Have you ever been at a business networking event and everyone around you are throwing idioms and phrases around like it was proper English? In this episode, Nina and Chris talk about some of the popular idioms in the English language that you

New controversial company policies at Basecamp

May 10th, 2021 24m 53s

Basecamp CEO Jason Fried recently wrote a blog post outlining new company policies that appear to ban employees from holding “societal and political discussions" using their main internal Basecamp software. Jason Fried made it clear that he was

Finding a job as a 2021 college grad

Apr 12th, 2021 19m 47s

The Global Pandemic has wreaked havoc on not only life in general, but the job market as well. With employment just starting to rebound in some regions, what options are available for college graduates finishing school in 2021? In this podcast

International Women's Day - Burger King marketing fail or win?

Mar 15th, 2021 18m 29s

March 8, 2021 was International Women's Day and in celebration of this, Burger King decided to tweet out "women below in the kitchen". This of course was part of a marketing strategy to get everyone's attention about the lack of professional fe

The rise of anti-Asian racism and hate crimes

Mar 7th, 2021 21m 9s

Since the onset of the global pandemic, anti-Asian racism and hate crimes against Asians has increased dramatically in many cities across the Western world. While the pandemic has been tough for everyone around the world, whether it be economi

Goal setting for 2021 - focusing on habits to achieve your goals

Mar 1st, 2021 14m 33s

Welcome to the first This Professional Life podcast episode. To kick off the new podcast and the new year, we wanted to talk about goal setting and how we can better prepare ourselves to hit our goals for the year. Except, we have a bit of a tw

COVID-19 Special Series: Wage Subsidy Modifications

Apr 9th, 2020 9m 26s

On April 8, 2020, the Federal Government announced more changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program in an effort to combat the economic impact of COVID-19 and to expand access to the subsidy. In our latest Dentons Tax Insights p

COVID-19 Special Series: Wage Subsidies

Apr 2nd, 2020 10m 4s

This podcast series is created in collaboration with Dentons Canada LLP to keep you up-to-date on economic and tax related measures that are being announced by the Government of Canada. In this second episode, we discuss the increased wage subs

COVID-19 Special Series: Canadian Economic Updates

Apr 2nd, 2020 12m 22s

We are launching this new series in collaboration with Dentons Canada LLP to keep you up-to-date on economic and tax related measures that are being announced by the Government of Canada. In this first episode, we discuss tax filing deadlines,

Employee Engagement in 2020

Apr 2nd, 2020 13m 57s

In our very first podcast episode, we sit down with Kyle Richert, HRO District Manager, Western Canada at ADP, to talk about employee engagement in today’s workplace. With the last of the baby boomers retiring this decade, office cultures have

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