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Prof. Jelena Zikic discusses career sacrifices as an outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic

Prof. Jelena Zikic discusses career sacrifices as an outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic

SHRM Associate Professor, Jelena Zikic, wrote an article for The Globe and Mail titled, “Career sacrifice, especially during a pandemic, is never easy. Here’s how to make that decision”, discussing how pandemic measures have affected career aspirations and life outside of work. “Many individuals have had to give up certain aspects of their careers or […]

Prof. Jelena Zikic discusses how skilled newcomers can maximize job-hunting

Prof. Jelena Zikic discusses how skilled newcomers can maximize job-hunting

SHRM Associate Professor, Jelena Zikic, has co-authored an article in The Conversation discussing how newcomers can continue to grow their careers when the immigrate. Titled, “How skilled newcomers can stave off major career sacrifices when job-seeking”, the article takes a deep dive into common problems immigrants face, including family-life balance and sacrificing career goals to […]

Afraid to disconnect from work? Why you should get over it by Professor Jelena Zikic

Afraid to disconnect from work? Why you should get over it by Professor Jelena Zikic

Jelena Zikic is an associate professor at the School of Human Resource Management. Afraid to disconnect from work? Why you should get over it We are taking fewer and fewer paid vacation days per year. Are we less in need of rest, or is the work culture taking over our lives? While North Americans in […]

Prof Zikic provides keynote at conference highlighting immigrants’ pathways to resilience

Prof Zikic provides keynote at conference highlighting immigrants’ pathways to resilience

Twin sisters Lorelei and Rosalind Silverman arrived in Canada from Romania 22 years ago in search of an opportunity to study. Since launching their careers as a neuroscientist and cell biologist, the sisters have been recipients of several awards for their professional achievements and their success settling in Canada. Lorelei and Rosalind Silverman Yet when […]

The keys to successful formal mentoring by Professor Jelena Zikic

The keys to successful formal mentoring by Professor Jelena Zikic

Jelena Zikic is an associate professor at the School of Human Resource Management. The keys to successful formal mentoring Formal mentoring programs – organization-assisted matching between a mentor and a protégé, usually short term – are a way of helping newcomers learn the ropes and/or assisting more junior employees to advance their careers. What is […]