Social media is driven by announcements that resemble those made in airports. “All passengers travelling on Air Canada flight 785 to Los Angeles, please proceed to Gate 28 to start boarding.” Constant broadcasting has made social media a stage for announcing new jobs, relationship updates, house or automobile purchases, degrees obtained, restaurants visited, and ‘Where I’m on vacation.’… Read More »
Stating that social manners and etiquette are regressing would be stating the obvious. While I blame social media for being the main culprit in shaping today’s society (read: culture), where individualism is promoted over community, other contributing factors to our disharmonization include a lack of education on politeness, COVID isolation having hampered social skills development in youth, exposure to rudeness and… Read More »
The job market is crowded with applicants claiming to be “talented.” What’s lacking are job seekers who provide concrete evidence of their skills and how their supposed “talent” has benefited their previous employers, rather than just making grandiose statements. Claiming you’re talented is egotistical boasting, as if you’re a God-given prodigy. The word “talent” used to be reserved… Read More »
At a time when the Canadian economy is facing unprecedented challenges, one would expect Doug Ford’s priority to be making Ontario a business-friendly place, attracting startups and expansions to generate much-needed jobs, boost economic growth, and overall prosperity. However, Doug Ford, ignoring the fact that Ontario is surrounded by other provinces and shares a border with the world’s… Read More »
Today’s job market is a seductive dance, where talent is getting lost in the fog of red tape and endless applications. (I’m a fan of Norman Mailer’s prose.) The 2025 job market is a dumpster fire; therefore, I’ve been receiving more emails asking for job search advice, which most often can be summarized as: Job search norms from… Read More »
Most job seekers struggle with the essence of job searching: selling themselves. Don’t kid yourself; a job search is essentially a sales process, and interviews are sales meetings. Reflecting on the jobs I interviewed for but didn’t land, I realize it was because my interviewers didn’t see me as providing compelling value to their business or, if I… Read More »
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler. On July 2nd, we reached the halfway point of 2025. As a testament to how quickly time passes, we’re now closer to 2050 than to 2000. If you’re in the job market and hoping to finish the year with a new job, then… Read More »
I write a Substack newsletter called The Art of Finding Work, offering pragmatic job search advice which currently has over 23,500 subscribers; therefore, I have a vested interest in the monetization of content provided via a subscription-based model and why Substack’s current street-level ads announcing “Media isn’t dead. It’s on Substack.” immediately caught my attention. Substack’s appeal isn’t… Read More »
Most countries covet the American market, driven by insatiable consumerism. No country, however, is entitled to free access to another country’s market; hence, tariffs are akin to the price of admission. Trump increasing the price of admission to the world’s largest consumer market is a protectionist move that anticipates the cost of importing goods into the US will… Read More »
A straightforward belief: A person’s results speak for themselves. Making excuses for being a “victim of,” “not having the same advantages as,” or blaming your parents, the government, and the stars not being aligned doesn’t change this. A person’s results are influenced by how they respond to their circumstances, their actions—playing the hand they’re dealt—and the amount of… Read More »