Month: September 2017

The benefits of hiring a ‘Newbie’ bring greater benefits.

September 29, 2017

Lots of Human Resource professionals get a bad rap for not hiring inside the industry. I took the risk a few years back and had to ‘sell’ benefits of hiring a newbie to the Store Manager and District Manager of the large big box retail organization on why I brought in someone for an interview […]

The art of Emceeing an event

September 28, 2017

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My stint earlier this year (2017) as an Emcee for the Alberta Career Development Conference brought many laughs, some groans (humorous) and great connection with the audience. So what makes a memorable Emcee/speaker? 1. Being confident. There is a fine line between being confident and being cocky. In the beginning of my speaking career; I […]