A round-up of some of this week’s top careers:

Toronto - Customer Service Hero (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Toronto - Technical Account Manager (Education) Details / Apply
Toronto - SQL Server DBA/Developer (Market Research) Details / Apply
Toronto - Client Analyst (Market Research) Details / Apply
Toronto - Loyalty Marketing Consultant (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Product Marketing Manager (Market Research) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Junior Accountant (Market Research) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Project Analyst (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Montreal - Manager, Marketing Analytics (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Montreal - Business Development Manager (Internet) Details / Apply

For the full rundown, login to Vestiigo.com

Some weekend reading
Career Savvy: How to Predict the Future
Career Savvy: The A-Z of Getting Ahead
TED Talk: Ron Gutman and the Hidden Power of Smiling

Continue Reading

A round-up of some of this week’s top careers:

Toronto - Editorial Assistant, Digital and Print (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Business System Analyst (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Inside Sales Representative (Internet) Details / Apply
Toronto - Digital Business Development Lead (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Project Manager (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Corporate Controller (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Vancouver - PR & Social Media Specialist (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Montreal - Marketing Communications Manager (Computer Software) Details / Apply

For the full rundown, login to Vestiigo.com

Some weekend reading
Career Savvy: How to Write a Cover Letter by Don Draper
Career Savvy: Ten Ways to Look Busy
TED Talk: Chip Conley on measuring what makes life worthwhile

Continue Reading

A list inspired by George Costanza of Seinfeld:

1. Never walk without a document in your hands
2. Use computers to look busy
3. Keep a messy desk
4. Use Voicemail
5. Look impatient and annoyed
6. Leave the office late
7. Use sighing for effect
8. Opt for the stacking strategy
9. Build your vocabulary
10. Don’t get caught

Continue Reading

A round-up of some of this week’s top careers:

Toronto - Associate Editor, Online (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Market Research Analyst (Market Research) Details / Apply
Toronto - Strategy Director (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Project Manager, Learning (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Project Manager (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Training Specialist (Market Research) Details / Apply
Ottawa - Customer Account Manager (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Marketing Strategist (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply

For the full rundown, login to Vestiigo.com

Some weekend reading
Career Savvy: How to Win The Apprentice
Career Savvy: The Applicant Hustle
TED Talk: Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles”

Continue Reading

When and how should you follow up with a prospective employer in this day and age?

Courting an employer seems to be a lot like courting a mate. Upon first contact you are overly self-aware of your words and your appearance; you have to catch your breath as you wait for them to call back.

Following up is a very important indicator of how interested the other party is in you. For example, if your date calls you back in the same week (or more likely texts you) they are definitely interested. If they don’t contact you in a week or so, you can probably figure that there is no hope.

These basic principles don’t hold so true in the job market, however. I have friends who have been called for second interviews three weeks after the first. Even months have passed before a friend of mine was offered a job on a “trial basis.” What gives?

Many career advice sites encourage the follow up—an unsolicited message to prospective employers in order to show interest in and enthusiasm for the position they’re after. When we start out as university grads with shaky legs, walking into interviews is daunting enough. BUT THEN we are also told to follow up. Follow up? We think: “But I don’t want to bother the employer, or even look too desperate.”

Continue Reading

A round-up of some of this week’s top careers:

Toronto - Partner Manager, Retail (Internet) Details / Apply
Toronto - Account Manager (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Toronto - Senior Product Manager (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Toronto - Account Manager, Ad Sales (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Internet Marketing Coordinator (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Vancouver - Customer Service Manager (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply
Montreal - Sales Consultant (Computer Software) Details / Apply
Montreal - Manager, Marketing Analytics (Marketing & Advertising) Details / Apply

For the full rundown, login to Vestiigo.com

Some weekend reading
Career Savvy: How to use Storytelling to Make your Mark
Career Savvy: Adding Star Power to your Career
TED Talk: Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

Continue Reading