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Last week the focus was on women pursing/studying engineering.

This week let’s take a brief look at a woman making it big in the tech world (without an engineering degree!): Sheryl Sandberg.

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This week I’ll be looking further in to the numbers that I looked in to last week. When I speak with some of my friends completing engineering degrees there are some statements that I can (confidently) argue I’ve heard most of them say:

• “Yeah, nearly half the class failed the midterm”
• “I was in Trottier till 4AM!”
• “Yeah I like my classes, but there are no girls!”

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If I had a nickel every time I heard that..well I’d probably have a dollar. The point is that many of my friends have found themselves in this position and while it seemed hopeless at the moment it all worked out in the end. Here are the things that I have learned throughout the way.

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This summer, I’ll be writing about an exciting topic: women and work.

Things to look out for this month:

• What we can learn from mistakes women have made in the fields of finance, engineering, and other non-traditional fields for women
• The good and the bad career advice for women
• The best practices of women in senior management

Today I want to look at how women are doing in Canada.

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 I am sure we have all been there…The day just did not start right and you had a feeling it will stay like that. Besides a major traffic jam that barely allowed you to get to work on time, a co-worker called in sick and it’s the day of a major deadline. Now you have to handle double the work and make sure everything is in top notch shape for the report due to the VP of Sales, who by the way is not the most lenient person. If you are cringing because you recognize too much of this story, cringe no more. Here are some great things that I discovered that help me relax, stay focused and “magically” get through the day with my head held high.

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Please welcome Divya as our Summer 2012 Blogger!

We look forward to reading your submissions starting May 1st!

Check out her bio in the About the Bloggers section.

CaPS would like to say a big thank you to our 2011-2012 bloggers: Anastasia Dikareva, Andrew Stevenson, Corina Tudose, Linnea Osterberg, Ryan MacDowell, and Tracey Regimbal!!

Your submissions on life at McGill from a career building perspective have been educational, entertaining and enlightening. We appreciate how you shared your experiences with the McGill community and sincerely wish you all a wonderful summer!

Andrew Stevenson

For any of us anglophones living in Montréal, it is pretty well known that finding a summer job, or part-time job without the ability to speak french fluently is a challenge.  Most jobs require bilingualism as a qualification, so where can you look, and what can you do to find a job?

First of all, there is McGill.  It is probably a bit late to be applying to jobs at McGill for this summer, but this is a job oasis for unilingual anglophones.  The bookstore, cafeterias, residences and more are a great place to look.  Furthermore, professors need research assistants, and usually this work is done in english.  There may still be some positions working with professors for this summer so contact them as soon as possible!

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TRACEY REGIMBAL

Summer Classes are an amazing way to catch up on some credits, get ahead and explore new possibilities. I think many are reluctant to try it out but think about this: When would there be a more beautiful time to be on campus? We spend all winter trudging up to class, avoiding traffic and falling snow while slipping down the hill but do you ever stop to admire how beautiful McGill really is?! (more…)

Stacy Dikareva

Around this time last year I was frantically wrapping up my research practicum and was looking forward to my June graduation with great trepidation. Next to follow on my bucket list was an international internship through a student leadership association at McGill. I had access to a database of over 100 internship opportunities in virtually any part of the world I fancied featuring internships focussing on teaching, development or finance. I was receiving daily emails from various schools and companies from countries such as Thailand and India inviting me to come explore their country, culture and make a few bucks (an easy sell to say the least!). While most opportunities offered little pay, they did provide room and board and if you were an English speaking Canadian with a university education, judging from my colleagues’ experiences, you essentially had your pick. Sounds perfect, right? I have always wanted to visit SEA and believed challenging myself with a new endeavour in a foreign country while doing something fun like teaching Science or English to young children was the perfect way to contribute to a community and squash the little travel bug in me. The gap-year student formula! So, I readied myself for a few months of financial saving while I finalized my exchange destination. (more…)