Student Life Blog - Tips & Guidance for ICS Canada Students

When you’ve got a schedule jam-packed with work, family responsibilities, and dealing with everyday life, using any free time to pursue a hobby seems like a waste. While it’s true that finding balance in your life may include sacrificing the non-urgent stuff, a hobby doesn’t have to be one of them. In fact, getting creative and learning new crafts can have a positive impact on your personal and work life! Here’s how.

You’re ready to start your own business, or you’re hoping to grow your customer base and you know that getting noticed is going to make a big impact. While there are marketing and public relations professionals you can hire to give your social media and internet presence a boost, when you’re running a small business of your own, every penny you save counts. That’s where learning some public relations fundamentals can help you sell your brand, your product, and build a steady following for your business.

Being a mentor, a guide, and a reliable shoulder to lean on is something that many who work in service or hospitality industries are expected to do. Even in other fields, employers look for people who have developed soft skills, which can make them ideal to fill an open position. But it can also be overwhelming or confusing if you aren’t confident in the best ways to address the issues you may be faced with. That’s why counselling skills are beneficial in a variety of industries. Here’s four of them!

You are at work for at least eight hours on a slow day. A lot of that time, you wonder if this is really the best way you could be spending your life. You have a lot of compassion and often think about how you could be doing more to help others. Patience is one of your best qualities and you love explaining things to others. If you’ve ever considered becoming a teacher’s aide, here’s why you should make the jump and work toward a career working with children.

Working hands-on with animals doesn’t necessarily require a clinical setting. In fact, there’s an avenue you can take to make some furry friends and mix in your creativity and personal style...all on your own schedule. Sound too good to be true? That might be because you haven’t truly considered all the benefits of becoming a pet groomer! Check out the perks of the job to see if you’ve found your career match.