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Three Steps to Getting a Job After Graduation: Step Two

2 Hour Work Search

Co-op coordinator, Caroline Wakelin explains the concept of the 20-minute job search. In part two she takes you through turning your list of potential contacts into actual contacts, and how to score an informational interview.

By: carose 74 reads | 0 comments
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The Work Study Program

work-study program

Are you a student with financial need looking for the opportunity to participate in research-based projects on campus?  If so, we encourage you to consider SFU’s Work-Study Program. 

By: Laura Forsythe 157 reads | 0 comments
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Join Us for Twitter Tuesday: OLC Career Chats

Twitter chats

Join us this summer for Twitter Tuesdays: OLC Career Chats. We'll be hosting chats every other Tuesday at 2pm, all summer long, and we're inviting you to join in and participate!

By: Elizabeth Moffat 1222 reads | 0 comments
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Why Should You Participate in Twitter Chats?

Twitter chats

Are you looking for a new way to connect and network online? Consider joining in on some Twitter chats. Not only are they a great way to connect and share your knowledge, you might even learn something.

By: Elizabeth Moffat 170 reads | 0 comments
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Three Steps to Getting a Job After Graduation: Step One

2 Hour Work Search

Co-op coordinator, Caroline Wakelin explains the concept of the 20-minute job search. In part one she takes you through the process of listing potential employers, and ranking them by contacts, desirability and available openings.

By: carose 97 reads | 0 comments
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SFU Co-op Student Lands Student Communicator of the Year Award

award

Communication major Alexandra Lowe has earned a Student Communicator of the Year  Excellence Award from the IABC for a digital rebrand initiative that she took on as a co-op student working for SFU’s Volunteer Services department.

By: Adam Brayford 303 reads | 0 comments
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7 Reasons Why You Should to Talk to Your Professors and TAs

Indigenous

SFU academic advisors share seven reasons why they recommend all their students talk to their professors and teaching assistants - outside of lecture halls and tutorial rooms.

By: Laura Forsythe 296 reads | 0 comments
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What is Academic Advising?

Student Development

Academic Advisors assist you in formulating a successful academic program that helps you translate your goals, interests, and life plans into an effective educational and SFU experience. Academic Advisors also help you understand and navigate academic program/course requirements, polices, and procedures and refer you to resources/services on campus.

 

By: Laura Forsythe 173 reads | 0 comments
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Is a Creative Resume Right For You?

Work Search

Super creative and highly desgined resumes seem to be everywhere lately, but do you need one? Depending on your career asperations, they made do more harm than good, and make it harder for employers to see your full skill set. Read more to decide if they're right for you.

By: Elizabeth Moffat 165 reads | 0 comments
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Highlighting Creative Resumes

Resumes

Your plain paper resume looking a little bland? Learn about some online tools to help add some creativity and visual pop to your resume and online presence.

By: Elizabeth Moffat 163 reads | 0 comments
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OLC Convocation Advice Contest

Contests

Do you have advice for the graduating class of 2013? Submit it to @SFU_OLC on Twitter using the #SFUconvo hashtag and you can win $50 to the SFU bookstore!

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OLC Convocation Twitter Sharing Contest

Contests

Win $25 to the SFU bookstore. All week long, we'll be sharing our favourite stories and blog posts for new grads. All you need to do is share our posts on Twitter with @SFU_OLC and #SFUconvo. Full details inside.

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Who. What. Why. The Keys to Your Elevator Pitch

Networking

A great elevator pitch can be the perfect accessory to bring to any networking events – in fact, it’s useful to have for plenty of professional situations. So how do you make the perfect pitch? It's all about the who, what, and why.

By: Elizabeth Moffat 286 reads | 0 comments
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SFU Idle No More

Idle No More

Although the Idle No More movement may appear to have disappeared from national media coverage it is still active in many communities including that of Simon Fraser University. On Monday, April 8th SFU students, alumni, faculty and staff came together to hold an Idle No More rally at the Burnaby campus.

By: Lindsay Wainwright 192 reads | 0 comments
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Creating a Remarkable Career: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 25

Alumni

The SFU alumni association recently hosted an event for alumni and senior students, "Creating a Remarkable Career: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 25," featuring several successful alumni sharing how their SFU degree helped them get to where they are today.

By: John Grant 107 reads | 0 comments
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Building Your Wings: Jeannette's Unforgettable Bolivian Experience

Bolivia

Jeannette Friesen went to Bolvia with the Students for Development program, where she worked with the Solidarity and Free Trade Movement. While there she learned about the importance of culture and came home more motivated then ever to pursue her goals in international relations.

By: Kiran Dhanoa 134 reads | 0 comments
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Sean's International Experience in Bolivia

Students for Development

SFU's International Co-op department interviewed Sean Sager fresh from his three-month term in Bolvia, where he worked with Students for Development as a Development Intern,  promoting and teaching the fundamentals of community economic development to local community leaders in Bolivia.

By: Kiran Dhanoa 185 reads | 0 comments
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NENAS: North East Native Advancing Society

NENAS

Have you thought about what you will do when you return to your community with your degree? NENAS can provide advice regarding planning for your future when you return home to your community through community asset mapping.

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Urban Native Youth Association

Indigenous

The Urban Native Youth Association works to provide meaningful opportunities for Native Youth. With almost 100 staff working within 21 programs they are always looking for talented and dynamic people to join the team. Find out more...

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SFPIRG: Truth-Telling and Decolonization

Indigenous

The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group is a student-funded and student-directed resource centre dedicated to social and environmental justice. SFPIRG is founded on a set of values that have been developed by successive generations of students who care about social and environmental justice, and include a commitment to the work of ending all forms of oppression.