Joanne Richard · Feb. 5, 2019
Stuck in a work rut? No energy, vision or output? Obviously, your workspace is unhappy! Could be clutter that is cluttering up your productivity and engagement. You can always jump on the KonMari method to spark some joy
Mark Swartz · Feb. 2, 2019
Step out of your hole and into the light of seeing a real job done. Stop hibernating, students and recent grads! Like Canada’s Wiarton Willy on Groundhog Day, get out and see your shadow (er, job shadow in your case).
Neil MacIntosh · Feb. 1, 2019
The Super Bowl’s no place to wuss out against competitors. Neither is your workplace. Super Bowl games are classic rivalries. No more so than when gladiator quarterbacks face off. Like Tom Brady and Jared Goff clashing in the big one.
Neil MacIntosh · Jan. 21, 2019
On the legal front employees will be getting some good tidings – and a few kicks in the grapes. Excellent news to start the year: some juicy employment law changes are planned. A new paid holiday. Better parental leave. Pay equity regardless of your junk. Several skeevy updates scheduled too. Especially in Ontario. The current provincial government seems hell-bent on restoring indentured labour. A boon to employers. Regressive for peons.
Joanne Richard · Jan. 16, 2019
The higher stress and higher risk your profession, the more likely your marriage won’t survive. Does this sound at all like your job? Sure sounds like Jeff Bezos’ – the billionaire and Amazon CEO recently twittered divorce plans after 25 years of marriage to MacKenzie Bezos. With a mantra of “Get Big Fast,” Bezos’ rule over the trillion-dollar retail empire must be a bruising pressure cooker of worry, risks and devotion.
Mark Swartz · Jan. 14, 2019
Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first Prime Minister, had to justify his job constantly. Could you explain yours – and the value you add – if it meant avoiding the boot? Comes a time your boss might ask why your ass shouldn’t get canned. Like after you’ve screwed up majorly. Or the company’s cleaning house: sweeping away dead wood, decluttering redundancies. Speaking of Houses, the one Sir John A. Macdonald oversaw is Parliament. First Prime Minister of Canada, he was, back in 1867. Bet your jodhpurs he had to justify his job. Most folks didn’t know a legislature from horse manure.
Mark Swartz · Jan. 9, 2019
The stuff of SciFi no longer augmented and virtual reality may affect how your job’s done. If wearing bulky headgear to watch 3D video cranks ya, you’ll love what’s coming to workplaces. Virtual Reality (VR) makes simulations a snap. Augmented Reality (AR) puts reams of data at eye level. This type of tech is popular with gamers. Because it’s still clunky and uber pricey, it won’t migrate to workplaces overnight. When it does here’s what to expect.
Steve Mahoney · Jan. 4, 2019
If you make them just to break ‘em, give it a rest. New Year’s fresh face is peeking around the corner. Time for our fave annual self-delusion: making resolutions there’s no hope in hell of keeping. If you’re hooked on committing to professional improvement, at least ignore hokey pledges most folk break as fast as they make.
Mark Swartz · Jan. 2, 2019
It was kind of a mixed year for job growth, with some clouds and bright spots coming up. This past year was meh for Canadian employment. Overall about 220,000 net jobs were added. That’s an increase of about 1.2% in a dozen months. Bizarrely almost half of that came in November alone. Anyway, our labour force grew by 175,000 people in that same period. So really job growth covered that and a bit more. On the plus side, almost all the added positions turned out to be full-time.