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to know everything pretty well, Shireen explains,
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We compared ideas and found out that we have a
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If yourehIred, whatwIll be your
Impact?
So you screwed up in the interview, huh? They asked the ol Whats your greatest weakness question and you responded with cupcakes, hoping
to get a laugh. Awkward. Lucky for you we have friends on the inside recruiting friends (the people wholl be interviewing you). It cost us a few
favours, but they finally agreed to explain why they ask what they ask, and what the best answers are. Its a cheatsheet for interviews. Good luck!
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wealth of information on the candidate when
answered strategically.
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tell us about the strengths theyve developed
that could be an asset to our organization.
You should focus on one or two strengths, and
provide examples where youve demonstrated
these specific strengths in the past. Simply list-
ing your strengths without facts to back them
up makes the answer fairly shallow.
Second, the savvy candidate, who has gath-
ered information on the companys goals and
culture, will also be in a position to tell an in-
terviewer how they would be a good fit within
that environment. For example, CNs website
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tion on its mission, its challenges, and its oppor-
tunities. A candidate who has taken the time to
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explain how they can contribute to CNs success.
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our business youll be most beneficial to, or ad-
vising us that you would change everything
about the business leaves the interviewers with
the sense that you havent done your home-
work. Or worse, it shows us that you wouldnt
have an impact (which is, after all, the question
youve been asked to answer here).
Finally, the successful candidate will be the one
who uses this answer as a thread throughout
the interview. If youve been candid about your
core strengths in this question, then this theme
will invariably resurface throughout the an-
swers you provide as the interview progresses.
If youve simply presented a generic response,
then the interviewer will automatically notice
your answers in the remainder of the interview
dont match up to the candidate you presented
yourself as from that first question.
As I said, this is a seemingly harmless question,
but it requires some preparation and candid-
ness on your part. Know yourself and the orga-
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interview question.
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ing, Yo dude, to your future em-
ployer isnt always a great lead-in.
Effective speakers use conversa-
tional rather than report lan-
guage. When you write a presen-
tation or share ideas, use direct
language and active verb tens-
es. Try to cut down your sentence
length by using interesting verbs.
Dont say, In our report today we
will discuss the following . Lead
with a great question for people to
think over and refer back to it.
Second, people learn ideas us-
ing context. Think back to the
AdViCe to dust
oFF YouR puBLiC speAkinGskiLLsthree most interesting things you
learned in your life. You learned
them in the context of a situation,
because you remember the situa-
tion. Embed your listeners expe-
rience in an interesting story their
minds can grab onto, not abstrac-
tions. Think of it almost as the dif-
ference between being spoken
with and spoken to.
For example, when trying to teach
the value of humility, teamwork,
and listening, you can use a well
known story, such as the winning
goal at the mens hockey game at
the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
In this case, arrogance and pre-
sumption cost the Canadian team
the gold medal only a few short
Heres a quick checklist you canuse when youre rehearsing an
idea to present:
Do I sound too formaland unapproachable?
Are my words upwardinflecting at the end ofsentences? Do I soundsure of myself?
Do I sound monotone?
Am I using reportor conversationallanguage?
Am I giving theaudience a metaphorthey can work withduring my talk?
years before, but their humili-
ty, teamwork, and listening was
what allowed them to win out in
the following Olympic games. Its
a fantastic story of a sincere team
effort bringing a group back, and
one that will more likely make you
think about teamwork differently.
Now imagine if the reporters at
that gold medal game had com-
mented on the game with the
voice of one of your least favor-
ite professors. Would you have
switched stations?
The third mistake is using a stiff
monotone or singsong speech
pattern in the delivery of your
ideas, as it works to undermine
your message. Think about it,
you dont talk to your friends in a
monotone or sing-song pattern,
so dont why would you do the
same to your audience?
When it comes to fixing a mono-
tone voice, the issue focuses
around a lack of variety in your
speech pattern. Try to stretch
your comfort zone by practicing
to raise or lower your pitch on spe-
cific words for emphasis. Record
yourself, and listen to the chang-
es. Alter what youre practicing if it
sounds unnatural.
Meanwhile, singsong is caused
(in part) by using upward inflec-
tion at the end of a sentence. Ca-
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ward inflect. Upward inflection
creates a question at the end of
a sentence, and gives the impres-
sion of being unsure of yourself.
Using a slightly lower pitch at the
end of a sentence creates an im-
pression of confidence.
Changing speaking patterns takestime and a safe space to practice.
You may feel uncomfortable at
first, since our sense of identity is
very linked to our speech pattern.
Be gentle with yourself, and give
it time.
In the end, aim to share your ideas
without hesitation, with humour,
and in natural, conversational lan-
guage. Approachability in lan-
guage and speaking style will go
a long way to having your ideas
heard and listened to by your class-mates and colleagues.
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snapshotsOnce youre comfortable skipping three words in and out of a sentence,
start stretching yourself and read four words in and out, then five.
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sentences, continue to push yourself. This will heighten your perception
of your future reading potential, and it will show you how much faster
you can read with enough practice. In all, the more actively you practice
the steps above, the quicker youll see the results in your reading speed.
the fingerYour eyes jump left to right as you read through a sentence (a motion
called saccades). This is natural, but as you increase your reading speed,
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you start a new sentence, skip to the third word and let your peripheral
vision automatically read the first two words for you. Do the same at
the end of the sentence, where you end on the third word from the last
word. Start reading this way, faster and faster, until the process gets
easier and easier.
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need to remember? Well, if thats the case, you can
always place your cards in different parts of a single
room(e.g.tryplacingonecardonyourdesk,anotheron
yourdresser,oneinsideyourcloset,etc.).Youcanalsotry walking down your local street, and placing your
cards in each of the different stores along said street.
Grab a deck of cards and pull out one random
card for each room in your house or apartment
(bathrooms and kitchens included).
Place the cards in any order you like, then
assign each card to one room. Write down the
order on a piece of paper.
In your mind, imagine yourself walking through
your home, and placing each card inside an
assigned room (preferably on a flat surface, e.g.a table, chair, bed, etc.) in the order you assigned
to those cards. Repeat this step a couple of
times, walking through your home in your mind,
setting the cards as planned out in step two.
Open your eyes, shuffle the cards, then turn
them over so you cant see their faces. Now walk
through your home (in your mind), and see how
many of the cards you can remember in the order you
originally set out. Match your answers to the order
you wrote down in step three. Chances are youll be
surprised by how many cards you remember correctly
(and in the right order)! And as always, the more you
practice, the better youll become.
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M O R E M E M O R I Z A T I O N T O O L SDepending on your learning style (visual, verbal, kinaesthetic, orauditory), one of more of these strategies might help you:
Association:Attach images towords to assist inrecall by linking to
familiar things.
Environment: Adjust yourenvironment to allow you to learnmore effectively, e.g. some people
learn better in silence, others workbetter with music blasting.
Practice & Repetition: Repetitionencourages the brain to form stronger
and faster neural pathways to theinformation you want to recall.Focus: The better you are able to focus on
the info you want to memorize, the moreeffective youll be at doing so. More aboutthis later!
Chunking: Break things downinto their smallest elements tomake them easier to remember.
Acronyms: Take a list of items that you need tomemorize, summarize each item in one word. Then
take the first letter of each word and form them intoa single word that can be easily remembered.
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having to re-familiarize yourself
with the previous days research
progress. Instead of checking and
answering your emails every five
minutes, aim to do it only three
times per day. At work, instead of
spreading your calls throughout
the week, batch them all into one
day to free the rest of your week for
more pressing matters.
The time saving opportunities are
endless. By finding those tasks in
your life that can be batched, you
replace a regular distraction with
a single, focused period of time to
accomplish the tasks.
80/20Vilfredo Pareto, a little known
economist who was recently
popularized in Timothy Ferriss
bestselling book, The 4-Hour
Workweek, developed a theory
called Paretos Law today its
commonly referred to at the
80/20 principle. Originally, thislaw demonstrated the predict-
able distribution of wealth in
society that 80 percent of the
wealth and income was produced
and possessed by 20 percent of
the population. The trick is that
this principle not only holds true
in economics, but in every aspect
of life.
Take a look at your life and ask
yourself, Which 20 percent of
sources are causing 80 percent
of my workload or taking up 80percent of my time? Be thorough.
It can be a toxic relationship with a
friend/colleague/significant other;
a hostile business client; a com-
mute, a style of work; a member-
ship (maybe you are a part of too
many clubs or associations); an
activity, etc. Find those sources that
are eating up too much of your
time and focus, figure out whether
they are really essential to keep in
your life, then focus on better man-
aging, minimizing, or eliminating
those sources from your life.
Okay, so we know we said wed
talk about multitasking right now,
but we have a confession to make:
multitasking actually doesnt work.
The brain wasnt designed to
multitask, says Margaret Moore,
founder and CEO of WellCoaches.
com, and co-author of Organize
Your Mind, Organize Your Life.
We can only focus our attention
well on one thing at a time. Sure,
we can all breath and walk at the
same time, but if you try to write
a couple of work emails while indeep conversation with your sig-
nificant other on the phone, your
significant other may grow ever
louder and more annoyed.
Thats why instead of trying to
multitask, well give you tips
and tricks on how to focus more
effectively. To be clear, focusing is
about prioritization and sticking
to a single objective. The better
youre able to focus, the bet-
ter (and faster) youll be able to
complete projects, big and small.Unfortunately, focus has a pesky
enemy: its called procrastination.
Luckily, weve come up with some
tips to both combat procrastina-
tion, and improve your focus.
EliminatedistractorsWe live in one of the most men-
tally stimulating periods of human
history. With so much access to ...
well, everything (thank you Inter-
net), can people really be blamed
for being distracted? No, but we
can put in place measures to limit
distractions. They can include:
6
BLOCK FACEBOOK (AND OTHER
addictive sites). If you need to hun-
ker down and focus on a project,
consider giving your social media
passwords to a trusted friend or
family member, and have them
change the passwords to lock you
out until after you score your A+.
BLOCK THE INTERNET. FOR SOME
of us, social media is not the only
thing online that sucks up our
time. For everything else, consider
installing a browser plugin called
LeechBlock. This ultra customiz-
able plugin allows you to set the
amount of time you allow yourself
to visit a specific list of sites.
Once you pass the allottedtime youve set, LeechBlock
will automatically disable
your access to that site.
CONTROL YOUR ENVIRON-
MENT. Sometimes our homes
offer too many distractions. If
this is the case, consider working
outside at a library, coffee shop,
or park. Push in your earplugs (or
earphones if you like music while
you work) and let your fingers rip
across your laptop keyboard.
TAKING A VACATION FROM YOUR
friends. For the outgoing types out
there, your usual vice is people and
connecting with them. But if you
need to complete a project thats
worth 60 percent of your grade,
politely ask your friends to not con-
tact you until after youre done.
Batching (the secretof efficiency)Batching is the process of compil-
ing all your most repetitive and
tedious tasks and doing them all
in one go, thereby minimizing the
set up cost and time involved, and
avoiding constant interruptions
to your focus. This is a technique
used throughout industry, but can
be used in your personal life.
For example, instead of doing your
laundry or dishes everyday, wait
for them to pile up and do them all
in one go (once or twice a week).
Instead of spreading your research
out over the course of a week, batch
it down to a day or two to avoid
Goal settingSet realistic daily and weekly goals
(not your activities) that specifi-
cally include the quantity, qualityand the pace of the goal, advises
Dr. Kevin D. Gazzara, senior partner
at Magna Leadership Solutions
LLC. (This way) you get positive
and timely reinforcement of your
accomplishments. Too many
people try to accomplish ten or
twenty things in a single day, then
(surprisingly) they get discour-
aged when they only complete a
handful of the items on their list.
Sounds familiar? It should. Its
called trying to multitask. Again,it doesnt work! Instead, focus on
accomplishing one to three big
goals per day. Youll be amazed at
the difference this makes.
Artificial stressThe essence of procrastination is
putting things off until a more
convenient time, or to the last
minute before theyre due. Steve
Levinson, a clinical psychologist
and co-author of the book, Follow-
ing Through: A Revolutionary NewModel for Finishing Whatever You
Start, has some insight into this
experience. Procrastinators and
non-procrastinators alike only do
what theyve decided they should
when they actually feel like they
must do it. The only difference
between procrastinators and non-
procrastinators is that it takes pro-
crastinators a lot longer to feel like
they must do it. In other words,
they wait until the last minute.
Thats why I believe that a key to
overcoming procrastination is tolearn how to deliberately make
the last minute come sooner.
To conquer procrastination, Levin-
son suggests creating artificial
deadlines that force you to take
action now, instead of an hour
before the actual deadline. Dont
wait for the last minute to come
on its own because it will come
too late. Deliberately put yourself
in situations that create pressure
and urgency sooner.
Lesson FouR
focus harder
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Its all about therocks & design
TOTAL GLOBAL BUDGET
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ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY1 of every 50 CANADIAN JOBS.
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306,000
Labour shortages are expected for geoscientists, technologists, and technicians over thenext 10 years, so talent with the necessary skills to occupy these roles may be in demand.
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2009Top3
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Where do you want youreducation to take you?Heres a career path with
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Your interests and yourexperience may add up to
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Underwriter
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Broker
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Loss Adjuster
UnderwriterYoure a relationship developer and decision-ma
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its request for insurance, then decide what theinsurance company should cover and howmuch it should charge.
Broker / AgentYoure a people person and a great communicat
Insurance brokers and agents help consumersfind the right coverage to protect their cars,homes, businesses, boats and belongingsagainst loss through accident, fire or theft.While brokers usually represent severalinsurance companies, agents are more likelyto sell policies for just one. These are theentrepreneurs of the insurance industrywith many of them working for themselvesor for small independent firms.
The best advice is tospecialize in law orbusiness-relatedcourses.
Loss AdjusterYoure part private investigator and part thera
The loss adjuster is responsible for ensuringthat those who have suffered a loss receive thecompensation and assistance they are eligible
to receive. Whether employed by the insurancecompany or working as an independentcontractor, the loss adjuster investigatesthe accident, arranges medical treatmentif necessary and negotiates the final settlementto restore policy holders to where they were,as closely as possible, before their loss.
What are you looking for in a career? Earning potential? Security?
Whatever you've learned in school and in life, youll have the chance to use it in
the insurance industry.
Its hard to imagine a career choice where youll have the opportunity to use
more of your skills than insurance. Why? Because insurance is already a part of
everything you do. It protects homes, jobs, cars, property and the continuity of
lives. And because insurance is all around us, the industry has a wide variety of
careers to match your education and amazing flexibility to change directions
along the way.
There are more than 110,000 Canadians working in the property & casualtyinsurance sector. Its an industry that reflects the face and the values of Canadian
society and has a constant need for talented, creative, motivated people.
Are you a people person? Brokers work with clients to create a strategy to
protect their assets.
Gifted at math? You could thrive as an actuary.
Good at listening? As a claims professional, youll help people who are coping
with an accident, fire or theft.
Strategic thinker? You could work as an underwriter and develop the products
that keep people protected from unforeseen loss.
As your career in insurance progresses, every day can present interesting new
opportunities, new challenges, and the flexibility to pursue new goals.
To find out more about where you might fit in with your post-secondary
education, please visit our Web site at www.career-connections.info. You may
be surprised to find that insurance isnt what you think. Its a whole lot more. For a greater advantageand the highest placementvalue, I would recommend
courses in law as well assuccessful completion of abusiness or insuranceprogram.
A college diploma or universdegree in any subject is helpffor entry into the profession,although those who have stu
mathematics or businesswould have an advantage.
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byJessica Calleja
Your first post grad job issomething youre supposed tolook forward to, but it can bea little nerve wrecking as well.You want to make a greatfirst impression, to prove youcan put those years of study-
ing and classroom theory topractical use. But in the end,we all start at the bottom ofthe employment totem pole.So how do you make the mostof that initial experience toget ahead? jobpostings careerexpert Sue Ross shares sometips on how to make the mostof your first job, even if its notexactly what you may haveexpected.
YouR FiRst LoB:
MAke the MostoF it.
The easiest wayto get moreresponsibility isto excel at yourcurrent role so
youre prepared fora promotion if the
opportunity arises.
Approaching thefirst job
Consider all jobs as opportuni-
ties. If it isnt your dream job,
but the position you seek exists
within the company, create a
reputation for excellent work in
your current role, so if the dreamjob becomes available, youre an
eligible candidate, says Ross.
Make sure you know people in
that department, and ask what
they require for the job to mold
yourself into the ideal candidate.
If the company isnt where you
want to be, notes Ross, then
get as much as you can from
them. If they offer training, take
it. If they dont have upward
mobility, do your best where you
are. Positions may come up. Use
great work, and the relationships
you develop, to help when you
need references down the road.
I want moreresponsibility!
Volunteer for more. Ask for
more. Speak to your supervisor
about the process, but remem-
ber the easiest way to get more
responsibility (and do more of
the work you enjoy) is to excel
at your current role so youre
prepared for a promotion if the
opportunity arises.
Search for a mentor
(Mentors) can provide you with
perspective on your job, com-
pany, or career that you may not
get from your supervisors, says
Ross. She warns that although
supervisors can be a good source
of guidance, they can sometimes
be clouded by their own agenda.
If youre a great employee who
would be hard to replace, some
supervisors may not encourage
you in the same way as a mentor
would to go for the promotion,
she adds. Remember: people are
generally good, but not all peoplehave your best interest at heart.
Mentors can help to clear away
the clouds of a hidden agenda.
Organizational struc-ture and culture
When I speak to employers, FIT
within the company is some-
times the most important quality
they look for, even above experi-
ence or specific qualifications,
reveals Ross. Can they survive
and thrive within the com-
pany? This does not just mean
Can they do the job? It also
encompasses, Can they work
within our team? Can they deal
with the level of stress involvedin the position? Will they speak
candidly about their opinion?
Will they enjoy the job? Will they
be challenged in the role? The
list could be endless depending
on the company. So do take the
time to learn about the company
culture, before you apply to it to
ensure you and the employer are
a good fit for one another.
Developinginterpersonal skills
According to Ross, there are
three basic skills you should
always improve upon:
tiMe MAnAGeMent:Regardless of the job, figure out
how to be as productive as pos-
sible. It will help you manage the
balance between work and life.
peopLeskiLLs:After visiting an employer, I
was told that some new hires
forget that general courtesy is
necessary. Im not just speakingabout being nice versus nasty,
but saying good morning to
your team mates, thanking the
payroll person, and asking about
their weekend. You dont need to
go into a full ten minutes of time
wasting conversation. Just speak
to people the way you speak to
your grandmother.
netWoRkinG:
You never know who youll meet
and how this relationship may be
of help to you in the future.
Feedback andevaluations
When you start with a company,
ask about the goals or expecta-
tions they may have for you. Also
ask if you will have evaluations.
In these cases, you never know
until you ask. Most organizations
may have written evaluations,
while others will sit down and
chat with you only if they have a
problem. It always pays to know
their strategy.
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So you graduated (or are about to
graduate) and your highly focused
job search results in an offer from a
company you want to work at. Awe-
some! But what if that offer falls short
of your expectations? Will you just ac-
cept it hoping it will all work out, or
walk away? We suggest a third option:
moving into the negotiation phase.
While you may feel youre in no posi-
tion to negotiate the terms of your
employment, the reality is that during
each interview youve been establish-
ing your position and why youre the
right candidate for the job. Thats why
the best time for real negotiation
is after an offer is extended. This is
when you have the greatest amount
of clout, a power that shrink
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