What is pay transparency and why is it important?
Pay transparency can narrow the wage gap and lead to equitable and fair salaries for all professionals in Canada.
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Aidan Djabarov
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Aidan Djabarov is the founder of Generation PR. In her career, she has worked in public relations, social media and marketing because she couldn't stick to just one. She loves travelling, watching films and scrolling through Twitter.
Freelancing 101: How to find work and get paid fairly
As soon as I began my full-time communications and marketing career, I also started freelancing on the side. I wrote blogs for websites, managed social media accounts, and conducted media…
The average entry-level salaries in Canada’s biggest cities
After graduating, I had no idea how much I was supposed to make as a new professional. Nowadays, I know you can easily look up salary information on Indeed, Glassdoor…
3 ways to go the extra mile and land your dream job
If there’s any consistent theme to the career advice we give on Generation PR, it’s that the job market is competitive and oversaturated with communications and marketing professionals. But we…
How the PR industry is reacting to COVID-19
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the public relations industry is helping its clients navigate a sudden and catastrophic global emergency that has completely reshaped all of our lives. We still have…
9 ways to upgrade your LinkedIn profile
What’s fantastic about a LinkedIn profile is shows off how great you are, without the restraints of a one-page resume. A LinkedIn profile offers several ways to customize what you…
7 job boards for remote work
Thanks to technology, you don’t have to go into an office to be a full-time employee. Find yourself a job you can do at home in your PJs or at…
What employers expect from a “Communications Coordinator”
Getting your first communications job means meeting the expectations that companies have for the modern-day communicator. Knowing how to write just isn’t enough. So, what is? I analyzed 20 different…
Free career development classes, workshops and events in Canada
Nothing excites me more than free things. No one zips around sampling stations at grocery stores with greater fervour than I do. Life is pretty expensive, so I have to take…
5 tips for negotiating your salary at a new job
Let’s be frank: most people are not good at negotiating their salary, especially when they’ve been offered a new job. Most people just take a blind shot in the dark,…
How to decode job postings: what are they really saying?
Going through job ads every day can be… a little irritating. Too many of them are poorly written, don’t include important information and mislabel the position. Why is this so…
10 TED Talks every PR pro should watch
Who doesn’t love TED Talks? I learn something new every time I watch one and I can easily fall down the binge-watch rabbit hole once I find a playlist on…
How to avoid these 8 common resume mistakes
During the course of my career, I’ve looked at over a hundred resumes from communications professionals. When your workplace doesn’t have a formalized hiring process, resumes get passed around and…
#StoryTime: Lessons I learned from my four-month job search
After graduating from Seneca College’s post-graduate Public Relations/Corporate Communications (Co-op) program, I began my job search and calculated every step I took. Here was the result of my efforts: Sent…
5 ways to make yourself more employable
It’s a tale as old as time: students graduate and spend months looking for a job. It doesn’t feel great, especially when you’re submitting tons of applications and not getting…