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Navigating Today's Job Market featuring Rob Thomas (Aplin)

Another kind of red flag is not putting actual metrics and/or successes in your job histories. Anything that shows not just WHAT you do there but HOW you did it well.

Stick the Landing

Employers are looking to find a SWAN in the person they’re interviewing – someone who’s Smart, Works Hard, is Ambitious, and Nice

Your PATH to True Wealth

We catch up with Dr. Cora Pettipas, former President of the National Exempt Market Association.

Navigating Today's Job Market featuring Steph Gillies (Destination Dream Job)

The key with an employment gap is to be able to explain why you have a gap and what you did during that time.

Navigating Today's Job Market featuring Sean Baker (Modern Recruitment)

I’ll be honest: cover letters aren’t my favorite thing. They’re a bit old-school.

Navigating Today’s Job Market featuring Michael van Olm (MacDonald Search Group)

Recruiters spend their entire day on LinkedIn sourcing candidates.

Navigating Today's Job Market featuring Martina Sarro (Verve Recruitment Group)

A personal brand is who you are as a person. What are your morals/values? What do you enjoy doing? What are you passionate about?

Words Matter

Whether we realize it or not, language is part of creating stigma and reducing stigma.

Using the Past to Guide the Future

Could the Acme Corporation, with its endless range of products, have paved the way for a company like Amazon?

How to Be a Standout Candidate in Your Job Search

The FASTEST way to get noticed in your job search is to ditch the old-school functional resume.

The Bones of a Solid Resume

Just like a house, if your resume doesn’t have a solid foundation, it will likely cause problems, and we don’t want that to happen.

The Cost of Comfort

Perhaps the most daunting of lifestyle creep stories involve the D word - divorce.

Isn’t Everyday Self-Care Day?

Ask a peer or a professional for help with your mental health

The Million Dollar Baby

As the policy allows for tax-efficient loans against the cash value, it presents a controlled environment for your grandchild to learn about borrowing.

Cultivating Healthy Relationships in Our Organizations

Instead of self-preservation, separation, and isolation, we need to cultivate one-on-one relationships in organizations.

How To Do A Career Pivot…Without Getting Dizzy

“80% of resumes are rejected in less than 11 seconds.” - Financial Post

Wealth Purpose

Good fortune comes to those that know why they seek wealth. This good fortune is available to everyone intentional enough to discover it.

Creative Destruction

It’s easy to fall prey to the frog in the water syndrome, whereby the poor frog doesn’t realize that the water is gradually heating up until it boils to death.

Ways To Help Protect a Small Business Without Breaking The Bank

Recent statistics reveal that smaller businesses have become the main target of cyberattacks due to the lack of security measures in place to protect them.

The Entrepreneurship Roadmap for Newcomers in Canada

The holistic approach to entrepreneurship, along with the connections we foster through this training, significantly benefits our participants when they seek financing—a major hurdle for many newcomers.

Beyond Casual Friday

Mental toughness, broadly defined, is how we can use our own self-knowledge to approach difficult situations and learn from both our successes and relative failures.

The Power of Industry Collaboration

Industry collaboration is centered around uniting key industry players, including clients, professionals, and even competitors, to work together in addressing common challenges.

The Real Challenge Behind Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Companies that have embraced diversity and inclusion have seen gains across the board financially and in performance.

Embrace the Evolution

While AI continues to redefine art, design, and marketing, embracing its capabilities with an open mind is vital.

Financial Empowerment for Women

In a society that often imposes negative stereotypes and limitations on women's financial prowess, it is essential to break free from these constraints and make money our thing!

Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorist Financing Compliance Program Requirements

Money laundering (ML) is an umbrella term to describe the processing of funds obtained from criminal activity to disguise the source, thereby converting “dirty” money to “clean” money.

What's Happening in Downtown Calgary

With the 2005 to 2018 development cycle providing Calgary with numerous new skyscrapers, the current high vacancy rate has many people asking if (or when) we will again see a new downtown office tower.

Recognizing Investment Scams on Social Media & Dating Sites

While fraudsters continue to use the latest trends, technologies and social platforms to target Albertans, by recognizing the tell-tale signs and tactics, you can better avoid them, protect yourself and ultimately report them.

Is Blockchain a Fad or Are We Still Just Too Early?

With smart and passionate opinions on both sides of the isle, it can be difficult to get a real sense of where we are and what the future impact of blockchain may be. It’s important to take a step back and consider the current macroeconomic environment we find ourselves in. It’s not just the crypto market that’s down significantly but the entire global financial markets.

Bequeathing Bitcoin: Three Steps to Ensuring Cryptocurrencies are Passed Down Properly

While there are many types of unconventional assets, the resurgence of cryptocurrencies has made headlines. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin, to name a few, are now a dynamic (and some may even say 'integral') part of the market, but one question remains: How can you ensure that those digital assets are passed down properly?