Career Advice

Let’s all rub our crystal balls. Mmm, maybe a bit more. Now predict if you could survive a nasty setback to Canada’s economy. Is your job safe if things go downhill?

You’re the elite of the elite. A top prospect most employers slobber over. You’re not looking to plunk your tush just anywhere. Only at the tiny fraction of companies atop their industry’s pyramid. Emblazoning their name on your resume is the height of employment prestige. Friends will ooh and ahh. Waiters will seat you at the finest tables.

Get out! For real. Leave artificial lighting and stale building air behind. Let office-bound colleagues turn pasty and soft indoors. You’re meant to earn a living outside. Communing with nature. Hugging trees (consensually). Soaking up sun or snow instead of longingly looking out windows.

Ways to get noticed, not nixed, by the latest recruiting AI. Busy be the bots that filter incoming resumes. More employers than ever scan your application electronically. Less so at small companies, but you never know who does and doesn’t. Which is why you’ve always got to satisfy AI. Since algorithms might be parsing your words almost instantly, feed ‘em the good stuff. Otherwise, you could stay invisible to hiring managers and recruiters.

Even hermits sometimes have to work in groups, so deal with it. Loners are a breed apart. Literally. They gravitate to jobs for people who dislike - people. Teamwork seems like a toxic task.

If you’re hell-bent on winning at all costs, at least leave the innocent intact. Ruthless people litter pop culture. You can hardly stream a channel or mime a meme without cruel themes. And those mind-numbing reality shows? Competition-crushing opponents pitilessly – is the constant goal. Except, at work, brutal treachery can backfire. Violates a code of conduct or two. Paints perps as bright red targets.

After frigid temps and depressingly short days, it can feel like you just spent months hibernating in your office. And in reality, you probably did. Trudging through the snow on unbearable commutes. Dodging off-site meetings out of fear of bracing the cold. When it comes to working through the winter, the experience is daunting.

Go narrower, not wider, to find the work you’re itching for. A classic way to suck the life from your work search: chase after meh jobs. If you’ve got some time to #findbetter, go strategic instead.

Job seeking will continue to evolve with the advancements of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. These technologies are changing the way recruiters search for talent and conduct interviews.