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Inspired by today’s Student Voice submission by a recent graduate who says his Bachelor of Commerce in marketing program didn’t make him career-ready, we asked our Twitter followers whether their program or school prepared them to be able to find a job and work in the “real world”.

Yesterday, we asked @TalentEgg’s Twitter followers what the best perks they’ve ever had at a job are and – wow! – you guys have some pretty sweet perks.

Ah, childhood. The world is your oyster! We thought it would be fun to find out what dream jobs TalentEgg-ers had when they were kids, so we asked our Twitter followers to let us know. What did you want to be when you grew up?

Right now, thousands of students across Canada are finishing up exams and starting summer jobs. You tend to hear a lot about bad summer jobs, but what about the good ones? We were curious, so yesterday we sent out a tweet asking our followers what their favourite summer jobs were.

Not only does Twitter help you build a professional network, but it has also proven to help talented individuals land dream jobs. Learn how to use Twitter from real student success stories!

How social is your job? A report released by NetProspex in September ranks the most social jobs, industries, cities and companies. You’ll be surprised by who did (and didn’t) make the list.

York University computer science and engineering professor Andrew Eckford uses blogs, Twitter and YouTube to give his students a better understanding of content covered in class and to make him more approachable when they’re struggling with course material.

Lauren chats with freelance social media strategist Sophie Bifield about the best and worst parts of freelancing in a new industry like social media.

Although social media can give you a great opportunity to show potential employers more than what is on your resumé, it can also work against you if you don’t control your online presence. Here are a few things you can do to control your digital footprint and prevent it from losing you that interview.

Take time each day to note and celebrate your progress toward employment. Doing so creates a loop of positive feedback – you feel a sense of achievement, which boosts your confidence, which makes you likely to make more progress tomorrow.

September campus recruitment drive Q&A. Gov’t student loans are changing. Work from home job scam tips. Students are using drugs to help with studying. 10 job tweeters you should be following. Interest in the dead spikes during tough times. Obama’s education speech.