I currently live in England and I'm looking for employment in the not-for-profit sector in Canada. It is so frustrating to NEVER see any salaries stated on Canadian job specs. I am cautious about applying for a job with no...
I work for a mid-sized health charity and enjoy my work immensely. However, we have a new board member who professionally works in the same discipline as me, and has started to second-guess almost every recommendation I make. One of...
Every interview I have seems to get off to a slow start. Once we get talking things go well, but I think that the interviewers sense my discomfort at the beginning. Any ideas for those first few minutes? I understand...
I was recently promoted to a management position at my organization, after six years. I now have to interview candidates to fill my old position, and who will report to me. The online ad has resulted in more than 75...
My fantastic job has changed to the job from hell in the last three months. I have a six-month probation period that was up last month. My upcoming evaluation, I expect, will not be good, but I am unable to...
I was recently fired from my job, and I'm still very upset since I've always worked hard and thought I would retire from this organization, which I helped to build. I feel totally deflated and demoralized - certainly not what...
I am a 33-year-old Canadian who has been living in London, England for the past 5 years, working as an employment and development manager for a social enterprise. I would like to return home in September 2005 and work in...
I am secretary to an executive director of a medium-sized charity. Although I am very busy, he keeps asking me to handle his personal correspondence, completely unrelated to the charity. He knows how to use his email and the fax...
I have been actively looking for work in the social services field for the past two years but have only managed to secure three small contracts amounting to 100 hours each. I have an MSW, five years of experience in...
I've been thinking about resigning from my current position for quite a while but I'm not really sure that it's the best idea for me. Can you help me to decide one way or the other? Quitting a job is...
