Career Resources
Interview, resume, cover letter and career tips.
Career Resources
Interview, resume, cover letter and career tips.
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Check out BOWEN Group’s career resources to create the best resume and prepare for interviews. Whether you’re looking to change careers to simply want to know how to prepare for your job search, we’ll help take your career to the next level with career advice and tips.
Interview Tips
Discover your earning potential with LinkedIn Salary. Simply type the job type and location you’re interested in and receive instant search results including average salary. Explore further insights by company size, industry and similar job titles.
Here are some practical tips on how you can set yourself up for success.
Read Workopolis interview tips for best practices including what to wear, how to answer common questions and how to ace tough interview questions.
Join thousands of professionals practicing live mock interviews and interview questions online, with peers, for free. Start practicing for your interview at pramp.com.
Resume & Cover Letter Tips
Visit Workopolis resume writing tips for best practices including ways to spring clean your resume, mistakes to avoid, words to cut and sections to keep.
Only 2% of resumes make it past the first round. Help yours make it to the final stage – visit resume.io for professional field-tested resume templates, examples and guides.
See these cover letter tips and get advice from cover letter writing experts at Monster to help you get noticed and catch a recruiter or hiring manager’s eye.
Writing an impressive cover letter is difficult, even for the most seasoned job applicant. Create the first draft of your cover letter within minutes on resumegenuis.com or smartcoverletter.com.
Career Tips
Certainly ask during the interview process how the hiring manager would describe the company culture. Another great way to gain the inside scoop is to check out the company’s profile on Glassdoor. This is a review platform (among other functions) where internal employees anonymously share the pros and cons of their employers.
Monster Canada offers an abundance of career advice including how to transition when you get promoted, how to find socially responsible companies, how to quit your job and selling your personal brand, plus some great tips on resumes and interviewing.
The difference between the two can have a huge impact on your Canadian income tax if you think you’re a contractor and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decides that you’re not. This article from The Balance explains how the CRA determines which is which and how you can protect your status as an independent contractor in Canada.
In the The Globe and Mail’s Nine to Five series, legal and recruitment specialists Daniel Lublin and Eileen Dooley lend their expertise to explain what you need to know about severance, employment insurance and other deductions when you’re working as a contractor.
BOWEN Group’s own Debbie Wershler, weighs in with business leaders on what really matters when working with a contingent workforce, in the forum hosted by Capital Ideas Edmonton. Read more in the Edmonton Journal’s article.
Still need help?
Job searching and interviewing can be daunting, but we’re here to help. Our expert recruiters and industry leaders have shared what to do (and what not to do) when it comes to cover letters, resumes and interviews. All you have to do is visit our blog.
How to answer tough interview questions. Tips on writing a cover letter. It’s all on BOWEN Group’s blog.