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Strength Series Part 3: Academic banner with open laptops in background

Strength Series – Part 3: Academic Success

I may not have graduated and received my degree yet, but that doesn’t mean I can’t celebrate along the way. It’s been a long three years, and as I go into my fourth, I’ve learned that celebrating even the little things, like finishing an assignment and starting another semester, makes the journey more enjoyable. Maybe I don’t need an entire cake to celebrate finishing an exam, but acknowledging my hard work and perhaps, even a cupcake, will suffice.

My work-study period: Q and A, GPA, experience, and success

This week I took questions about Work Study positions on Instagram. Although they are answered there, this post will go more in depth to address those inquiries. Q: Do you need to have a high GPA? A: Not necessarily. While…

Strength Series – Part 2: Career

Exploring careers is like finding the right pair of jeans (I still have yet to accomplish the latter). Basically, I need to keep searching for the right fit, discovering what I like and what I don’t like. It has to feel good in all the right places and I should feel confident in it. I’ll probably have to try a bunch, and even get some tailoring done.

My work study experience

Work study positions are posted on the Career Learning Network and are open to most students who meet the minimum course enrolment requirements. These positions are part-time jobs on campus that incorporate learning opportunities for students. Positions for Fall 2018…

The Job Chronicles: Slaying Second Year

After last week’s post that detailed the hoops I jumped through to secure part-time employment during first year, I thought it would only be appropriate to discuss my developments over the past two semesters. In second year, I moved to…

An image of an empty condo building lobby from the perspective of a security desk.

The night-shift and the student

My current summer job is working overnight concierge/security shifts at a quiet North York condo building, and I must say that I could not imagine a part-time job that compliments my life as a student any better than this does.…

The Truth About Summer School

As someone who spent their summers away from the city during high school, academia has never been part of my holiday plan. This year is different. Moving back home to Ottawa for four months, knowing that my job wouldn’t…

What Your Mother Doesn’t Tell You About… Summer Jobs

Going into my first university summer, the pressure was on. After hearing the buzz around U of T about the incredible importance employers supposedly place on summer roles when hiring after undergrad, I thought my only option was to land…

That’s A Wrap

It’s hard to believe that this is my last blog. This year went by so quickly! Between work, blogging, school, pet-sitting, homework, papers, attending events and other extracurriculars, in addition to planning for New Zealand, I turned around and another…

The 5 Best and Not So Best Moments in my First Year :P

Perhaps it's not the best time to reflect on things other than my courses' syllabus in the middle of March aka "Make or Break your GPA" month, March starts with an "M" for a reason people, probably not that reason,…

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