by Kevin | Apr 16, 2014 | Career & The Workplace |
Lots of students graduate from university, still not 100% sure what it is they want to do career-wise. Sometimes you have early success, and the first job that you take then defines the career path that you will follow. Many other times however, the career path...
by Kevin | Apr 2, 2014 | Career & The Workplace |
If often seems as if most university students are preparing themselves for life in the corporate world, or perhaps even for a job in the public sector. But many students today will eventually find themselves seriously considering self-employment – it’s just the...
by Kevin | Mar 16, 2014 | Career & The Workplace |
A lot of university students spend a great deal of time of in the social media, but probably give very little thought to the career potential that it has. Many businesses are discovering the virtues of the social media, and the ability it offers to reach out to large...
by Kevin | Feb 9, 2014 | Career & The Workplace |
Most of us see tremendous career potential developing as a result of the Internet. Yet there are entire career fields that are being slowly killed off as a result of the Internet. Not all are about to disappear from the face of the earth, but many are on a path toward...
by Kevin | Jan 22, 2014 | Career & The Workplace |
We’re only in the middle of the school year, why would you need to start your job search now? Whether you are looking for a summer job, or a permanent position upon graduation, the competition for jobs is greater than ever. This is even more true at the university...
by Kevin | Jan 8, 2014 | Career & The Workplace |
Would you begin a long trip to a place you’ve never been without a GPS, or at least a map? Many university students do exactly that when it comes to planning their future careers. The best equivalent to a GPS or a map for career planning is a career mentor. As a...
by Justin | Dec 7, 2013 | Career & The Workplace |
Why can’t today’s graduates get hired? The Globe and Mail · Here are some stories from the new world of work.A 29-year-old woman (I’ll call her Chris) is trying to land a job as a communications professional. She’s a personable self-starter, with undergraduate and...
by Kevin | Nov 21, 2013 | Career & The Workplace |
Universities are excellent at providing the basic skills that you need to enter a career field. But there may be other career skills that you need to learn in order to both enter and to be successful in your career of choice. We can think of those as auxiliary skills...
