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Allison Whalen's articles
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Choose Your Own Adventure — At University
I wonder what the word “university” really means to a high school student. A valuable and exciting growth opportunity? A…
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Career Turning Point: My Career, My Self
During my university years, I often envied friends in career-oriented programs such as law or physiotherapy—they had a goal in…
Allison Whalen's blog articles
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Why Volunteering is Awesome
January is more than half-over, meaning that winter is half-over too—fingers crossed. The organ-chilling temperatures and long, dark nights of…
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How to Boost Your Productivity
Friday is here again, and I find myself reflecting on the past week. As a freelancer, my schedule is more…
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Fresh Start to 2013
Welcome to January 2013! It’s snowier, colder and less jolly than December, but we are here to make the best…
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Get Inspired: Finding Your Inner Motivation
Well, the holidays are upon us—it’s the middle of December and the population seems to have doubled. I’ve been avoiding…
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The Cure for the Jobless Winter Blues
If I were a cover band singer in an old-timey country music bar, I’d take this moment to dedicate a…
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Stand and Stretch: Habits For Life That Should Fit Into Your Nine-to-Five
My first job after university was at the Canadian Cancer Society, where I had volunteered the previous summer. Minimum wage…
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Raise Your Morale: A Little Friday Zen (with a Side of Animals and Music)
In my previous blogs, I provided some shop talk about working as hard as you can for your future. This…
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Rock Your Experience: Teach Yourself Invaluable Skills for Work and Life
Looking for a job? Well, thousands of people around you are looking, too. They may have applied to the very…
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Self-Directed Learning: Pick a Skill, Any Skill—It’s Easy and Rewarding! (Part 2)
Last week, I told you some anecdotes about large-scale institutions with communications tools that many of their staffers didn’t know…
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Self-Directed Learning: Working with Multimedia Today and Tomorrow (Part 1)
Multimedia communications are becoming the go-to means of successfully advertising, educating and informing. Such modern, dynamic forms of technology can…
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Surviving the Job Hunt: Directing Your Focus and Preserving Your Sanity
I wonder who else is out there, with computer screen aglow and eyes a-blur, doing anything but Taking Care of…
