Dawn Green’s story is fairly typical. A marketing professional with 15 years of experience at an advertising agency, she decided to make a career switch last year. “It was time for a change,” she says. “I needed to do something...
Engineering has an immense impact on the way we live our lives. Almost everything around us – from our water systems, to our Facebook accounts, to the highway we take to get to work – owes a part of its...
I have recently graduated with a Masters degree and am looking to build a career in the nonprofit sector. I have been an active volunteer with a number of organizations over the years and have gained experience in my field...
In the fourth year of her undergraduate life sciences degree, Polly VandenBerg realized working in a lab just wasn’t for her. She was studying neuro-electrophysiology as part of her thesis at Queen’s University, and a small lab on campus had...
The nonprofit sector in Canada – which employs more than two million Canadians and accounts for almost 9% of economic output – is constantly growing, putting thousands of organizations under a great deal of pressure. Today there are more than...
When Blair Sanderson decided to pursue a second career, he did what many do in the same position: he went back to school. He strategically invested the next two years studying social service work, within the stream of immigrants and...
In the past ten – arguably twenty – years, there’s been a growing trend towards downplaying the applicability of a liberal arts degree in the world of work. Changes in our understanding of the economy have led employers to doubt...
Whether ten people apply for that job posting or two hundred, the fact remains that only one applicant will be successful. Ask recent university graduates (many with master’s degrees and quality internships in hand) or seasoned professionals and they will...
At the beginning of March, PwC Canada launched Personal Brand Week with the mission of helping students build their personal brand for professional success. Focused on the millennial generation, currently facing an extremely competitive market as they make their first...
I am increasingly unhappy with my career choice and I don't know what to do. Some days at work are good, and some days are just plain bad. What can I do? We all face times in our careers when...
