Article republished from Lafayette University News By Stella Katsipoutis-Varkanis Showcasing Student Research COVID-19 and social distancing may have prevented the Student Research Poster Session—a biannual tradition—from physically taking place on…
Keeping students social with Virtual Student Club Fairs
This is a great article published by The Guardian addressing what all higher education schools and faculty are recognizing for this fall. How to enable student’s to continue to mix,…
The 2020 Job Market for Students & Grads
Each year as students graduate, we work closely with them to help them prepare for a very competitive job market. It is already hard enough for most graduates to win relevant and…
How to Win the Best Jobs – Online Workshop Series for Graduating Students
Watch Now Workshop 1: How Employers Assess Candidates Workshop 2: How to Create Targeted Digital Portfolios Workshop 3: How to Manage Your Job Search Who is leading…
The 6 top needs of faculty to make their teaching portfolio more effective in 2020
Over the last few months we have conducted several focus group sessions with faculty and directors of University Teaching and Learning Centres (TLCs) to gain insight into the special needs…
The Importance of Evaluating Educational ROI
When I graduated from high school, I knew I was going to University. Everyone in my life expected it from me; my parents, family, guidance counsellors, teachers, and peers. I…
Moving Forward — Challenges and Changes
The Duality of Challenge It’s been 2 weeks since my last session with Zane and David. Though Zane and I have had some communication outside of our sessions, I still…
Change: The Great Deceiver
Since as long as I could remember, I’ve been trying to find “the right way to live”. Intelligence First I thought that being smarter than everyone was the right way…
Resume E-Value-ations! Unlearning Habits in Resume Writing
Like most students growing up in Ontario, my first resume was created in Civics and Careers — a class not so much dedicated to employability as it was to arming us…
Bad Assumptions: Corporate Canada vs. Startups
Who was I? In my last post I left off with 3 questions: Is making the most money for a company that tests on animals really being the best? Is…