Why Should Employers Invest in Pre-Retirement Workshops for Their Employees? RETIREMENT is a major life decision that could potentially be the longest life stage and how it is planned will have profound impact on both individuals and their employers. Employees who are nearing retirement are often rather stressed and anxious as retirement can loom large within the psyches of people who have spent 30 plus years in the workforce. Employers may think that it is not their responsibility to care for their employees’ emotional well-being when they are long gone from your organization…
Career Workshops in Calgary
Interview Strategies and Techniques Workshops Career Vitality Services Inc. is offering an Interview Strategies and Techniques workshop in June “Wow” prospective employers during your interview with your knowledge, preparation and how your skills and abilities fit what they are looking for in a new hire!
Retirement Transition
How to Retire: Who you are? Vs. What you do? One of the most difficult things for anyone to do as they are preparing for retirement is to start looking at their world with a much broader lens than just work. Now having said that, this is not necessarily the case for everyone in Calgary as some people have the whole work thing in check and really work to make money to enjoy the things that are really important to them. The first question that usually comes out when you meet someone for the first time is what you…
Changing Careers
Managing the Interview Process: Ten Things to Do During Your Interview So you have finally decided on a new career direction have sent out several resumes and have secured a job interview. It is now time to prepare for the interview. This is often the point when people changing careers fall short in successfully securing that dream job. Many people here in Calgary are not only looking to make a good impression with their potential employers but also attending interviews to decide if their employment suitors provide a good fit for their skills, talents and personal values. Workopolis…
How to Retire?
Preparing for Your Retirement- June 2, 2012 Learn the factors of a successful retirement in the key areas of Career and Work, Health and Wellness, Finances, Family and Relationships, Leisure, and Personal Development and create a retirement lifestyle that is right for you. Workshop Fee is $157 per person and bring your spouse or partner for an additional $115.This fee includes applicable GST taxes, a one- day workshop and materials. For more information contact Brian at View article
Career Coaching:Top 5 Career Change Tips
Top 5 Considerations for Career Change in Calgary I was recently enjoying a rare day off by sitting and reading the paper at the “Purple Perk” which is one of my favorite coffee houses in Calgary I was thinking about career change when the Beatles song “No Where Man” started playing on radio. Lennon’s haunting voice singing “He's a real nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.” started me thinking about how important it is to have a plan and more specifically a…
Preparing for Your Retirement Workshop
Preparing for Your Retirement Advert Learn the factors of a successful retirement in the key areas of Career and Work, Health and Wellness, Finances, Family and Relationships, Leisure, and Personal Development and create a retirement lifestyle that is right for you. Fee $157 per person and bring your spouse or partner for an additional $115. Fee includes applicable G.S.T. taxes, a one- day workshop and all materials. For more information contact Brian at View article
Aging workers to embrace ‘encore careers
Hi Everyone, The first entry into our new Retirement Vitality Blog is the article Aging workers to embrace 'encore careers It was published in today's Calgary Herald and written by Misty Harris of PostMedia News. Enjoy ! Brian
Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work [Video]
Hi Everyone ! I came across this great video of Nigel Marsh speaking at Tedx Sydney in 2011 about creating balance in your life. Have a look see and enjoy!