Like many young job seekers, I am stuck in a vicious cycle. I don’t have enough experience, so I do not get hired. I do not get hired, so I don’t gain experience.
After traveling to 30 cities, nine countries and three continents in one year, let me tell you that there is a very deep connection between travel and work.
Simon Fraser University business student Janice Quan recently spent a semester studying at the Vienna University of Business and Economics and travelling around Europe.
21-year-old University of Regina student Andrew Konoff is getting paid to take a summer-long road trip across his home province, Saskatchewan, blogging and tweeting about the sights he sees along the way.
By now, you’ve probably already heard from other students of some of the benefits of having an international experience. But do employers place a high value on an international experience? This article includes an interview with Amy Lee, Co-ordinator for Simon Fraser University International Co-op.
Not knowing where to find his passion, Sean Aiken began The One-Week Job project, working a different job each week across Canada and the U.S., including cancer fundraiser, fashion buyer, stock trader, cowboy, radio DJ and more.
With a combination of commitment and communication – and with the advice of some higher-ed couples – there are ways to make things work, no matter how far you may be.
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.