Category Archives: Career Resources
How to Rock Your Job Search and Create a Contact Database
Job Search …There’s more to life than job postings!
There are many strategies you can use, to help you become employed. Most people rely on job postings, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg in job search … read on…
Build Your Brand with Marketing Materials
NEVER ever ever lose an opportunity to promote your full name, and contact information when you build your personal brand.
In job search, it’s “mission critical” to brand your name and to list full contact information on all of your business correspondence and all of your personal marketing pieces.
Last week I wrote about gathering all your marketing pieces (or “tools” as I like to call them), lining them up together, and doing a full review of them for content, consistency, digital currency, and formatting/design. Now we’ll take a closer look at the most important ones.
Does a cover letter still matter?
Why write a cover letter?
A lot of people ask me what is the point of writing a cover letter anymore? Do they even get read? Can’t I just send a resume? …and be done with it? Well, short answer is yes, you can just send a resume. But why miss out on the chance to show them that, not only do your skills match the job description (…making you short-listable – scroll down to earlier blog: “Are You Short-listable”) but also show them that your career aspirations and intentions are also a match.
How to Actualize your Career Goals
The best way to actualize your career goals is to start a career wish list.
You owe it to yourself to own what you actually want (…not what you think the world wants of you). You’ll be amazed if you just sit down and get centered with yourself, and make some notes on what you might like to pursue for the next year, or handful of years, for your life. You have to give it just the time it takes to write it up (an hour?) and you’ll be off to a strong start …because the minute you start writing them down, you are starting to deliver a much more targeted message.
The Big Picture on your Career Life Cycle
Where do you stand with your career life cycle?
Every career has a life cycle. Every industry has a life cycle. Every company has a life cycle.
Whatever your career plan, you first need to get an understanding of where you stand on the continuum. Are you entry level (1-5 years)? Are you mid-management level (5-10 yrs)? Senior management (10-15)? Executive level (15-20 years)? It’s really good to do a quick self-assessment and know how your skills and experience stack up.
To become a subject matter expert in any topic, you must spend 10K hours in it. Like, I have well over 10K hours in coaching, after having done it for 15 years.
Careers are an “arc”. Know where you stand on it. That’s the first step.
…read on… and tag your friends! Everyone needs career support these days!
Welcome to the mediaINTELLIGENCE Career Blog!
Career Blog
Wondering where to start actually managing your career? With this career blog, we start at the beginning, and we go through the practical steps that help set us up for success in the marketplace. Do this program once, and you’ll have job search skills for life.
Media
Boss your job search with WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories
Sauga960 AM Interview with #BrianCrombiehour
Best Recruiting & Career Consultancy — Canada
Toronto Star: New year, new career? A recruiter’s tips for a pandemic job hunt on “This Matters” with Saba Eitizaz. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bXNbDUFawbseVwDtneLZf
CJRU The Scope: CJRU sits down with Michelle Nadon on job hunting from home.
CKBJ London, Interview: Career Coach Michelle Nadon with Ken and Loreena.
Vibe 105 York University Article: “Careers AF!” The Book Every Millennial Needs To Read!
Toronto Metropolitan University Interview Clip: Jamie Mason, reporter with “The Scope”, interviews M. Michelle Nadon on what it takes to get a job in media these days.
Career Recourse with Craig Colby from Colbyvision
Humber Radio 96.6: Career activism interview with M. Michelle Nadon
CHCH Morning Live Interview: M. Michelle Nadon is featured on CHCH’s Morning Live with Bob Cowan, discussing all the changes to navigating careers c2020.
Thrive Global: Building Your Plan and Your Brand – Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global Network featured article with Lisa MacDonald: Career Activism Interview
Best Post-Pandemic Career Advice!
CAREERS AF! NEW RULES & TOOLS FOR THE POST-PANDEMIC GIG ECONOMY
Are you are a new grad trying to get a foot in the door? Are you a millennial looking to move up the ladder? Are you a boomer seeking to reinvent? Or, are you a new immigrant trying to get a handle on the local employment market? …
ITS A WHOLE NEW JOB WORLD OUT THERE!
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Amazon Reviews …
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– Karen Young, Program Coordinator & Professor, Humber Faculty of Media & Creative Arts
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✔️ Insightful techniques for preparing yourself mentally and emotionally for job search
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Career Planning
Are you serious about getting a better job — or changing your career entirely?
If you feel you are destined for a greater path, you’ve come to the right place!
– Chelsea Grewar, Business Affairs Specialist
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RESUME & COVER LETTER REVIEWS | EDITS | FEEDBACK
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