What Is Impostor Syndrome?

Impostor Syndrome is a term that often appears in conversations around topics like career goals, success, ambition, and talent but what exactly is it? And how can you defeat it if you experience these feelings? We discuss all aspects of Impostor Syndrome in today’s blog post.

Good Manners & the 3 Principles of Etiquette

Today is ‘Bring Your Manners to Work Day’ and while we should all bring our manners to work every day it never hurts to share a reminder on a day like today and make sure that everyone conducts themselves in a way that portrays good manners in the workplace.

Tips for Working the Night Shift

Are you starting a job that is on a night schedule? Maybe you’re switching from a day shift to a night shift? The transition can be tough. We’ve put together a few helpful tips to help you move to a night shift schedule.

Boosting Your Professional Image at Work

In every job, it’s important to be sure you’re seen by both your employer and your co-workers in a professional light. Professionalism at work merits both recognition and respect. But the truth is, it’s easy to slip into a routine that puts forth a mediocre image at work. If you’ve found yourself lacking a bit […]

Staying Healthy At Work: Bike to Work Day

Today is Bike to Work Day! If you’re lucky enough to live close enough to your work that you can ride your bike then you should! Bike riding is a great form of exercise and is a much cheaper way to commute than driving a car or taking public transit!

Fall Awareness Week – Preventing Injury at Work

This week is Fall Awareness Week, a week which sheds light on the most common workplace injuries: Slips, Trips, and Falls. At Breakaway Staffing it is our top priority to keep all of our associates safe on the job. Today we want to shed light on what employees and employers can do to prevent these types of […]

Equal Pay Day 2019

Today is Equal Pay Day. This day is dedicated to bringing attention to the wage gap that exists between working women and working men in Canada.

5 Ways to Transition Back into Work After Vacation

July and August are popular times to take vacation from work and if you are like many of us you will have some time off coming up. It is important to take vacation time in order to achieve a good work-life balance however once you have time off from work it can be difficult to go […]

Avoiding Procrastination: 5 Tips for Success

This week is Procrastination Week and while we usually embrace and celebrate most silly holidays/weeks, no matter how wacky they are (it is also Pet Sitters Week and British Pie Week), we can’t advise you to embrace Procrastination Week. Instead, we wanted to take this opportunity to share a few simple tips and tricks to […]