Written by Canadian Job Surfer By: Kamal Hylton In our first post about podcasting for the job market, Let Your Voice Be Heard, we looked at the general idea of podcasts as a way to get noticed within your industry and shared building blocks to take your idea from a concept to reality. This post looks at the technical side
Written by Canadian Job Surfer By: Kamal Hylton In the previous post Starting From Scratch: The Importance Of Building Your Unique Brand, I touched on key elements of your individual brand and shared some tips that have helped me. One of those tips was the definition and repetition of your brand’s message. However, once you’ve figured this out and repeated
Written by Canadian Job Surfer By: Kamal Hylton Whether it’s a company or person, one of the most important parts of the job market is identifying and possessing a unique brand. Defining what branding is can be slightly different depending what is being branded. The most common example that comes to mind is when companies present or carry out a
Written by Canadian Job Surfer I started university, not unlike many of my classmates, right after graduating high school at the wee age of 17. Two years later, I’m going through a winding turmoil of indecision, wanting to switch both program and school completely. I’m hardly alone in this, too. Many of my friends and acquaintances are transferring in order
Written by Canadian Job Surfer An odd dogma held in the status quo is that business is the devil. Many seem to think that businesses are somehow a bad thing and that we should all make our own clothes. That’s great and all, but not everybody knits. A modern economy is necessary for the lives we lead, as is money
Written by Canadian Job Surfer So you’ve graduated! Perhaps you’ve even landed an interview for that dream job. First off, congratulations! By now you know that neither is any small feat and that the job market is pretty bleak these days. Call backs are difficult to come by, and scoring an interview can feel like winning the lottery—which is precisely
Written by Canadian Job Surfer Fancy a cup of coffee with retired astronaut Chris Hadfield or CBC Host Rick Mercer? All you need to do is join tenthousandcoffees.com and send them an invite. Thanks to the new initiative by 26-year-old Dave Wilkin, young people now have the unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders over a cup of coffee, seek
Written by Canadian Job Surfer A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour (in the case of odd jobs) to a lifetime (in the case of some judges). If a person is
Written by Canadian Job Surfer A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour (in the case of odd jobs) to a lifetime (in the case of some judges). If a person is
Written by Canadian Job Surfer A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour (in the case of odd jobs) to a lifetime (in the case of some judges). If a person is
