LinkedIn is more than a social media platform. It is a place to showcase your abilities, your work history, and who you are professionally and personally. Many professionals still ignore LinkedIn. While it may seem like another platform to manage, when used effectively, it can grow your professional influence beyond your local community. Employers will […]
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By Marcie Martin Community Contributor Well, it’s official. In 2027, I’ll wave goodbye to my thirties. According to popular culture, my forties will arrive bedazzled with an assortment of unavoidable rites of passage: the midlife crisis, for one. Research professor and bestselling author Brené Brown prefers the term midlife unraveling. I can’t decide which one […]
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The summer search for a job is in full swing. This is the time when summer students coming out of high school and post-secondary school are looking for opportunities to expand their experience and earn an income. Some are looking to jump-start their careers, and others are looking for opportunities to earn an income to […]
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If you’ve followed the local real estate market long enough, you’ve probably seen it happen. Two homes hit the market around the same time. Both are well cared for. Both are priced within a reasonable range. Yet one seems to sell almost immediately, while the other lingers quietly for weeks or even months. From the […]
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When the Tone Changes, So Does the Conversation In a place like ours, conversations still matter. They happen every day—over coffee, at local shops, during community events, and around kitchen tables. They are part of what keeps our community connected. But even here, if we listen carefully, something has been changing. The tone has shifted. […]
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The way we search for jobs is changing. Long gone are the days of simply writing a resume and submitting it to an applicant tracking system and hoping to get a response. Now, due to AI, your resume must include certain items to get through the system and on to a Recruiter. Experience and education […]
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There are many ways to measure the quality of a place. Some people look at property values, school rankings, or the price of a decent latte. I look at how dogs get on. By that measure, Saint Andrews is one of the finest places on earth. Our love of dogs is immediately apparent to even […]
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We all get to a point in our careers where we feel a lack of growth or are just comfortable. For some, comfort is very good because they know what to expect, and for others, it can lead to stagnation. But eventually, just being “comfortable” in your career can lead to dissatisfaction. This is not […]
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SERIES OVERVIEW Civility is usually discussed as a set of rules, manners, or expectations imposed on behavior. But historically, civility emerged much earlier and much more naturally — through shared cultural practices that required cooperation, restraint, emotional awareness, and mutual respect. This three-part series explores how music, the arts, and cooking and dining together have quietly shaped civil societies […]
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Simple steps that can make a mid-day routine boost productivity and well-being. Let’s face it, in our society today, everything is getting back to being fast-paced. However, in a different way than pre-COVID. AI and advances in technology are making us move faster online and in life than ever before. With this, finding balance can […]
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