by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Nov 11, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Mature Professionals
Have you ever been excited to see a job listing that you know you’re qualified for … and then after confidently clicking ‘submit’ you only seem to hear crickets instead of the phone ringing or the sound of an email pinging a promising notification? ...
by Alayna Miller | Nov 7, 2017 | Newsletters
Are you meeting your 2017 objectives? View this email in your browser Are you on track for 2017? 2017 might be winding down, but there’s still time to turn over a new leaf in your professional life. Many of us get our cars tuned up as the seasons change. How many of...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Nov 4, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Mature Professionals
“No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.” – Orville Wright, American inventor, and aviation pioneer. In some ways, we like to believe that there are limits to what the future holds. Automation, driverless or autonomous vehicles, and...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 28, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Leaders & Executives , Mental Health, Workplace Culture
Regular readers of this weekly blog will have noticed that I don’t shy away from sensitive or complicated topics (e.g., bullying and burnout, domestic violence at work, coded language, and scapegoating). Last week, in part one of this blog series, I wrote about...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 22, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Leaders & Executives , Mental Health, Workplace Culture
We want to assume that the places where we work are a safe space. We believe this because businesses usually carry a certain level of formality, respectability, and boundaries. That’s what younger people entering the workforce should expect as a given, and yet the...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 14, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
When President Trump had his initial meetings with foreign leaders around the world it became clear to me that not all handshakes are equal in intention. Normally, offering a hand is an attempt to be welcoming, or to solidify the closing of a deal, or at the very...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Oct 7, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Hiring Staff & HR, Mature Professionals
Last week I discussed how ‘hitting the streets’ with a resume in hand is a distant memory for many of us. For more recent graduates, it is nothing short of a nostalgic legend told by their parents and/or older contacts (click here to read part one of this...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 30, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Hiring Staff & HR
Once upon a time, in the land of finding meaningful employment, the average job applicant would write up a thoughtful cover letter and resume. Then, after making several copies they would take their professional portfolio and quite literally hit the streets dressed in...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 23, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Mature Professionals , Recent Graduates
Finding work in an ‘academic’ world…to what degree do you need a degree? Recently I met a client who said to me, “I’m 31 years old and I’m now realizing that I may need to start pursuing a Master’s degree – not to distinguish myself as...
by Alayna Miller | Sep 18, 2017 | Newsletters
Like the seasons, the times are changing. View this email in your browser September … Already? We’re not those kids in the school hallways nervously looking for our classroom, nor are we trying to remember a locker combination. However, we are probably feeling...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 16, 2017 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
Last week’s blog post was inspired by a real story that was very disturbing to discuss since it relates to domestic violence. Someone I know asked me for advice about a delicate HR matter, one that required my complete discretion. He insisted that we meet in...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 9, 2017 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
The phrase domestic abuse often triggers images of a woman’s bruised, helpless stare. It’s a terrible characterization that you have probably seen on an awareness poster at a bus stop or in a commercial. It’s also shown in films and on television, like a fictional...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Sep 2, 2017 | blog, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture
Recruitment of Existing Employees Sure, most organizations think carefully about their approach to recruiting and hiring employees. How many organizations consider how they will recruit employees as communication ambassadors during times of organizational change? As...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Aug 26, 2017 | blog, Bullying & Harassment , Career Advice, Leaders & Executives , Mental Health
Often the word derailment is associated with an accident, a slip off the track that could not be foreseen or prevented. When it comes to career derailment many assume it’s just that, an unfortunate pitfall that sometimes comes with the risky territory of being a...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Aug 19, 2017 | blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Featured Posts, Leaders & Executives , Workplace Culture
Many people are living in a state of provoked anxiety and sadness. Sometimes it’s been due to events such as the fallout from the niqab debate during the 2015 federal election in Canada. Going further from home, it has involved hate crimes following Brexit in the UK...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Aug 12, 2017 | blog, Career Advice
Anyone remember Melania Trump’s keynote speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention? It was where passages were in lockstep with portions of Michelle Obama’s inspiring address to the Democratic National Convention in 2008. I recall staring wide-eyed at Mrs....
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Aug 5, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
A secret’s worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept. – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind Over the years, I’ve developed a few friendly relationships with family lawyers. Eventually, I’ve said to the ones I know well, “I don’t know who holds...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jul 29, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
A marital or other significant split is essentially just that, it’s a split that cuts a painful line between you and your former partner, leaving you divided from the life you once knew and the one you haven’t yet discovered. The severing of a relationship is...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jul 22, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Mature Professionals , Recent Graduates
Q1. When your clients are planning a career change, I assume that one of your main objectives is to lend them your support and guidance. The career change could be major or minor, either through promotion, creating a new business venture, or just starting out in the...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jul 15, 2017 | blog, Career Advice, Leaders & Executives
Last month, I attended the Association of Professional Executives (APEX) of the Public Service of Canada’s annual conference and heard Salim Ismail speak about Exponential Technologies and Exponential Organizations. It wasn’t a talk that I was expecting to hear but it...
