a Reference

When To Reveal Your References

Tracking Down Old References

Negotiating and Deciding on Offer

Deciding

Use Your Ideal Work Preferences as Guide

Trade Off Lower Pay For Experience?

Delay Job Offer To Get a Better One?

Should I Lower my Expectations The Longer it Takes to Find Work?

Recovering After Understating Your Salary Expectations

Declining a Job Offer

How To Decline A Job Offer Tactfully

What People Really Want From Work


Seeking A Socially Responsible Employer

Switching to a Not-For-Profit Employer

Questions Career Coaches Rarely Ask, But They Really Ought To

 

Should We Be Ourselves in Interviews?

 

Unemployment

I've just been downsized. What happens now?

Can I Collect E.I. If I Quit A Bad Job?

Should I Use My 'Outplacement' Provision?

To 'Temp' or Not When Job Hunting

Help For The White Collar Unemployed

My Colleague was Just Downsized. How Can I Help?

Your Options Just Before a Downsizing:

Part One of Two

Your Options Just Before a Downsizing:

Part Two of Two


Can I Collect E.I. If I Quit A Bad Job?

When given "working notice" upon termination


Asking for Old Job Back if New One's Not

Working Out

 

Specific Situations

Contract Employment

Is It Right For You?

Should You Try "Contract Employment"?

How Do I Become A Consultant?

Getting Back into "Real" Job After

Turn Contract Work into 'Permanent'

Convince Employers You Want Permanent

Move Back to Job from being Self-Employment

Newcomers and Immigrants

Get 'Canadian' Experience for Newcomers

Use Second Languages To Your Advantage

Is my accent causing problems?

Older (Mature) Job Seekers

Advice for Mature Job Seekers

Looking Younger at Interview Time

Mandatory Retirement Is Disappearing

Work Opportunities for Pre-Retirees

Career Changers

Convincing Interviewer you’re Serious about Career Change

Other Special Situations

I'm Physically Disabled and

Need To Find A Job

I'm Not A Workaholic, Am I?

Real Jobs That Let You

Work From Home

Position Yourself When Overqualified

I'm Getting Desperate – Does "Extreme Job Hunting" Work?

What To Do About My Criminal Record?

Cope With Highly Successful Parents

Taking Time For Grieving

 

Manager's Corner

 

Seeing Beyond Invisible Disabilities

Appropriate Free Speech At Work

Ensuring Student Co-Ops and Internships Pay Off

Managing Stress at Work

Can Online Social Networks Boost Your Recruiting Success?

Curing Sick Workplaces

Making Workplace Volunteer Initiatives Work

Ensuring Student Co-Ops and Internships Pay Off

Ho Ho Hold The Downsizing

Business Ethics - How Employers

Encourage Ethical Behaviour

Restore Civility To The Office :

Does a Kinder, Gentler Workplace Await?

Canada's Healthy Workplace Week:

Employee Well-Being Pays!

The Business Case For Diversity

The Perils of Business-Speak:  

Stop Cascading Those Metrics, Pronto!

 

Students and Grads

Mistakes Students Make

When Starting A Job

Writing Riveting Resumes

Resume Samples

Writing the Perfect Cover Letter

Using the Net to Snag a Job

Does Blogging Help My Job Search?

Cleaning up your Digital Dirt

Tapping into the Hidden Job Market

Hidden Job Market Essentials: Part One of Four - What Exactly Is The “Hidden Job Market?”

Hidden Job Market Essentials: Part Two of Four - Finding Hidden Jobs by Going In Cold

Hidden Job Market Essentials: Part Three of Four - Finding Work The "Warm" Way

Hidden Job Market Essentials: Part Four of Four

Earn While You Learn

How Volunteer Work Helps You

Exploring Cool Careers

Snagging a Job After Graduating

Beginning A New Job

Get Onboard the Right Way

Come Clean After Lying In Job Interview?

Progressing At Work

Staying Focused

When You’re Underchallenged At Work

Moving Ahead

Use Your Job To Increase Your Own Value!

Ask for a Raise or Promotion

Plan for Success in the Coming Year

How a Mentor Can Help You

Your Year End "Personal Review"

Increase Your Personal Productivity

Seeking Deserved Acknowledgement

Image Management

Appropriate Summer Workwear

Dealing With Issues

Going Over Your Boss’s Head


My BossFreaks People Out

When Your Boss is a Liar

I've been passed over for promotion – now what?

Reducing Stress

Taking A Load Off

Make Your Workday Less Stressful

Use Employee Assistance Programs:

(The Secret For Stress Relief)

Unplug From Work

Creating Balance

Finding a Job That Has Fewer Work Hours

Holiday Season Tips

Deal with Workplace Stress at Holidays

Strategies for Giving Holiday Gifts at Work

Religion in the office at Holiday time

Preparing For the Worst

Keeping Your Guard Up

Signs You May Lose Your Job (Part 1 of 2)

Signs You May Lose Your Job (Part 2 of 2)

Is my boss giving me a hint to leave?

Avoid Getting Caught On Sinking Ship

Pepare to be Downsized

Long Before It Happens

Deciding On Staying or Going

Taking Time to Appreciate Your Current Job, Before Looking Elsewhere

How Long Is Too Long In One Job?

Should I Resign To Find Another Job?

With Spring Here, Is It Time to Move On?

Resigning

Resigning Respectfully

Your Workplace Rights

Excellent Primer on Workplace Rights

Push Back When Asked to Do Wrong

Can Your Employer Spy On You ?

Fight Harassment At Work

Whistleblow The Right Way

Deal With Ageism

Access Your Employee File

 

Work Trends

What exactly is the "war for talent?"

Maybe I Should Move West For A Job

Moving to Where the Work Is

Future of Work: Part 1 -- Growth Sectors

Future of Work: Part 2 -- Where Jobs Are

  Future of Work: Part 3 -- How We'll Work

State of The Unions

The "Work Less" Movement

Employee Gains and Losses

Coffee Houses as Portable Offices

Loyalty, Shmoyalty! The New Reality

 

The Economy

Should I worry about the U.S. economy?

Debunking The Labour Shortage Myth

The REAL Unemployment Rate:

Don't Let 'Em Fool Ya!

Lies, Damned Lies, and (Job) Statistics!

Why Canadian Jobs Are Disappearing

How To Save Canadian Manufacturing

 

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