I met with Maxine to discuss my career transition and spent 3 sessions with her to map out the…read morestrategy for my next step. She is very kind and positive. Her questions were precise and helped me focus on organizing my thoughts and goals. Maxine is great at asking the right questions and providing her clients with the correct tools to navigate through the sessions. Add to her professional attitude, she was very friendly and made me feel like am conversing with a peer/friend. Thank you for the guidance and look forward to talking to you in the near future.

I went to see Maxine when preparing for law firm interviews. She was incredibly helpful in…read morepreparing me for potential questions and teaching me how to make my answers as strong as possible, how to gear them towards what the specific employers were looking for (while still remaining true to my personality/experiences), and ensure they were convincing enough to really sell myself as a candidate. She also helped greatly with my presentation (tone of responding, length of responses, and presence). I left feeling extremely confident about how I would present in an interview, and what I had to offer. Not only did I land the job I wanted, but I got other offers along the way, and felt confident walking in and out of every single interview. This was in no small part thanks to my coaching with Maxine - needless to say I would definitely recommend her!

YES is a non-profit organization that helps English-speaking Quebecers find jobs, develop their…read morebusinesses, or find guidance as professional artists. Basically, they serve three groups (some of which overlap): 1. People aged 18-35 who need help with finding a job (so YES offers help in refining their resumes, interview prep, French for the workplace, etc). 2. Entrepreneurs of all ages who need access to resources for developing their businesses (YES offers workshops on writing business plans, legal info, project management, registering your business, networking, plus free one-on-one business coaching with a coach who is matched to you, either online or in-person). 3. Artists of all ages who need help with career development (YES offers workshops on navigating social media promotion, finding funding, grant writing, time management, also many of them free). Having used their services on and off for the last 10 years, and much more in recent months, I find YES is incredibly helpful for giving newbie entrepreneurs insights and direction on where to go with their project. I feel their coaches have a lot of information and expertise to share, and the advice they give is quite relevant more often than not. Also, the connections you make with other newbie entrepreneurs in the workshops is quite motivating. I feel that their offerings to artists is also very helpful, especially as it's well-structured, consistent and seems to fill a huge need within the English-speaking community. In recent years, they seem to have shifted from only in-person to both in-person and online workshops, which is great! Personal coaching, and most workshops are freely available with the yearly membership of $30, with some workshops with guest speakers priced affordably at $20 - 40. Personally, at my stage of business development, I'd rather pay $30 to use their affordable services, AND have access to a personal business coach, rather than paying much more for some random coach online. All in all, it's a valuable resource for the English-speaking community in Quebec, and I recommend it for anyone who's starting out as a professional artist and/or entrepreneur.

The director is very rude. They don't communicate properly. If you love the government then you…read morewill love them!