Signs You’re Ready for a New Career Path

It’s pretty incredible to think that many of us will have the same career for many years, while others will spend a lifetime trying to figure out exactly what works and what is most fulfilling. Whether your fit into one category or the other, there’s no doubt you’ve thought about what it would be like...

Career Advice, ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, Life, News

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November 3, 2020

Keisha Blair Launches The Certified Holistic Wealth™ Consultant Program, Based on Her Award-Winning Book, Holistic Wealth

Award-winning, international bestselling Author Keisha Blair has launched the Keisha Blair Institute on Holistic Wealth. The Institute offers a range of online courses, such as Build Your Life Purpose Portfolio and Build Your Holistic Wealth Blueprint, holistic healing, as well as a membership platform with free resources. The signature program that was developed based on...

ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER

holistic coach, holistic health, holistic living, holistic wealth

January 27, 2019

10 Leadership Skills to Start Building in Your 20s

The sooner you start, the sooner you’re great at something! This applies to all aspects in life, from getting your finances under control to forming the foundations of professional success. Getting in these 10 habits early on in your career will set you up for continued growth in your career. Here are 10 Leadership Skills...

Career Advice, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, Uncategorized

leadership, skills

February 4, 2017

For the Millennials: Some Tips on Choosing Your Professional Path

When it comes to work, one of the things I most enjoy is being able to share career insight and guidance with young entrepreneurs and career-seekers. Lately, it seems that the word on everybody’s mind is “millennial.” The young generation of professionals and entrepreneurs thinks about things differently than previous generations, choosing to seek professional paths...

Career Advice, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER

careers, millennials

January 29, 2017

How Kristina Ellis Won $500,000 Worth of Scholarships and Graduated Debt Free

It’s that time of year again when many students start to think of submitting scholarship applications. As the Founder of the Aspire-Canada Scholarship, I wanted to help students put their best scholarship application forward. I reached out to Kristina Ellis, otherwise known as the College Ninja – to uncover her strategies that landed her over...

Finance, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, PERSONAL FINANCE

kristina ellis, scholarship application, scholarships

January 22, 2017

Career Profile: How Going On A Model Diet Inspired This Writer To Start A New Career

It’s never too late to pursue a latent dream. While Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover had a successful career as a writer – and her hands full with three kids at home – she could never shake her passion for fitness. After Hoover’s story about spending two weeks on a “Victoria’s Secret Diet” went viral, she used...

Career Advice, CAREER PROFILES, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER

CAREER PROFILE, Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover

January 21, 2017

Career Profile: Gwen Elliott on Building a Media Business, and Her TV Show on the Oprah Winfrey Network

Gwen Elliot is a Media Strategist and Co-Creator of the Media Method. She is also TV producer of The Naked Entrepreneur TV that ran for two seasons on the Oprah Winfrey Network in Canada. She helps her clients get their big break with media. Gwen has helped entrepreneurs get featured on the New York Times, Forbes, Virgin, Learn Vest, Daily Worth,...

Career Advice, CAREER PROFILES, GROWING YOUR BUSINESS, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, PROFILES

CAREER PROFILE, GWEN ELLIOT, OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

January 15, 2017

Top Eight Workplace Trends in Canada for 2017

Millennials have seen their parents work extremely hard, often in harsh conditions with limited options and are demanding more flexibility, work-life balance and are generally rejecting the notion that a career means being chained to a cubicle with a desk and chair for the next 35 years. In order to attract millennials companies in Canada are rolling out policies...

Career Advice, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER

career, workplace trends

January 2, 2017

Aspire-Canada Scholarship 2017 – Scholarship Applications Are Open!

Each academic year, Aspire-Canada offers scholarships of $1000 or more to outstanding students that demonstrate leadership potential. All incoming and returning students will also be considered for the scholarship based on a completed scholarship application. International students are also eligible to apply. The preferred deadline for students to apply is July 31st 2017 (However we will accept applications up to August...

Aspire-Canada Scholarship, Career Advice, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER

aspire-canada scholarship, career, students

January 2, 2017

How To Avoid Burnout At Work

According to Statistics Canada, the Canadian unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in November 2016. Given that there are so many people looking for jobs, it’s also ironic that a large percentage of Canadian workers want nothing more than to quit. Effective organizational policies that address mental health problems at work are key in addressing burnout....

Career Advice, ENTREPRENEUR, GROWING YOUR BUSINESS, IMMIGRANTS, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, SKILLS, Uncategorized

burnout, career, job, stress, work

February 21, 2016

Millennials in Canada Dissatisfied with their Jobs: 55 Per Cent Want Career Change in 2016

Millennials in Canada Dissatisfied with their Jobs: 55 Per Cent Want Career Change in 2016 According to a survey from human resources firm ADP Canada (the ADP Canada Sentiment Survey), millennials in Canada are so dissatisfied with their jobs that more than half want to change course in 2016. Fifty-five per cent of millennial respondents, aged...

Career Advice, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

careers, jobs, millennials

August 14, 2015

A Look at the #ILookLikeAnEngineer Campaign

When Isis Anchalee posed for a recruitment ad for her employer, OneLogin, it’s likely the last thing she expected was an outpouring of doubtful and hurtful commentary about her appearance and how it made her look like a less credible option for a position as an engineer. Isis is a young, beautiful woman who is...

Career Advice, IMMIGRANTS, INVESTING IN YOUR CAREER, SKILLS

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