Posts Tagged ‘Business’
7 Toronto Tech Positions In Extremely High Demand
Defying recent trends, job seekers might be surprised to know that, despite leaving the 2016 year on uncertain and ambiguous term — the Canadian IT industry may be one of the few things left to be excited about in the new year. Entrepreneurship seems to drive growth in Toronto’s IT industry more than it does…
Read MoreThe iPhone 7 Announced – And Reactions Are Lukewarm
Apple’s biannual release of the iPhone — this year being the iPhone 7, started, rather tellingly, with a rather funny mistake on Apple’s part. Rather than rely on a network of millions of hungry tech bloggers, Apple unceremoniously leaked some of the main features of the iPhone 7 through promoted Twitter posts. In effect, they…
Read MoreNetworking for Business 102: Selling Your Skills, Following Up, and Getting those Contracts
Last week we discussed the social aspect of social networking: the act of presenting yourself as more than just the sum of your business or skillset. Charming prospects into trusting your character is where all business in a face-to-face environment begins. But how do you actually translate those social interactions into meaningful work down the…
Read MoreNetworking for Work 101: How To Win People, Charm Prospects, and Build Your Network
If you’ve ever been to an industry mixer event, you probably have a bad impression of networking. Either you believe networking is full of dead ends (and they are), or you struggle to really sell your personality and your work to prospects — connecting with the unfamiliar can be daunting and quite difficult. This is…
Read MoreHow Employers Can Reach Out to Millennials And Start Recruiting Them
Not since Generation X has modern media been so fixated with an age demographic. Bloggers and journalists treat the Millennial generation as something halfway between mystery and suspicion. Employers, marketers, and brand specialists swap almost-myths and hearsay of how to capture the elusive Millennial, swapping tactics like tackleboxes. Employers need to change their messaging going…
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