MARK'S ARTICLES: ALL
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Staying Focused
When You’re Underchallenged At Work
Moving Ahead
Use Your Job To Increase Your Own Value!
Plan for Success in the Coming Year
Your Year End "Personal Review"
The New Girl's Guide to Workplace Success? Or Not
Image Management
I've been passed over for promotion – now what?
Holiday Season Tips
Deal with Workplace Stress at Holidays
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
Should I Be Worried About My Banking Job?
Deciding On Staying or Going
Taking Time to Appreciate Your Current Job, Before Looking Elsewhere
With Spring Here, Is It Time to Move On?
Resigning
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?
Expressing Your Political Views at Work
I'm Afraid of Becoming A Zombie-Worker
Career Change
Stepping Out Of The Shadows When you have Highly Successful Parents
Depression - Stress - Health
Taking A Load Off
Make Your Workday Less Stressful
Use Employee Assistance Programs: (The Secret For Stress Relief)
The Joys of Unitasking instead of Multi-tasking
Should I Lower my Expectations The Longer it Takes to Find Work?
Taking Time for Grieving a Serious Loss
My Colleague was Just Downsized. How Can I Help?
I've just been downsized. What happens now?
Creating Balance
Finding a Job That Has Fewer Work Hours
Coping: The Workplace Epidemic of Clinical Depression
Workplace Depression - Letting People Know
Diversity and Differences
Coping: The Workplace Epidemic of Clinical Depression
I'm Physically Disabled and Need To Find A Job
Should I Come Out Gay at Work?
Real Jobs That Let You Work From Home
What To Do About My Criminal Record?
Employment Law and Your Workplace Rights
Excellent Primer on Workplace Rights
Push Back When Asked to Do Wrong
Will Taking "Daddy Leave" Hurt My Career?
How To Find a Qualified Career Coach (or a Work Mentor)
Is it Easier To Find A Job if you're Already employed Somewhere Else?
Avoid Rash Career Decisions - Take Time To Explore Your Range Of Options
How Long Does It Take To Find a New Job?
(resumes, business cards, cover letters, 30 second oral introduction, etc.)
Design Your "Transitional" Business Card
Use "Functional" Resume To Show Skills
Should You Pay For Resume Help?
Can I Exaggerate On My Resume?
Positioning Yourself When Overqualified
Leaving Self-Employment Off Of Your Resume
What if an Employer Googles Me? (Managing Your Online Presence)
Develop an effective “Elevator Speech” (Your 30 Second Verbal Introduction)
Eliminating Surprises
Prepare Effectively for a Job Fair
Conduct Background Check on Yourself
FREE Job Search Preparedness Quiz (Short and Longer Versions Available)
Researching Employers
Locate An Employer That’s Ethical
Find Employers That Match Your Work Preferences
Finding Out the Truth about Potential Employers
Locate Real Jobs That Let You Work From Home
Seeking A Socially Responsible Employer
Job Search Tips
Avoid "We'll Find You A Job" Rip-Offs
How to Identify "Scam" Job Ads
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 Widely Online: 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 Compamy even if you've applied before
Why Don't Employers Acknowledge My Application?
Should I Lower my Expectations The Longer it Takes to Find Work?
Asking for Old Job Back if New One's Not Working Out
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
'Hidden Job Market' Tactics
Where Exactly Is The Hidden Job Market?
Find Hidden Jobs by Going In Cold
Before the Interview
Get Ready For a Really Important Interview
Should You Cheat on Pre-Employment Tests?
Going On Interviews for Jobs You Don't Want
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 It's Taking Long To Find Work
Explain Long-Time Employment with a Single Employer
How To Describe Your Salary Expectations
Treat Confidential Information Carefully
Being More Likeable in Job Interviews
Multiple Interview Blues
Questions You Can Ask Your Job Interviewers
When Your Interview Is Held In A Coffee Shop
After the Interview
Post-Interview: Thank You Notes etc.
Prepping Your References In Advance
Leaving A Job On Bad Terms: Part 2 of 2 - Securing a Reference
When To Reveal Your References
Deciding
Get The Job Offer In Writing First
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
Mature / Newcomers / Grads
Looking Younger at Interview Time
Mandatory Retirement Is Disappearing
Work Opportunities for Pre-Retirees
Position Yourself When Overqualified
I'm Getting Desperate – Does "Extreme Job Hunting" Work?
Get 'Canadian' Experience for Newcomers
Use Second Languages To Your Advantage
Is my accent causing problems?
Position Yourself When Overqualified
I'm Getting Desperate – Does "Extreme Job Hunting" Work?
Should I leave my country to come to Canada?
How to Identify "Scam" Job Ads
Why Don't Employers Acknowledge My Application?
How Long Does It Take To Find a New Job?
Should I Lower my Expectations The Longer it Takes to Find Work?
Writing the Perfect Cover Letter
Does Blogging Help My Job Search?
Tapping into the Hidden Job Market
Hidden Job Market Essentials: Part One of Four - What 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
Snagging a Job After Graduating
Managers
Seeing Beyond Invisible Disabilities
Appropriate Free Speech At Work
Ensuring Student Co-Ops and Internships Pay Off
Can Online Social Networks Boost Your Recruiting Success?
Making Workplace Volunteer Initiatives Work
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!
Self and Contract Employment
Should You Try "Contract Employment"?
Turn Contract Work into 'Permanent'
Convince Employers You Want Permanent
Move Back to Job from being Self-Employed
Unemployment / Downsizing
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
Trends/The Economy
What exactly is the "war for talent?"
Maybe I Should Move West For A Job
Future of Work: Part 1 -- Growth Sectors
Future of Work: Part 2 -- Where Jobs Are
Future of Work: Part 3 -- How We'll Work
Coffee Houses as Portable Offices
Loyalty, Shmoyalty! The New Reality
Should I worry about the U.S. economy?
Debunking The Labour Shortage Myth
Lies, Damned Lies, and (Job) Statistics!
