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So many allies, there’s one for everybody. Here are a few roles that allies can choose to play to support colleagues from underrepresented groups in beneficial ways.

The essential ingredients of a great resumé, in recipe form.

Do you have recurring Zoom meetings? Try swapping out the host. It’ll keep things fresh and lively.

It can be easy to lose track of time when you’re working from home.

Good advice on decision-making from a world-class poker player. The next time you are faced with a difficult decision consider Annie Duke’s three P’s: 1. Preferences 2. Payoff 3. Probabilities

"I thought I had an OK office chair when I worked from home 25% of the weekbut now I realize its a torture device. Here are some chairs that will make your home office better than your actual office.

Its no secret that your resum gets scanned for content well before it ever makes it to the top (or bottom) of the HR "interview" pile. Here are five techniques you can use to make your way forward and beat the bots.

Are you a 4th year business student interested in Marketing? Check out this Telus program for new graduates. Info session September 17th. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/telus-marketing-development-pro

Most businesses operate in three month quarters. Heres a quarterly plan (template included) that can help get your career on track, starting with one month, two month and then three month goals.

Did you say something you didnt mean in an interview? Here are some good ways to recover. https://j.mp/3lZ1M3F

Being likeable isnt something youre born with. Fortunately there are things you can do that will help to improve your aura. This helps at work and when interviewing. For example, when first meeting a new person, give your best smile, make eye contact, and open up your posture to its widest position. Many more tips...

When a crisis hits, act quickly. And overreact.

Many of us will be working remotely. Here are some tips, including the wise advice to build relationships intentionally: In your first weeks on the job, your manager should introduce you to the co-workers you need to know. But its your responsibility to build those relationships.

Only 55% of people negotiated their salary when starting a new job. Here are some tactics women can use to achieve income parity.

Heres how to showcase your professional accomplishments without humblebragging: 1. Identify what you want to accomplish by sharing: it it more visibility within your organization? Positioning yourself as a thought leader? Or raising the extra projects and initiatives youre executing? Read more...

The age old conundrum: PDF? Or Word?

To-do: be more productive by marrying my to-do list with my browser

Dear Abbie: should we reject invitations to in-person events? And if we do, should we communicate our concerns, or keep them to ourselves?

Two-thirds of employees are currently working remotely. But what if the remote work extends into a long-term proposition? Is everyone read for that?

What are the 13 signs that someone is about to quit? Harvard interviewed 900 people after they left to find out.

Too many people especially women only apply for jobs theyre overqualified for. You dont have to meet every qualification.

Is identity more important than personality? Some think it is. And it can help you move forward effectively.

Be confident in your capabilities and know that you have something to offer companies.

Got an important Zoom meeting? Weve got six tips for your background, from an interior designer.

On social media, we naturally gravitate toward a compelling headline. The same principle applies when it comes to your resume: A great resume headline will draw recruiters and hiring managers into the story of you and entice them to keep reading. Heres how to do it.

Covid-19 has spurred on organizations to prioritize learning resources for remote employees.

We are in the middle of the broadest unplanned experiment in workplace dynamics. Heres how one CEO is meeting the challenge.

A new study involving 600 people suggests the majority (61%) actually prefer working from home.

Apparently working from home is going pretty well for one of the worlds largest companies.

For people navigating career moves in this pandemic (and companies evolving with the new normal), the real change isnt in process, but in mindset.

The cover letter is the exact place for you to make a case for yourself. This is where you can connect the dots for the recruiter and tell the story that your resume cant on its own: how does competitive figure skating connect with being a management consultant? Heres how to write a cover letter that will get you noticed.

The downturn can actually be a good time to start a business, especially if youve got a future-forward idea, these founders say.

Harvard Business Review has been tracking 600 people since March. Theyve been asking about job satisfaction, work engagement, perceptions of their own performance, conflicts with colleagues, stress, negative emotions, and current living situation, among other questions. Here are the results.

Jim Pattisons advice for people job hunting during the pandemic? I would go into something that I like I wouldnt go into something that is necessarily the most money at the minute. I would go into something that I really enjoyed and that I could grow in. I would continue to get the best education I could, as long as I could afford to go, thats what I would do. Once you get your education, you know, its an easy load to carry..." More advice from other top CEOs

Its natural to have first-day jitters when you start a new job. But what happens when your first day is remote? Here are seven tips to start your new job successfully.

Think you have nothing to put on your resume because youre a college graduate? Think again. Whether you have a resume you used for college applications or are starting completely from scratch, putting effort into your resume now gives you a higher likelihood of success and sets a solid foundation, making it a breeze to update in the future as youand itevolve. Heres how to do it.

LinkedIn has a new job feature that may be of great interest to job seekers.

The value of combining your website with LinkedIn if you are looking to move your career forward.

Lessons learned about working from home: a survey of 200 participants.

Should the new work-from-home situation be enough of an adjustment to alter expectations about work performance?

Do you know what time well spent resembles? Practicing the answers to the questioms of potential employers! Yes, were performance geeks but there are right answers and poor answers but then there are great answers and those are the kind that land you the job.

Working from home can be a pain in the neck. Or back. Or hand! Here are tips from a chiropractor to make your home office a little less painful.