Networking can be a powerful tool when conducted properly and can put you in contact with people that will help to take your career where you want to go.
University of Victoria grad Michael Smith is currently participating in the Ontario Legislature Internship Programme (OLIP), a program that gives recent graduates an up-close and personal look at Ontario’s political process from September through June.
Through AIESEC’s international exchange program, University of Calgary accounting student Irina Lipskaia found a teaching position in Kiev, Ukraine, teaching various levels of English to university students, businessmen and even young children at a summer camp.
Engineers Without Borders is a Canadian organization made up of passionate people who are tackling the complex challenges of development. EWB harnesses the skills and creativity of the Canadian engineering sector to find practical solutions to extreme poverty.
Alvaro Ipanaque had served leadership roles with AIESEC for five years before going on his first exchange. Coming from Lima, Peru, he came here to Calgary not for the weather, not for the skiing, not for the Stampede, but for the job opportunity.