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Career management

When the competition is soliciting your talents

When the competition is soliciting your talents – With the glitter of a contract that is better than your current one, it’s an attractive offer. But before seizing this opportunity, there are some major details to consider. Here are the main ones. The first thing to do is to know whether your employment contract contains […]


Jobs search

Top 5 Most Common Job Interview Mistakes

Entering the job market for the first time, changing careers after several years at one place or aiming for a higher job… there are many different reasons motivating us to have an interview. Do you know how to succeed? Here are the top 5 most common job interview mistakes. Not being prepared for your interview […]


Company life

Sociocratic governance – hope for employees

If you have had enough of stress at work or even want to avoid burnout, consider sociocracy. This method of dynamic governance is bringing satisfaction for employees, while developing productivity in organizations, as the Canadian geneticist David Suzuki says in his book Good News for a Change. What is this method of governance based on? […]


Jobs search

Does a false CV automatically lead to dismissal?

Many surveys confirm it – about 40% of the population have lied on their CV. A diploma that wasn’t completed, an exaggerated internship, software not mastered… candidates often inflate their skills to gain access to the coveted position. But once hired and unmasked, how serious are these lies? “A false cv is never good, but […]


Training

PMP Certification: To Get Certified or Not?

Project managers that have PMP (Project Management Professional) certification earn an average salary 21% higher than those who do not have it. What is this certification for and how do you obtain it? “In another era, the project manager was a generalist. He had to apply his knowledge differently from one project to another,” explains […]


Career management

The Project Manager Keys to Success

A Project Manager plays a key role when change is required in the organization. Since this job blends technical skills with interpersonal skills, its not necessarily what a project manager wants! And the skills required by the profession are not all learned at school. “You have to have a specific profile to become a project […]


Interview

Internal candidates: watch out for pitfalls

What a happy surprise to see the job of your dreams posted on your company’s intranet. Be careful though, because what seems to be an opportunity in your eyes could quickly prove to be a disadvantage… How do you prepare and behave for an internal recruitment? What links need to be woven within the company […]


Company life

Business Analyst and Their Collaborators

Between external and internal clients, the IT department and management, a business analyst must be able to adapt his communication to his counterpart. Here are our tips for developing this aptitude. “I’m a bit like a psychiatrist”,  says Geneviève Dubé, a business analyst. “I’m here to listen to employees, and also to make them talk. […]


Jobs search

The Art of Regaining Control of your Job Interview

When the recruiter doesn’t ask questions that let you highlight your strong points, how do you turn the job interview to your advantage? Tips. An ability to engage or collaborate, a sense of organization and a spirit of initiative are all important assets for a company. Even though as a candidate you have these valuable […]


Career management

Balance your agenda…. to keep going

We are a generation that consumes life to the fullest, no compromise. We want a career, a family life, children and we want to keep a happy love life.  All that in 24 hours during which 8 hours are generally spent sleeping.  Result, we look at ourselves one morning, rings under our eyes, 35 years […]


Company life

Music while working – are you in favour of this habit?

Music while working are you in favour of this practice? Do your colleagues’ conversations disturb you, are you having a hard time concentrating, or can you simply not go without music for even a few minutes, so you always work with earbuds in your ears? If so, you are far from being the only one, […]


Training

SER : A handy pocket guide for businesses

SER is not a strange new kind of disease, but a principle associated with sustainable development that is becoming increasingly popular with companies. Based on the idea that economic, social and environmental issues are linked, social and environmental responsibility (SER) is a new performance tool and lever for attracting employees. “The seminar on social responsibility […]


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