A Recipe For ‘Cat Tails’ Anyone?

Here is what I was up to last week working with the Picking / Distribution company of wild products based in Montreal, Quebec.
Does anyone know what you can make with Cat Tails anyways?

June 30th, 2007 | 2 Comment

Weather Man For Global Morning News

I had an interview with Global Morning News in Montreal last Friday, and when we had finished the interview the reporter asked if I wanted to work with them for the next five minutes and do the weather. So, directly from the interview, I proceeded to walk through the studio to the green screen [...]

June 28th, 2007 | 4 Comment

Globe and Mail Column – 06/26/07

It has been an interesting experience so far writing for the Globe, a little bit challenging but I am thankful for the experience nonetheless.
Here is my most recent column that was in the “Careers” section yesteday (Wednesday):
As mom might have said: Honesty’s the best policy
June 27, 2007
MONTREAL — Another Monday morning, another new city, [...]

June 27th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Picker/Distributor – Wild Products

Although it is still tough to put a title on it, after yesterday I now have a better idea of what my job this week is all about. I am working with a company who collects wild products, ie: peppermint, specialty tea leaves, cat tails… etc. processes them, and then sells them to restaurants and [...]

June 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Week Fifteen Announced… well kind of

I am heading off this morning at 5:30am. What exactly I will be doing, I am not entirely sure as of yet. I know that we are heading outside of the city of Montreal to collect, vegetables, plants, etc. and then bringing them back into town, processing them, and then selling them to high end [...]

June 25th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Guest Post: Justin “Bugsy” Sailor

Almost two years ago I was approaching my last year at university; I remember being scared of the future. However, the entire time I had this small idea in the back of my head; go on a year-long, 50-state road trip staying with people I have never met. It was a dream, a big dream. [...]

June 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment

A Long Weekend In Quebec

I have the day off today as it is a holiday in Quebec – St. Jean Baptiste Day. I have been to a couple of St. Jean Baptiste day festivities in Quebec city which were a lot of fun, yet this weekend I decided to come down to Toronto and visit a friend. We went [...]

June 25th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Global National Interview

Here is a segment that was aired last night on Global National. They did a really great job with it!

It has been a pretty busy week and I have not yet had the time to write about how my week finished up with Venatus Conseil Ltd. Talent Brokers. I am hoping to do that tomorrow, [...]

June 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment

Interview With TQS – ‘En Francais’

A look at my workplace this week at Venatus Conseil Ltd. Talent Brokers with my first interview in French. They were kind by leaving in the parts where my French actually kind of makes some sense.

June 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment

‘MTV Live’ – One Week Job Interview

Here is an interview with MTV Canada that I did from Trois Pistoles, Quebec a couple weeks back. If you have seen one, you have seen them all, though if you haven’t seen one yet, check out the CTV News one. Although, this one is kind of different because the interview was done via a [...]

June 19th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Who Really Does The Choosing?

As I got up this morning, put on my suit, (which has been sitting in my suit case for the last three weeks), took out my map, and got on the metro to go to work; I thought to myself, wow, I am heading to my first day on the job in downtown Montreal with [...]

June 18th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Week Fourteen Announced – Talent Broker

This week I will be working with Venatus Conseil Ltd. Talent Brokers, a corporate position recruiting firm based out of downtown Montreal, Quebec.
Venatus Conseil Ltd. has offered their services for large and medium-sized clients in Quebec since 1997. They are recognized for their expertise in the recruitment of corporate positions, with their main pratice [...]

June 17th, 2007 | 0 Comments

On The Road Again -> Montreal

I am all packed up after spending a few weeks here in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec and today I am on my way to Montreal to get ready to start work bright and early Monday morning. More on that later and how Week Thirteen finished up, but for now I have to hit the road.
I have not [...]

June 16th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Guest Post: Robert Manolson

As a Certified Career Development Professional and in the role of Career Counsellor, I meet youth and parents in their homes. This is a special time. It’s a moment for the family unit to come together, reconnect, share perspectives, and listen with an open mind. Common questions center around which post secondary [...]

June 13th, 2007 | 0 Comments

One Step Further ; Another Lesson Learned

My week of work with CADFEL (Centre d’accueil et de formation en langues), a language school here in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, hasn’t been all too exiting, but I did come to another realization which is great.
It is something I had previously recognized, yet I really understood it today; I really enjoy the creative process [...]

June 13th, 2007 | 0 Comments