InspireWorks Canada

02/09/2023

Word choice can make all the difference in securing an interview. Are you accurately portraying the role you played, and are you demonstrating your impact?

Include these words in your resume to bring your job application to the top of the pile!

09/02/2022

So true, every moment is a new opportunity to make an impact and a ripple effect.

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01/28/2022

What is your ikigai? If we are feeling like something meaningful is missing in our career, very likely it is. What are you craving in your work right now? Does it connect with your values? Does it give you a sense of purpose or even fire you up?
If you find yourself counting down the hours and days until Friday every week, it may be time to ask yourself what you really want. I mean of course we all want to lay on a beach in the sun right about now for at least a week or 2, but what would we want to do after that if money, time and effort were no object? How have we convinced ourselves that it isn't possible? What is one thing that is holding us back right now? Fear? Fatigue? Circumstances? Limiting beliefs? What did you envision for yourself before you had to 'adult'?

01/23/2022

If there is one thing I've learned, it's that at times, when our heart is pulling us in a specific direction, we have to make that leap, even if we don't know exactly where we'll land. For as long as I can remember, I wistfully fancied living in the Okanagan Valley but never gave it too much serious air time, due to the rhythms and responsibly that make our life. Sometimes however, things change in a flash where you just have to just hop that boat, before it gets too far away again from shore.
Fast forward - after 5 years of running InspireWorks solely and craving a team, I find myself working with an incredible team at Sobey Graduate Career Services out of SMU, this time offering boutique services to primarily brilliant and accomplished international students from across the globe, many of whom have already been making a name for themselves in their own industries - individuals who left their thriving businesses, lucrative positions, families, and homes to come to Canada to follow their dream.
How do you think I began feeling about my own unwillingness to seriously consider and follow my own dream? Surely if these wonderful souls can up and move across the globe, I too can follow my dreams of moving to Kelowna and driving across Canada. Shame on me for allowing fear to dictate and procrastinate. Covid hit. Wham!
Nothing like a pandemic to help you evaluate and recalibrate. Life is short! Tomorrow isn't promised!
1.5 years later and I am happy to say that I have been coast to coast in our beautiful country. After a short time reconnecting with family and enjoying the expanse of AB, gaping wide-mouthed at the Rockies, and enjoying the beautiful vistas, beaches, parks and vineyards in the Okanagan, I am so happily settled in Kelowna and am ready to get back to business full swing.
The lesson in all this for me is that a dream without determination, discipline, and daring, is just that - a dream.
However we also fare much better when we have a supportive tribe that has our backs and encourages us to follow our own course, no matter how different than theirs, and the ability to recognize the right time when it comes, it will never be ideal - if we wait for ideal, it will never happen.
Here are a sampling of what I get to regularly enjoy. I miss Halifax and the amazing friends and 'family' I made there but sometimes we have to follow the leanings of our spirit, where we are inspired to go whether this is personally or professionally.
In an effort to show more support as part of your tribe, I will be once again posting anything that is inspiring, informing, engaging or entertaining when it comes to our careers and how they impact our life and satisfaction, my wish is that you all enjoy , and if you haven't, that you have the courage to stop being wistful and start being more determined, disciplined and daring to find it!

02/20/2021

Are you considering other more enticing opportunities? Nothing like a pandemic to get us pondering on our satisfaction with our current circumstances and career. If you are wanting to take a leap and wondering if your resume shows your full potential, I'm happy to help. The first 5 people to comment below will get a free 20 minute resume critique this week which includes a 15 minute conversation of tips and recommendations. You simply need to send your resume to [email protected].

02/03/2021

This is one of my all-time favourite stories that clearly demonstrates the impact we can all have on another life. We may not be able to influence the narrative for everyone, but if we give our undivided attention and intention to those immediately before us, we can - through a single small act - empower or embolden them to change the trajectory of their own lives.

12/23/2020

2020 has been such a year of change, challenge and loss but also an opportunity for reflection and recalibration. Sometimes it takes a crisis like a pandemic to stop our crazy autopilot lives and really examine where our lives are headed - a little more introspection on our purpose, and a little more thought to our own sometimes neglected dreams and values. As we complete another rotation around the sun, I'm more determined than ever to follow the leanings of my own heart and purpose. It's been so exhilarating to unapologetically fulfill my own dream of simply packing up my life and moving across Canada. Although scary and daunting at first, I'm now feeling settled, whole and happy in my beautiful new home of Kelowna, which is also quite breathtaking when a winter wonderland. It's taking that initial leap, that big and scary first step that often holds us back, what's something you ache for right now but are feeling afraid to make that leap? Life is too short to leave questions unanswered or paths unexplored.
2021 is a new start and I'm so looking forward to getting back to InspireWorks in my new city in the new year...I love new beginnings and fresh starts!! Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!! Cheers to the arse end of 2020 and a healthier, happier and more prosperous 2021!