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GayleHallgren-Rezac

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January 6th, 2010

Festive Follow Up

Festive Follow Up

This year, did you make a number of interesting contacts while networking to find a job? Did you meet people who gave you job leads or forwarded your resume? Are you wondering how you are going to keep those connections warm? Is your challenge that you don’t have a really good reason to reconnect?

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November 9th, 2009

Pop Your Bubble

Pop Your Bubble

Our columns at BC Jobs focus on using networking to get a job or put you on the right trajectory for your career path. But recent research published in the prestigious journal Biologist found that the number of hours per day humans interact has fallen by two thirds in recent decades, from 6 hours in 1987 to 2 hours in 2007.

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August 28th, 2009

Dealing with Networking Nervosus

Dealing with Networking Nervosus

Do you think the only people who will read this article are going to be a handful of people who get anxious networking? Well, here’s a news flash, 80% of the people we survey prior to teaching a workshop on Positive Networking® tell us they don’t like networking—they really don’t like networking!

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March 20th, 2009

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

By Gayle Hallgren-Rezac, Speaker, Co-Author Work The Pond! Do you know the Verizon ads with that mass of people standing behind a single customer? It’s similar to the huge network that stands behind each of us, and everyone we meet. It symbolizes opportunity, but we often ask ourselves it is really worth going up and talking to that person we don’t know? Should I really make that call, it’s been so long since we talked? What could really happen if I talked to that other soccer parent at the field on Sunday?

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March 20th, 2009

Effective networking refresher

Effective networking refresher

Effective networking may seem like old hat, but chances are that you could benefit from a refresher. In our training seminars on Positive Networking®, we get attendees to rate their skills at the beginning of the course.

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February 27th, 2009

GOOD ADVICE? TAKE IT!

GOOD ADVICE? TAKE IT!

The Globe and Mail newspaper recently interviewed Tamara Vrooman, a top Canadian business leader. At forty Tamara Vrooman is the CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest credit union with $14.1 billion in assets. Tamara took on this role in September 2007 after leaving a stellar career as Deputy minister of finance with the government of British Columbia.

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February 27th, 2009

Holiday season networking: a time to reconnect

Holiday season networking: a time to reconnect

Holiday season networking can help you overcome reservations you have about reaching out. One of the top questions audiences ask is, “How do I follow up with someone I haven’t spoken with in quite a while?” When you are looking for a job this becomes even more anxiety inducing

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February 27th, 2009

Landing safely in a crisis

Landing safely in a crisis

One dark night in 1972, the pilots of Eastern Airlines flight 401 inbound to Miami noticed an undercarriage warning light. All three pilots became distracted, focusing only on the warning light. Was it really a problem with the nose wheel or was it a faulty light bulb?

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February 27th, 2009

Job fair preparation tips

Job fair preparation tips

Job fair preparation becomes key around this time of year, as career fair season moves into full swing. If you Google “job fairs” or “career fairs” in BC and Alberta, you’ll see that there are any number of opportunities to get out and meet potential employers this fall.

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February 27th, 2009

Make an impact

Make an impact

Make an impact – an unforgettable one! Sounds good, but how do you make an impact—one that stands out? We know people are so swamped they simply scan emails, delete the names of people they don’t recognize and focus only on the people they know.

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