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Conference recap: How To Start A Successful Internship Program by Just-Eat.ca's Antonio da Luz and Jane Mai

By on May 22, 2012 in Awards and Conference

With a labour shortage looming and the competition for top talent already fierce, one trend we’re seeing more and more of is employers using internship and co-op programs as feeders for entry level roles. Students seem to like it too – it acts like an extended interview process for both the student and the employer. [...]

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How to keep interns engaged and why it's important

By on February 16, 2011 in Uncategorized

I’ve been an intern before. I’ve grabbed the coffees, cleaned the kitchen. I’ve even driven the boss’ car to pick someone up (didn’t mind that one). But on top of the trivial tasks, I also did some pretty meaningful work – tasks like writing proposals to attend conferences and making wicked presentations that were seen [...]

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Behind the scenes of a TalentEgg video shoot (kind of)

By on August 18, 2010 in Uncategorized

Yesterday afternoon we welcomed a design engineer in training from Ontario Power Generation to the Egg Carton for about an hour to shoot a video series for our upcoming Focus on Engineering (Sept. 20-24). However, before he arrived, I had to configure the “set” to get it ready for the interview. I asked Danielle (editorial [...]

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