Author: Nick Kossovan

Hiring runs on the ‘similar-to-me’ effect. Nick Kossovan explains how job seekers can manage the signals they send and the biases they meet.

At Tuesday’s inaugural Canada Investment Summit, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a masterclass in political sleight of hand, unveiling…

If you’re like most job seekers, you’re tossing your resume into portals and watching it vanish like a penny dropped…

Opinion: columnist Nick Kossovan argues Canadian politicians and media keep falling for Donald Trump’s “strategic distraction” — from the 51st-state taunt to the executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” — and that every outraged response costs Ottawa leverage while trade, energy and supply-chain files go unaddressed. His prescription, quoting Carleton University’s Fen Osler Hampson: “Lay out your position, then shut up.”

When Canada’s trade talks with the US broke down on August 22nd, I did what any reasonable person with an…

Imagine a cluttered desk in a dimly lit office, with a view of a bustling, noisy packaging floor. It’s 4:15…

Increasingly, hiring managers and recruiters are dealing with a persistent headache. Applicants breeze through virtual screenings on the strength of…

Opinion: Substack CEO Chris Best has partnered with AI-detection tool Pangram to let users flag AI-generated posts, a move this column argues functions as surveillance and public shaming rather than protecting “writer authenticity.”

My observation of many under 35: no friends, no intimate relationships, no steady job, no religion, no community, no children,…

Desperation-monetizing career grifters, better known as self-proclaimed career coaches, sell the comforting fiction that the job seeker is at the…