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Since graduating from McMaster University with a fine arts degree in 1986, Michelle Vella has worked nearly a dozen jobs, on either side of the country, in several different industries. She worked as an assistant at a Toronto art gallery, took a job in software telesales, moved into marketing, spent three years in publishing and […]

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When it comes to landing your dream gig, it’s no longer about checking off the degree or diploma box on an application. The job market is competitive, and to counter that, post-secondary schools are offering new specialized programs and certificates. “We’re finding that, more and more, interdisciplinary training is required [to find a job],” says […]

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The good news: You landed a first interview. The bad news: It’s a video interview, and you’re camera shy. Sometimes the interview isn’t even with a real person, and instead you record your answers to a series of pop-up questions. Skype and video interviews, on the other hand, usually last about 15 to 30 minutes. […]

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There’s a Barbie commercial making the rounds on social media that starts with a little girl giving a lecture to a university class about the brain. Her students are at first surprised and then charmed by their precocious prof. The commercial goes on to show young girls taking on all manner of real-world careers, from […]

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Sustainability is fashion’s hottest trend but one we hope will never go out of style. Finally, consumers are demanding that the brands they shop be socially and environmentally responsible, and the fashion industry is taking notice. At outdoor giant Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Samantha Kuchmak is the brand’s social compliance manager. We asked her to talk […]

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A quick scan of the headlines from the past week paint a bleak picture of what it’s like to be a young worker in today’s job economy. Everyone from Mary Kate & Ashley’s Dualstar interns to ex-Amazon employees are revealing the long hours, meagre wages and mistreatment they’ve suffered in the name of success in […]

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A photo posted by Aliza Licht (@alizalichtxo) on May 5, 2015 at 9:27am PDT It’s that magical time of year when students on campuses across the country are packing up their belongings and heading home after a whirlwind four (or five or six) years at school. For many, the journey is filled with more anxiety than excitement—getting a […]

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