Author Archives: Russell Garrett

COVID-19 Career Management – Taking Your Job Search Online

Being proactive has always been the way to have increased success and to stand out even before any competitive recruiting period begins on campus or before any job postingS drop. Now COVID-19 has made these strategies even more significant. So what are YOU doing to take your job search online?

It has always been affective to reach out to specific people and engage them for in-person meetings and, what has become known as, coffee-chats. These are really information interviews. This strategy is where students and/or job seekers arrange a 15-20 minute meeting with staff in targeted companies to ask meaningful questions about the industry, the company and the person they are meeting with. Some information worth gathering is:

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A 2020 View

We often use the saying that seeing things with “20-20” vision is seeing clearly in relation to things that are coming or what we are currently experiencing. So is your vision of this New Year clear? Has the fog lifted yet on where your life and career will take you following your DAP experience? With many of you completing the program during 2020-2021, it is important that you see your future clearly, by following some common Canadian idioms like; “keep your head up”, “keep your eyes wide open”, “keep your ear to the ground” and “put your finger in the air” to be aware of what is happening around you and to react strategically to bring success to your career future! Imagining doing all these things at once physically seems awkward (try it) you are fully able to do this mentally and strategically when it comes to generating success in 2020.

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

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Final Interviews & Job Offers

Very soon, firms will be inviting candidates to the final stages of the interview process of CPA Fall Recruiting and then make their employment offers. Of course this scenario could also take place when pursuing employment outside of CPA Campus Recruiting. Knowing what to expect and what to do ahead of time will help you manage every scenario resulting in the greatest possible success for you!

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