Career Q&A: Does it matter if your experience is volunteer or paid?

I have recently graduated with a Masters degree and am looking to build a career in the nonprofit sector. I have been an active volunteer with a number of organizations over the years and have gained experience in my field...

Great Chemistry: Pure science degrees and the nonprofit sector

In the fourth year of her undergraduate life sciences degree, Polly VandenBerg realized working in a lab just wasn’t for her. She was studying neuro-electrophysiology as part of her thesis at Queen’s University, and a small lab on campus had...

What business does a business degree have in the nonprofit sector?

The nonprofit sector in Canada – which employs more than two million Canadians and accounts for almost 9% of economic output – is constantly growing, putting thousands of organizations under a great deal of pressure. Today there are more than...

Getting in the door: The nonprofit dilemma

When Blair Sanderson decided to pursue a second career, he did what many do in the same position: he went back to school. He strategically invested the next two years studying social service work, within the stream of immigrants and...

The revenge of the liberal arts degree

In the past ten – arguably twenty – years, there’s been a growing trend towards downplaying the applicability of a liberal arts degree in the world of work. Changes in our understanding of the economy have led employers to doubt...

Get that job!

Whether ten people apply for that job posting or two hundred, the fact remains that only one applicant will be successful. Ask recent university graduates (many with master’s degrees and quality internships in hand) or seasoned professionals and they will...

It’s time to brandish your personal brand

At the beginning of March, PwC Canada launched Personal Brand Week with the mission of helping students build their personal brand for professional success. Focused on the millennial generation, currently facing an extremely competitive market as they make their first...

Career Q&A: Learning to steer your career

I am increasingly unhappy with my career choice and I don't know what to do. Some days at work are good, and some days are just plain bad. What can I do? We all face times in our careers when...

Take this job – and love it

No matter how you approach it, starting a new job can be daunting. A newbie joining an established organization, with its set organizational structures, entrenched hierarchies and oft-times intimidating social cliques, is bound to face a host of challenges. Add...

The least wanted list

Law enforcement agencies have their most wanted lists. What job seekers want to avoid at all cost is being placed on a least wanted list. They do exist, if not in print then certainly in the consciousness of jilted employers...