by Day Merrill | Sep 25, 2023 | Job Search, Resume writing, Strategic Career Management
Most people get it backward. A frequent piece of “common wisdom” in job hunting is to tweak your resume for each job you apply to. If you’ve tried to follow that advice, you’ve probably experienced what a PITA that is. If you have a decent resume, changing the content...
by Day Merrill | Sep 18, 2023 | Career Exploration, Coaching, Job Search, Strategic Career Management
Only one of these approaches will get you the results you want in your career. Most people know the word “careening,” defined as “bouncing from side to side in an unsteady way.” You may not be as familiar with “careering” which means “to move swiftly in an...
by Day Merrill | Sep 11, 2023 | Career Exploration, Job Search, Strategic Career Management
Is this the year you’re going to make that career move you’ve been thinking about every fall? Last week the new school year began in Ontario. Gill Deacon‒host of CBC’s Here and Now‒asked listeners how they were getting their children ready to ease back into school...
by Day Merrill | Sep 1, 2023 | Job Loss, Job Search, Resume writing, Strategic Career Management
Labor Day is just around the corner. Time to update your resumé and make a career plan. Forget January 1; everyone knows that the “real” New Year starts in September. In North America, temperatures and leaves start to drop, kids go back to school, and adults and...
by Day Merrill | Jan 5, 2022 | Business Challenges, Strategic Career Management, Workplace Challenges
Happy New Year! In case you missed it over the holidays, Ontario has enacted some new legislation for 2022: New laws and changes coming to Ontario in 2022 | CTV News. Some of these changes directly impact work relationships, so whether you are an employer, an employee...
