How should I follow up with an organization after the interview if I'm interested in the position? Great question. You should follow-up with every hiring manager after leaving an interview. For that matter, you should follow up with anyone you...

I currently live in England and I'm looking for employment in the not-for-profit sector in Canada. It is so frustrating to NEVER see any salaries stated on Canadian job specs. I am cautious about applying for a job with no...

I work for a mid-sized health charity and enjoy my work immensely. However, we have a new board member who professionally works in the same discipline as me, and has started to second-guess almost every recommendation I make. One of...

Every interview I have seems to get off to a slow start. Once we get talking things go well, but I think that the interviewers sense my discomfort at the beginning. Any ideas for those first few minutes? I understand...

My fantastic job has changed to the job from hell in the last three months. I have a six-month probation period that was up last month. My upcoming evaluation, I expect, will not be good, but I am unable to...

I was recently fired from my job, and I'm still very upset since I've always worked hard and thought I would retire from this organization, which I helped to build. I feel totally deflated and demoralized - certainly not what...

I am a 33-year-old Canadian who has been living in London, England for the past 5 years, working as an employment and development manager for a social enterprise. I would like to return home in September 2005 and work in...

I have been actively looking for work in the social services field for the past two years but have only managed to secure three small contracts amounting to 100 hours each. I have an MSW, five years of experience in...

I've been thinking about resigning from my current position for quite a while but I'm not really sure that it's the best idea for me. Can you help me to decide one way or the other? Quitting a job is...