Work Laz-o: Why Recreating Home at Work Kills Focus and Output We bring our dogs to work. Our kids. Our personal items. We show up in pyjamas. At this point, why don’t we just bring a bed and call it a night? – When the workplace starts looking like home, the brain stays in home […]

When a Country Is on the Hate List, the Candidate Often Pays   Yes, This Is Stupid to Talk About It should not matter. Hiring should be about whether someone can do the job.   But it happens, and people need to get their heads out of their %^%^ about how real hiring markets behave. […]

  5 Issues Young Job Seekers Face in Canada Young job seekers in Canada are encountering a labour market that is more constrained and less forgiving than in previous decades. These challenges are structural rather than individual. Understanding them helps explain why traditional job search advice often falls short.   Table of contents Youth unemployment […]

  Are You a Person, or a Resume With a Pulse? Table of contents Opener 1. The First Substitution 2. Compression as Loss 3. Legibility Before Humanity 4. Risk Masquerading as Judgment 5. When the Person Adapts to the Artifact 6. The Psychological Cost of Reduction 7. The Exit Question Opener No employer meets you. […]

Which Canadian Jobs Could be Affected by Trump’s Tariffs in 2026? Updated: December 16, 2025As the United States prepared to expand and entrench tariff policy going into 2026, the question for Canadians was not whether those tariffs applied to Canada directly. The question was how deeply Canada’s labour market would feel the spillover.Canada’s economy was […]

Are Temporary Visa Workers Really Taking Over Canadian Jobs? A Clear Look at the 2026 Reality Across Canada, especially in major cities and resource-heavy regions, workers are openly asking the same question: are temporary foreign workers taking over our jobs. This perception has grown louder over the past several years, fuelled by rising living costs, […]