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Sharon Graham, Canada's Career Strategist, CPRW, CEIP, MCRS, MCIS, MCCS
Graham Management Group & Career Professionals of Canada
Thought Leadership: Canadian Career Transition Strategies
Websites: www.SharonGraham.cawww.GrahamManagement.comwww.CareerProCanada.ca
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Phone: 866.622.1464
Sharon Graham is Canada’s Career Strategist. A recognized career transition expert, she is president and principal consultant for Graham Management Group, the top six-figure career transition firm in Canada. Sharon is founder and executive director of Career Professionals of Canada, the foremost association for resume writers and career practitioners in the nation. Additionally, Sharon is a board member of the Career Management Alliance. She is recipient of the Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Counselling and Career Development, Canada’s premier honour presented by the Canadian Career Development Foundation in conjunction with the government and academia. Author of the top-selling Best Canadian Resumes Series, she has also been featured and published in many other leading media including The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, Sun Media, Zoomer Magazine, and Report on Business Television. With multiple certifications in resume, interview, and career strategy, Sharon has elevated the industry by delivering cutting-edge innovations to resume writers, career practitioners, and job seekers across Canada.
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
Matthew 6:21
This passage from the Bible suggests that what you treasure is very evident in your thoughts and actions. But, if you are focusing on physical prosperity, you may be missing far greater spiritual treasures.
It is natural for your human heart, mind, and energies to be fixated on something. Think about where you spend your time. Your thoughts and actions are very telling. ... Read more
The current economic turmoil dramatically impacts job seekers. As more people flood the job market, job seekers are facing a new reality. The market is now swamped with more experienced professionals than ever before. These days job seekers are competing with others who have also done their job very well, have the qualifications to succeed, and are now readily available purely due to the economic situation.
There is a subtle change when the market is saturated with job seekers: The old question employers were asking is “Why should we hire you?” The new question is “Why should we hire you instead of all the other highly qualified professionals available in the market?”
This is where your personal career brand comes into play. If you can distinguish yourself from the rest of the qualified people in the market, you are more likely to be selected for the job than the others.
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The single smartest thing you can do for your career in an era of economic decline is to build your network to include influential people.
Connecting with existing friends, neighbours, and colleagues is a narrow approach to networking. If you really want to accelerate your career in a slow economic environment, you must go past your comfort zone. ... Read more
Let’s face it. Any respectable six-figure job seeker would want to work for a trustworthy company that treats them well. If you are looking for this kind of job, then your integrity is everything. Your prospective employer will want to find a professional who passionately shares their vision. And so, it’s critical that you display
These days, with the economy in turmoil, the Canadian labour market is flooded with executive resumes for senior-level professionals looking for work. The current market has created an unfortunate situation for thousands of job seekers. Many of them are highly experienced and successful – and yet they find themselves in need of a new position.
Have you ever tried to open a door with the wrong key? No matter how hard you try to jam and jiggle the key, it just won’t open the door. Your job search works in a similar way. If you try to open the door to an opportunity, but you have the wrong key, you just won’t get in.
Today, what I want to tell you is that you already have the right key. In fact, you have the master key. It’s your ... Read more
If you are a leader in your area of expertise, you probably don’t need a resume to open doors. This might sound a little odd coming from someone who runs the top resume writing firm for leaders in Canada. My business is writing effective resumes for six-figure professionals, so why would I suggest that you might not need a resume to get a good opportunity?
Let me explain. If you are an experienced senior-level professional, your resume doesn’t hold the same sort of power that it might have had years ago. In fact, this time around, it might not be the first thing you need to succeed in your job search, but it probably is the final thing you need to close the deal.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could see the resumes that your competitors are submitting before you apply for a position? What would you do if you could compare your resume with theirs? I suspect that you would want to revise yours to be certain it would be the very best one.
Well today is your lucky day. As a professional resume strategist, I get to see hundreds of resumes from highly qualified professionals. I’m going to share three big secrets for resume success. Come into my world; let’s see how you can significantly improve your resume.
In the last few years, you must have noticed all the excitement and uproar about The Secret. To many of us in the career industry, “The Secret” is really no secret at all. It’s the law of attraction. If you’re hoping to achieve your goals, you can use this law to your benefit.
First of all, I have to admit that the meteoric rise of the book and then the documentary “The Secret” raised a rollercoaster of emotions in me. On the one hand, I have unconsciously used this law all along. It clearly helped me to achieve many goals. But then, I look at our working world today, and I wonder why some good people who take what seem like good steps don’t achieve their goals. Through my own soul searching and a great struggle with my own faith, I came to realize something. As with most laws, the law of attraction is not a perfect law – but it does increase our chances of success.
Just about everyone has to deal with sensitive issues about their career. By including a cover letter with your resume, you can address many concerns and gain a distinct advantage over your competition.
A cover letter shows that you are a proactive professional who takes extra effort to present a complete proposal.
It displays your respect for the recipient – recruiter and/or employer – by addressing him or her directly.
It gives you the opportunity to display your personality, character, and ethics as part of your submission.
It can effectively mitigate a number of career issues by shifting the focus to your value proposition.
It allows you to concentrate on the future and hone in on how you can address the particular needs of the employer.
It is natural for your human heart, mind, and energies to be fixated on something. Think about where you spend your time. Your thoughts and actions are very telling. ... Read more
