“Why am I still unemployed? ”  This plaintive question is one I’m asked a great deal. I’d like to give a few brief answers to this question.   1. You aren’t networking enough.   Almost all jobs these days are found through networking. If you’re applying through job boards, searching the internet, counting on recruiters or responding to want ads…you’re not doing enough. View Details

You’ve polished your resume to no end, especially after finding a job posting that precisely fits your skills.   But did your cover letter merit the same attention?   Many hiring managers use your cover letter to gauge your interest in the company, as well as your aptitude for the job. View Details

It’s that time of year again, when job seekers think they may as well stop looking for a job throughout the holiday season. No one will be hiring anyway, so you may as well take the rest of the year off, right?   Not true, according to HR and job search experts. Although some companies may have no budget left for hiring, others still have openings they need to fill by the end of the fiscal year. View Details

So, you got the interview for the job of your dreams. You check in with the receptionist and they ask you to have a seat. What you do in the next few minutes can be the deciding factor on your future with the company.   There are interviewers who regularly ask their receptionists what the prospective employee was doing while waiting to be called in. View Details

While we have seen an increase in the use of Skype and other video based technology it would seem that the use of the Telephone Interview is back on the rise. It is an inexpensive method for judging cultural and or behavioural fit and is often the first stage in recruitment processes; Forming the backbone of a labour intensive campaign or quite simply an ‘informal chat’ for a senior executive. View Details

Hi Heather,  I read your advice regarding “death in the workplace. ” My mother went through a long bout with cancer that she lost. Before she was diagnosed, I started a new job and, needless to say, when I learned of her cancer, it affected me on the job…. . View Details

Advice for Delayed Sleep Sufferers  “For those with delayed sleep phase syndrome who have to get up in the morning, but can’t fall asleep in the evening, their sleep debt keeps building and threatens their health,” says Mansbach. “Chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk of many serious diseases,  including cancer and diabetes, as well as depression, fibromyalgia, and others. It degrades productivity and learning, and increases the chance of accidents. View Details

Have you ever encountered parents who wanted to be friends with their kids? Instead of disciplining them and teaching them right from wrong, the parents try to hang out with their children, are extremely laid back and give them freewill to do as they please. Why?   The parents want to be liked, to be deemed as cool parents who are open. View Details

To be a good manager, you need to be able to identify changes in your employees’ work ethics — especially if they seem to exhibit a lack in motivation.   In our interview with Tim Muma, host of LocalJobNetwork. com’s radio program “Moving Up the Ladder,” we discussed signs that display a lack of motivation in employees and what managers can do when they witness these changes.   Here are the major signs:  1. View Details

Only 30% of Canadians expect to be fully retired at age 66, according to the Sun Life Financial 2012 Canadian UnretirementTM Index. The index, based on the results of an Ipsos Reid poll of 3,701 working Canadians aged 30 to 65, also found 48% of Canadians plan to phase in their retirement by working part-time or freelance. View Details

When you’re selling your product, do you simply go into the nuts-and-bolts of how it works, or do you tell a story?   People ask me what I do at Emergenetics International, and I could easily say I own a human capital consulting firm that provides assessments for employee development, recruitment, and retention. That’d be informative, sure.   But you need to be prepared to say more, if you want to draw people in. View Details

Keep Personal Info Personal  Discrimination in the workplace is illegal. It’s also despicable and certainly not anything we condone. In an ideal world, the details of our personal lives wouldn’t matter nearly as much as our performance and productivity on the job. But the cold, hard truth is employers may still make decisions based upon details of an employee’s life. View Details

INCREASING EMPLOYEE MORALE WHILE DECREASING FATIGUE AT WORK  Times are tough for workers across all industries. While unemployment is still high, it’s not just those searching for a job who are feeling the stress. Certainly unemployed job seekers have a lot on their plate: searching for jobs, endless applications, recording a video resume, and preparing for interviews are just some of their most common stresses. Those who already have jobs, however, are also feeling the stress. View Details