Archive for August, 2009
Book review: Get the Job You want Even When No One’s Hiring
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This book forces job hunters to think seriously about their careers (both past and future) in ways you’ve never thought of before. Perhaps more importantly, it helps develop tools you didn’t know you…
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Is becoming a professional about your skill set, or mind set?
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When I moved up, I didn’t want to be cute anymore. I started wearing suit jackets and speaking out at meetings, occasionally shouting out “I disagree!” with great enthusiasm. I tried to seem serious…
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How to cope with an international internship: Part 2
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If you’ve read part one and can’t think of a good enough reason not to pursue an international internship (there aren’t many), then it is time to get started on securing yourself a great opportunity….
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The Young Life Crisis: The reality of post-grad life
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Just like the aftermath of unwrapping that ideal present, while holding my diploma and notebooks full of knowledge, that familiar dream-squashing sentiment set in. All of the shiny other majors with…
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Enter to win a “Post Grad” movie prize pack!
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POST GRAD opens Friday, August 21 in theatres across Canada, but TalentEgg and Fox Searchlight Pictures are giving away free double passes to special screenings in Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton and…
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My Corporate Summer: Unwrapping fun at the office
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My massive reception desk is really just a means of hiding the multiple large boxes and packages that come in daily. With the number of packages and boxes I take in, I could make a fort that rivals…
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Twenty-something: Q&A with a front-end web developer
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This week I talk to Mike Lynch, a front-end web developer, graphic designer, and junior developer at Toronto design firm NuBrand, about his recent projects, past internships, and why web developers…
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Co-op Operative: Universities are not career factories
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I’m frustrated with the rumour that universities are career factories, continuously pumping out eager, money-hungry employees. Co-op coordinators and potential employers constantly expect us to drop…
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Friday Finds: Weekend reading
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Jobless New York grad sues her college for $70,000 tuition. Satire of said grad offers 10 surefire ways to live in your parents’ basement for the rest of your life. Radio resumes begin airing on an…
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Intern Queen mentioned in Washington Post
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Check out this article in today’s Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080403258.html
