JKS Talent Network

What Makes a Good Leader?

Posted on March 8th, 2018 | Career Advancement, Guest Blogger, Leadership Matters, Personal Success, Self Management

How Do You Know if You Can Be a Good Leader? It’s not always easy to gauge whether or not you’re ready to lead. As the old saying goes, “leaders are made, not born.” Amidst problems [ … ] Read More

Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog

Posted on February 15th, 2018 | Inspiration, Interesting Trivia, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Self Management, Work - Life Balance

The 2018 Chinese New Year begins on Friday, February 16th. And the party continues until March 2nd. This is the longest holiday in the Chinese calendar – almost 15 days. A number of years ago Chinese New [ … ] Read More

Review. Evaluate. Plan.

Posted on December 7th, 2017 | Career Advancement, Goals, Inspiration, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Self Management, Work - Life Balance

Taking Stock – The Year in Review It’s true. The 2018 calendar year is right around the corner – so much sooner than you may have thought. Will you be spending the next three weeks thinking [ … ] Read More

Happy 150th Birthday Canada!

Posted on June 30th, 2017 | Inspiration, Interesting Trivia, News, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

Canada Day, Saturday, July 1st, 2017, marks a significant moment in the History of Canada. Call it Canada 150 or simply 2017. It is our 150th birthday!! The major themes for this year’s day of Confederation are [ … ] Read More

Administrative Professionals Make Offices Work

Posted on April 21st, 2017 | Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration, Management Concepts, Seasonal Content, Team Building

April 23rd to 29th is Administrative Professionals Week and their special day of celebration is Wednesday, April 26th. Better book your lunch reservation now. Administrative professionals are those individuals who are responsible for administrative tasks and [ … ] Read More

World Health Day and Depression

Posted on April 7th, 2017 | Employee Retention, Inspiration, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

April 7th is World Health Day and marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization. World Health Day isn’t all about hand-washing and healthy eating. This year it is about addressing a silent killer [ … ] Read More

Luck of the Irish To Ye

Posted on March 17th, 2017 | Inspiration, Interesting Trivia, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

Top o’ the mornin’ to ye Lads and Lassies and the rest of the day to ‘me self! Are ye Irish perchance? If ye aren’t – not to worry because the Irish believe – “A handful of [ … ] Read More

The Equality and Empowerment of Women

Posted on March 8th, 2017 | Goals, Hiring Talent, Inspiration, Interesting Trivia, Leadership Matters, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

March 8th is International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is about Equality for Women. Each year it is celebrated around the world on March 8th. Increasingly, as women’s movements gain momentum, the subject of gender equality [ … ] Read More

The Rooster Crows this Lunar New Year

Posted on January 27th, 2017 | Inspiration, Interesting Trivia, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

2017 is The Year of the Fire Rooster The Chinese New Year 2017 begins on Saturday, 28th January 2017 and celebrations will continue through until February 15th, 2017. This will be the year to embrace opportunities [ … ] Read More

Who’s Afraid of Friday the 13th, really?

Posted on January 13th, 2017 | Inspiration, Interesting Trivia, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

Friday the 13th. It is something you can’t avoid. You can count on it to happen at least once every year. In 2017 we will have two. Today and Friday, October 13th. This inauspicious date has [ … ] Read More