career skills
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How to thrive during networking opportunities
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Whether you’re in your first year or graduating soon, networking is a life skill that everyone needs. It opens up a world of possibilities by being exposed to job opportunities, life and career advice, and learning more about different industries. In 2017, it was even reported that companies did not list at least 70 per…
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Summer jobs may not get your foot in the door, but they can still be helpful
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Summer jobs are just around the corner and for a lot of us university students, that also means the troubling time of making decisions about what jobs we will be doing is upon us. I know from personal experience that summer jobs were always seen as a way to get integrated into the corporate world…
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The best courses are the ones that apply beyond the classroom
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Regardless of your major, everyone has encountered a course that you need in order to graduate. Most students are required to take courses that are irrelevant to their major and often a course that they don’t have any interest in. So why aren’t universities implementing required courses that can apply to everyone — ones that…
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Relax with a massage
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On Thursday, Feb. 16, Massage Ü hosted its second ‘$6 Massages at Laurier’ event on campus in the Hawks Nest, located on the third floor of the Fred Nichols Campus Centre. The event is a result of a partnership between Massage Ü and the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy (CCMH). For six dollars, Laurier…
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