The one tool you need for career success
You have questions about your career, right? I mean, I’m guessing that’s how you landed on a blog written by a career advisor. This is always hard to articulate to people, but let me try. You are unique and special and wonderful and there is no one in this world exactly like you. Despite that, […]
Careers and the housing crisis
Politicians shouldn’t get all the blame There’s a housing crisis here on PEI. No shock there, there’s a housing crisis pretty much everywhere in Canada. Lots of people are looking for places to live, but the costs are exorbitant, demand is much higher than supply and plenty of communities are seeing homelessness rise. While everybody […]
Does money really not matter?
Have you ever noticed that the people who say, “money isn’t the most important thing in life” tend to be billionaires? I mean, on one hand, the person who has more money than several small countries do probably has a good chance to prioritize other areas of their lives because finances don’t really top the […]
Does the name on your resume count you out?
The name on your resume can carry a lot of weight I’ve seen a lot of first resumes in my day. I’ve advised on a lot of first resumes in my day too. Living in a diverse environment means that one of the more common questions I get about resumes is ‘what name should I […]
What does success really look like? Maybe not what you meme.
You’ve seen those internet memes, right? The ones that compare “how people think success looks” to “how success really looks.” Like this one: Or maybe you’re more familiar with this one: And there are other varieties, of course, but the one you choose doesn’t matter. They’re all lacking in one area: they assume you still […]
Are career assessments really useful?
Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens. Research careers using career assessments. (OK, it doesn’t rhyme. I never claimed to be a poet.) Career assessment tools are abundant online. They can be super helpful in directing you toward careers of interest. However, given that the internet is literally a place where anybody can publish anything, […]
Pandemic interruptions to school: are our kids really behind academically?
Are our kids’ academic and career futures in jeopardy because of school interruptions during the pandemic? No. And here’s why.
Does a Master’s degree really boost your career?
What is the real story behind upskilling? If I told you I was about to wrap up a Master’s degree program, what do you think your first question would be? My guess is something like “oh cool. What type of job are you going after?” OK, in all honesty, it’s not a total guess. That […]
How does leadership affect your career choices?
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately, from different perspectives. I’m listening to my child’s teachers through online school and witnessing their classroom leadership styles. We all watched the changing of the guard in the White House last week…with immense relief. Everybody’s had an opinion one way or another on how various leaders have […]
The plight of the guidance counsellor
If you’re a grown-up with children, chances are that sometime in the last year, you’ve experienced the education system up close for probably the first time since you were a student yourself. Grade Three has been unfolding in my living room since the beginning of 2021. And because my daughter is so young, I keep […]