Career planning
How to fall (and stay) in love with your job.
What made you apply for the job you have now? Was it passion for your area of expertise? Adoration of the organization that hired you? Maybe you simply needed to put food on the table....
The LifeSpeak blog.
Career planning, Employee support, Health and wellness, Management tips, Personal life
Introducing LifeSpeak Feature Friday!
We're excited to tell you about a new way LifeSpeak is sharing our expert content to help people lead healthier lives. Starting today, we'll be posting short clips of our experts on YouTube discussing important...
Career planning
How Career Edge helped us grow the LifeSpeak family
At LifeSpeak, we value dedication, creativity, and ambition. So when the employment matching team at Career Edge connected us with a hard-working and talented web developer named Tahmina Naznen, we knew she would fit right...
Career planning, Management tips
10 tidbits of encouragement for entrepreneurs this Small Business Month.
Did you know October is Small Business Month in Canada, and National Women’s Small Business Month in the US? Small businesses are the driving force of our economy, providing hundreds of millions of jobs, and...
Career planning, Employee support
Have you considered becoming a mentor?
How would you define mentorship? Many people immediately think of an older, more experienced person within the mentee’s company passing their knowledge down to a young, eager protégé, but it doesn’t always work like that....
Career planning, Management tips
5 reasons your organization should be more transparent about promotions.
The phrase “climbing the corporate ladder” gets thrown around a lot, but what it actually means can vary greatly across organizations and industries. Anyone in human resources knows merit, seniority, budgets, and availability of positions...
Career planning, Management tips, Personal life
Why you should ask more questions (even if you think you know everything).
If you’ve ever spent more than five minutes with a toddler, you’ve probably noticed their favorite word is, “Why?” Every time you think you’ve given a thoroughly satisfying answer they pelt you with another string...
Career planning
How to change careers without feeling like you’re starting back at square one.
If you’re reading this, the thought of making a huge career change has probably already crossed your mind. You might’ve hemmed and hawed about it over the last weeks, months, or even years, never fully...
Career planning, Employee support, Health and wellness
How to disclose a mental illness to your employer.
Navigating conversations about mental illness can be complicated, especially when they happen at work. Many people think mental health is a strictly private issue, but depending on your condition you may feel compelled to tell...
