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Be Early….Not late

Be early…not late. Time management and the ability to properly manage your time will be one of the criteria every employer will be looking for. The best way and best time to demonstrate you have this skill will be during your job search and the interviewing process.

Most people who are late are consistently late in all their activities…(a generalization for sure but unfortunately more times than not, true).

The alternative to being early is being late or even being on time. When you are late people have to reschedule their time and you are basically telling them you are disorganized, perhaps lazy and worst of all disrespectful. Being early, you are telling them you are organized, enthusiastic, reliable and interested.

Never risk being late…the consequences will cost you the interview.

Better 30 minutes too soon than one minute late. For sure!

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markewicken: Mark Wicken is a marketing professional with over 30 years of advertising, communications and strategic planning experience within the retail and packaged goods industries. He has been a senior member of agency management teams with both account and brand management responsibilities. His strengths have always been on innovative thinking, solid organization and strong interpersonal skills. Starting in the advertising agency industry, Mark held senior account management positions at several multinational agencies including Leo Burnett, Foster, Caledon, Vickers & Benson and Saffer Advertising, and has been responsible for the management of accounts like IBM, McDonald’s, Esso and General Motors. Mark moved from his agency roles to the Client side and held the position of Divisional Vice President of Marketing for Domino’s Pizza International and Director of Marketing for KFC, Hardee’s and Sbarro restaurants in the Middle East. In 2002 he established The Mark Wicken Group, a business specializing in executive search, training and consulting within the marketing, advertising and communications industries. In addition to executive search, Mark has devoted much of his lifetime to teaching, education and youth development. He is President of MusicFest Canada ‘The Largest Annual Music Festival in North America’ and has been an instructor at the International Academy of Design and The Toronto Film School since 1998. Mark graduated from The University of Toronto, took post-graduate studies at Northwestern University, and is married with two sons.