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 […]
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, […]
No, our kids aren’t behind academically (three more reasons why)
Last week I wrote a post about how I don’t really think our kids are behind academically. There was one area I didn’t touch on because I think it really needs its own space: kids who are already disadvantaged. Systemic disadvantages were already there Since school went online, we’ve heard hundreds of stories of students […]
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.
You can’t avoid career uncertainty
Several times this year, I’ve seen a thing going around social media. I don’t want to call it a meme, because I associate memes with sarcasm and puns, but it’s that flavour of social media post. It’s an image that says something in the vein of, we’re not all in the same boat. We’re in […]
Starting to panic about PSE decisions? Try this unorthodox tip.
For plenty of high school students, post-secondary application deadlines loom and they still have no idea where to apply. What do you do if you (or your kid) fall into this camp? Perhaps it has come down to application time and you are completely lost as to what to do next. What should you do? […]
University: not the only game in town
I know this is going to come as a shock, but if you’re starting to explore post-secondary options right now, it bears repeating: University is not the only option you have after high school. That’s right, I said it. It’s out there, in black and white. There’s a prevailing assumption that a university degree is […]