How do you know when your high expectations are too high?
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
I find hiring people really challenging. I’m not going to lie. I was trained as a journalist, not as a manager; and as such a small company run by mostly young people, we learn as we go. And that’s awesome!
But I find the whole process awkward, kind of like dating or interacting [...]
Tags: career path, TalentEgg, whining, workaholic
No, I haven’t died
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
I haven’t written here in two months, and I can’t believe it. I honestly feel like I wrote that last post … last week? Maybe two weeks ago. But not two months.
I still don’t have the Internet at my apartment, and I’m kind of getting used to it because it gives me the freedom and [...]
Tags: blogging, campus recruitment, Gen Y, newspaper industry, published, TalentEgg, Toronto
September monthly goal meet-up
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career, The Real World
Following my very cliché quarter-life crisis post, I realized that in order to feel good about my life I have to be continually setting goals for myself and working toward them. Achieving goals once in a while is great too, but what really gets me out of bed every morning is just the fact that [...]
Tags: change, goals, moving, perfectionism, TalentEgg, Toronto
Mission accomplished
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
I promised myself I would blog more often once I finished school because I wouldn’t be working the equivalent of two full-time jobs (just one), but I’ve still managed to keep myself surprisingly busy.
The only huge news I have is that my face was on the “front page” of GlobeandMail.com on Friday! And not for [...]
Tags: career path, National Post, newspaper industry, published, TalentEgg, workaholic
Why I’m not an entrepreneur, but I love working for one
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
I am not an innovative mind. During university, I excelled at producing pieces of journalism but was mediocre, at best, at thinking up story ideas. And I’ve never really had an idea for a business. Ever.
If someone points me in a direction, I will go at it full throttle without much assistance. What I’ve [...]
Tags: "real" jobs, career path, entrepreneur, newspaper industry, TalentEgg
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