Career Advice

Mind-blowing medical trends are awakening new employment. Healthcare field’s got insomnia; it doesn’t sleep a wink. Always on 24/7. New devices, procedures, drugs and trends keep leading to more jobs.

Enough will never be enough unless you go after what’s meaningful to you. Know what’s messed up? Mooning over celeb Instagram pics and feeling like crap. Thinking their life’s all that. Measuring yours against empty-calorie eye candy.

How to use “springing forward” to your advantage. Second Sunday in March. Sleep in late, rest up cozily, and – WTF, lose an hour?! Surprise. Daylight Savings Time (DST) springs forth.

It boggles the mind that in 2019 it’s still what’s between your legs – and not your ears – that influences your corporate worth and earnings! In top corporate jobs, the gender pay gap is shameful – women get paid 64 cents for every dollar earned by male counterparts. That’s even bleaker than the average pay gap of 26% between full-time working women and men in Canada.

Don’t despair if your superior brain or know-how haven’t kept you from flopping. Learn what might be tripping you up. Always having the right answer’s rough. Surrounded by mediocrity. Knowing you’re dead-on while bosses and colleagues wildly grasp at straws.

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.

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

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.

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.