The Water Cooler
Career Link Survey Questions
Career Link Services
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
If you knew you could get help with an important life goal - without having to pay a cent - would you go for it?
Imagine a team of highly qualified and enthusiastic people available to provide you with all the information you need. And imagine one of these competent folks willing to sit down and spend time with ...
Asking for a Raise
Friday, March 02, 2012
Many years ago, a talented and hard-working coworker of mine asked our employer, Bob, for a raise. Not only was Gail's request declined, but she had to leave the job. This "worst-case scenario" happened because Gail didn't heed one important tip: when asking for a raise, tailor your approach to the specific employer. She used "leverage" by telling Bob, politely, ...
Finding Meaning in Your Work
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
How we feel about our jobs has a huge impact on our quality of life.
According to research conducted in Australia and reported in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal, people who hate their jobs experience a sharper decline in their mental health than those who are unemployed. Apparently, as stressful as unemployment is, an unhappy work situation is ...
Make Goals Specific and Attainable
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The key to setting attainable goals for the New Year is to keep them simple and specific. You might have admirable intentions, such as "Improve my skills" or "Create a more orderly workspace." While these intentions are great, like many New Year's resolutions they can be forgotten after the streamers and party hats are put away and we fall back ...
Jobs in a Lifetime
Friday, December 02, 2011
Your grandfather might have held one job for most of his life, but today's Canadian worker will have on average about three careers and eight jobs over a lifetime. Few people today expect to have a "job for life." Since the 1990s, the growing trend is toward multiple careers, which can mean having one career after another, or balancing more ...
