Career Q&A: Top ten interview blunders

Last month I looked at top resume blunders, so this time I thought I would write about the top ten blunders that job seekers make during interviews. Mistake #1: Showing up too early (or too late) A surprising number of...

Four step process for improving happiness at work

Do you wish you were happier at work? After working with and hearing hundreds of clients’ career stories, WhyDidYouGo.com was created with a vision to improve happiness at work, one workplace at a time. In order to fully understand what...

Career Q&A: Top 11 resume blunders

We have received several questions about resume “DOs and DON’Ts”, so I summarized them in a “Top 11 Resume Blunders List” (For no extra charge I thought I would “turn it up to 11”, since Top 10s are just too...

Why do people stay in jobs they hate?

We spend a great deal of our waking moments either actually at work, travelling to and from, or just thinking about it. Right or wrong, for many of us, a significant portion of our self-worth is tied up in our...

Workplace revisited: A career expert weighs in on the latest job trends

This month, CharityVillage speaks with one of Canada’s foremost career coaches, Alan Kearns of CareerJoy. CharityVillage: What are some of the benefits of hiring a career coach? Alan Kearns: I like to use this analogy: if you just won a...

Career Q&A: Finding acceptance in a new organization

I am a new graduate and just joined a good organization, but I have a problem. I have made some great suggestions to improve things around here, but people are just ignoring my recommendations. I’m a bit disillusioned - I...

Career Q&A: Job searching while still employed

I am currently looking for a new job, and expect that I will need to interview several times before I am successful. What should I do about explaining my absences from the office? What about handling phone calls at work?...

Career Q&A: Balancing your career and a new baby

I have recently come back from a maternity leave and am having difficulty in adjusting to my old job. I find that I am really torn between the needs of my new child and my career responsibilities. I find I’m...

Should I stay or should I go?

It’s a question we all ask ourselves from time to time: Should I stay, or should I go? And, if it’s time to go, where do you go and how do I get there? Jean Crawford, President of crawfordconnect suggests...

Career Q&A: Making the transition into self-employment

I have been working in the nonprofit sector for more than ten years.  I am beginning to explore the opportunity to transition from "salaried employee" (with all those benefits that make the job so secure!) to consultant.  Some consultants in this...