Searching for a GREAT STORY？ Wanting to experience a VISUAL FEAST? Thinking about taking a BREAK from the school work? Time for a movie treat! With numerous movies being shown in the cinema, I selected three of them that I had…
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Making Your Home for the Holidays When You Can’t Make it Home
We’re going to keep it light at Gradifying this month. We’ve all been through enough. It’s been a long term. We (the proverbial ‘we’) are stressed, tired, maybe bruised up, and definitely ready for a break. I’m ready for a…
Coming Home–Moments of Those
When my homesickness began to devastate my productivity in every aspect of life in Kingston, I decided to pack my luggage and booked air tickets to home. After 15 hours’ direct flight, I finally arrived at the Hong Kong International…
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Go Beyond Output: Attending Academic Conference
Attending an academic conference means more than just speaking in front of a group of audiences. Any form of (effective) communication involves the two-way interaction: give and take. And the effectiveness of such an interaction, in my eye, surprisingly depends…
Posted in Conferences
A new approach to making the most out of a conference
Conferences are opportunities where you share your work, expand your knowledge, and importantly, network with people in your field. Networking is a neat buzzword and across all areas is inextricably tied moving your career forward. Academia is no exception. It often…
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Rubbing elbows in the Rockies
We have talked a lot about networking over the years at Gradifying and to continue this week, I had a really interesting networking opportunity this past summer that I wanted to share. It didn’t involve Academia or anything work-related, and…
Posted in Conferences, General, Jobs and Careers, New Students, Professional Development Tagged with: networking, outreach
“How Can You Find a Job with a Degree in Cultural Studies?” — A Personal Reflection on the Career Path of Grad Students in Humanities
I have been frequently in the situations that people asked me “What kind of job are you looking for after graduation?”. That question was out of enough courtesy, because more often it could be “How can you find a job…
Posted in Professional Development, Student Perspective
Building Career Opportunities: Carving Something Out of Nothing
Here at Gradifying we’ve been writing about preparing for a career from a number of different angles. We’ve covered Career Week that took place in mid-October, Amanda wrote on timing your job search; and Vanessa on how to choose your…
Posted in General, Internship, Jobs and Careers, New Students, Professional Development, Skill Development, Student Perspective Tagged with: career, luck, opportunities, setting goals
Reflections on Attending the Career Fair and Network Reception at Queen’s
Now we have arrived at the last day of October! Congratulations to those who have made most use of the career workshops and events during these weeks and have figured out a piece (or a whole) of their career planning!…
Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, it’s off to work we go!
Whether you are close to departing the academic womb or not, thinking about your future job is important at any stage. One of the questions from Chengcheng’s post that got me thinking was “What does your dream job look like? How…
Posted in Jobs and Careers Tagged with: being awesome, degree progress, goal setting, networking, professional development, SGPS, SGS