Could the traditional resume be dead? That day may be fast approaching. Day after day with my clients, I consistently approach the resume as a minimum standard requirement for the job search. While at the same time, the resume is becoming less and less useless when you are applying against 100 to 400 candidates. Recently, Allison Swelin posted an article on LinkedIn called R.I.P. Resume’s where she said that it’s time for resume’s to go … Read more
To understand this review you first need to understand that I am a whole-life coach who places a strong focus on career. I spend a lot of time helping clients discover a job doing something they will love, and if what they love isn’t in line with their values (like what they want to make financially or to be able to support their family) we then focus on learning to love any job. Another part of … Read more
Only 8% of people achieve their New Years Goals, according to StatisticBrain and yet 45% of people usually make a New Years resolution. So why bother? With only 8% of people fully accomplishing their New Years goals it is very discouraging to even want to bother. However, we know that goal setting can be important to experiencing clarity and achievement in your life. So instead of avoiding goal setting or not doing it, consider … Read more
Who do you know that is struggling this year and needs a Christmas Miracle? This year Vocare Hair Studio is looking to help someone in need over the Christmas Season! Because Vocare Hair Studio is doing this, Change My Life Coaching has decided to provide all Vocare Hair Studio clients with the gift of a motivational strategy session. All you have to do is book your next hair appointment with Monique Chernecki and she will … Read more
Sometimes life can throw us off the path that we expect to travel. This tends to happen more than expected in our lives. For the past couple of months I got detoured by situations in my life so much that I couldn’t concentrate on the things I wanted to work on. It was around this time that I saw the benefits of checking in with Christopher in my coaching sessions. In our first session at … Read more
I’m not sure if it was the right thing to do, but a couple of weeks ago I chose not to take Christopher’s advice. I found myself caught up in a relationship I had not quite experienced before. Typically when being romantically involved with someone the days seem a bit brighter, people around you seem happier and everything is just swell because thinking about this person leaves a big, dumb smile on your face and … Read more
This guest blog was written by Jenai Lieu, for ChangeMyLifeCoaching.ca. Sitting there at my desk, pressure was building inside of me as I stared blindly at my computer screen. The deadline for my article was weighing heavily on me as it loomed closer. It was one of the many stories I had to write for work. It is my job to write. I sat there with the little cursor on the computer screen blinking at … Read more
Confident Career Tip No. 12 Last week we read “Women at Work: A Guide for Men” an article by Joanne Lipman that spoke to eight tips men need to remember about women in the work force. Things that are still a challenge today. Did you read the full article? If you didn’t, I recommend it because you are about to be tested on it! Now, did you notice something particularly interesting about it? The subject of the … Read more
Confident Career Tip No. 11 Last week we saw a video by Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders. We would be lying if we said part of the problem didn’t involve men. Joanne Lipman, a Wall Street Journal contributor, did an interview with WSJ Live. Further down that same page you will find an incredible article written by Joanne Lipman that speaks to eight tips men need to remember about women in … Read more
Confident Career Tip No. 10 The Province of Alberta, Canada made history on Tuesday, May 5. Not only did we elect a majority NDP (very leftist for our non-Canadian readers) government after a whopping 44 years of having a PC (rightist) government but we also elected our second female premier, Rachel Notley. What is even more surprising in our conservative province is that this new caucus is 33% female. The largest number of women who … Read more