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We offer precise, discrete, practical, and personalized counselling, coaching, and HR services that are based on I/O psychology. This helps clients benefit from tried-and-tested advice and techniques when aiming to build the best possible career for themselves … and when hiring and developing employees.
Need Career Change? Want a Career Change?
Contact I/O Advisory Services for Effective Career Counselling, Coaching, and Consulting Services for Clients in Ottawa, Toronto, the GTA, Barrie, and other areas. Find your career path. Find your life path. When it comes to examining the key areas of your life, I've...
More Than Career Coaching, it’s Career Psychology®
If you want to improve your job prospects you’ve come to the right place. My name is Dr. Helen Ofosu and I will help you make the most of your skills, experience, values, and interests to build a satisfying and resilient career. I also use I/O psychology to help companies with HR matters.
How Can I/O Psychology Help Me?
Dr. Helen Ofosu uses her expertise in I/O psychology to help clients build resilient careers. She also uses this knowledge and experience to help organizations with their HR needs.
What is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
Also known as I/O Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology is the scientific study of working and the application of that science to workplace issues facing individuals, teams, and organizations. The scientific method is applied to investigate issues of critical relevance to individuals, businesses, and society.
Do I Need a Degree to Get a Good Job?
When you’re looking for work and you don’t have a university degree, your best bet is to look for positions that are being offered by smaller companies that do not use an automated / electronic resume screening system. In these situations, your resume will be reviewed by a person who can see the skills and experience that you have acquired and set your resume aside for a second look. In contrast, the automated systems may reject your resume if it does not include a degree, regardless of your other qualifications.
How to Establish Your Credibility in a New Field
Ideally, you have some talent and competence in your new area that you can use to sell yourself. Testimonials, favourable reviews, and awards can help you to demonstrate that you’re good at what you now do (or want to do). If you plan to work for yourself in your new field, you may need to offer your services at a discounted rate for a little while so that you can get some people to try your service and then vouch for you. Similarly, if you take a job in the new area, you may need to start at a more junior level to get your foot in the door.
Should I Complete a PhD?
She’s been teaching abroad for 3 – 4 years and really loves the academic lifestyle. She knows that she’d enjoy teaching in North America but she also knows that in North America, she’d need to have a PhD and plenty of publications in order to have a reasonable chance at obtaining an academic position. She admits that she’s less enthusiastic about doing academic research. This means that even if she could complete the academic research that would be required to complete her doctorate, she might not be able to sustain that effort and motivation to generate multiple publications that would help her land her dream job. Then, even if she could do what was required to land the job, it might be even harder to keep up with the ongoing demands of having enough publications that would help her get tenured while also continuing to teach full time.
