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Career counseling #3: the University

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The year has almost come to an end. 2015 is just a couple of days away and everybody is preparing their New Year`s resolutions (myself included).

I find it only fitting to write a post about how those college years should help you get the job of your dream after you graduate.

Everybody told me, after I graduated, that I should have done an internship, volunteered anywhere, with any organization just to get a head start. People also told me that I should have worked in college, if not for my financial independence, at least for a better looking resume. The advice is in the rest of the article

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#GettingPersonal Greg`s back

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Greg is a person who doesn’t have too many friends. He is actually not a very sociable person. He would prefer to stay at home and watch movies (or whatever) then go out and party.

The very few friends he has are persons that understand this. But, from time to time, they don`t.

Greg`s friends have recently annoyed him because they didn’t behave very friendly. This wouldn’t be a problem for an ordinary person, but, for Greg, it`s a catastrophe. A normal person would discuss with his friends. Greg prefers to withdraw in his mind and think of possibilities, options and outcomes. His mind is spinning so out-of-control that he soon forgets what it was all about.

This is Greg.

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Career counseling #1: The first steps into your career

Codrin PO

I`ve met four types of people in my life so far:

– the ones that, after graduating, have no idea what they want to do and get the first measly job they find in order to make money, whether they like it or not;

– the ones that, after graduating, are so confused about what to do next that they do more studies to avoid facing reality;

– the ones that, after graduating, know exactly what they want to do and do everything they can to achieve it;

– the ones that, after graduating, know exactly what they want to do, but are too afraid to do it.

I fit into the second group.

Here are some things that I`ve learned from my personal experience and that of people close to me. Read a personal example and more

Not too personal · Old blog

Une explication à propos de Greg

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Greg est un mec génial. Il est bon en tout, mais mal à tout faire en même temps.

Il a une bonne éducation, mais parce qu’il est si grand qu’il ne peut pas trouver un emploi.

Il avait beaucoup d’emplois dans tous les types d’organisations liées à l’agriculture. Il a été conseiller d’un ministre et il a travaillé dans la recherche au sein d’une université à l’étranger.

Toute cette expérience professionnelle ne lui permet pas de trouver un bon travail. En fait, il ne peut pas trouver un emploi décent.

Il a travaillé fort toute sa vie, se construit en quelque chose qu’il est fier et se considère chanceux.normal_is_overrated_calendar_print

Greg est fictif.

P.S. C’était l`article de blog en français que j’ai promis au début de mes cours de français. Il y aura d’autres à venir.

Career counseling · Old blog

Career counseling #8: Formatting your CV

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Greg has now finished his studies, had a few jobs and his life is going in (almost) the right direction.

But, before this, when he was younger (he`s now 30), he couldn’t even get a job interview. It wasn’t that he didn’t have the skills or the passion that some jobs entailed. It`s that he had a very ugly CV and he didn’t even bother to apply correctly.

When he saw a posting, he clicked Compose in his email, put down the address, write “Application for…” in the subject field, attached the CV and click “Send”. That`s all he did for a few hundred jobs he applied before he turned 25. READ MORE!