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Signs of success

Two months ago, we moved into our very own office space (there are 8 of us now!).

We’ve loved the space since day 1, however there was always something missing.

On Tuesday, it arrived, and we’re totally egg-cited:

From a 6 pack to a 12 pack – The Egg Carton is moving!

For the past two and a half years, we have been sharing office space with the amazing people at SGGG FSI. To say that we “Share” office space is a bit misleading, because I started out working from a vacant secretary’s desk here.

From there, we grew into a cubicle that was vacated by auditors who had been in previously, and then into a storage room that became vacant. As we grew even more, we finally ended up with a few spots in a big room of cubicles, plus a room for our sales team.

Over the past few months, it became clear that we needed our own space – if only because the great people from SGGG FSI were likely getting tired of our loud laughter and the occasional video blog shoot!

So today, we say farewell to our shared space as we prepare to embark on a new egg-celent adventure at 18 Gloucester Lane (thanks to the best commercial Realtor out there – Chris Fyvie!).

Here’s a little video we recorded after our cake party with SGGG FSI!

Meet Virginia, the latest addition to the Egg Carton

TalentEgg recently welcomed a new addition to the team: Virginia Knott, sales rep! (You may have seen her briefly in the April Fool’s joke video from last week.)

Virginia is a recent McMaster grad who actually landed the job here at TalentEgg by using some of the resumé techniques found here on the Career Incubator.

She also has some EGGstraordinary dance moves! She’ll fit in here just fine.

Lauren's 2nd appearance on Canada AM

Lauren made her second appearance on Canada AM this morning to discuss job hunting techniques for students and recent grads.

Here are some of the tips she offered:

  • biggest mistake students make is job searching too narrowly, both in the methods they use to find jobs and also in the types of roles they seek
  • there are so many more opportunities this year compared to last year
  • as we demonstrated during the Focus on Retail event in March, retail is a valuable work experience for any profession – employers from all different industries, not just retail, love retail experience
  • there are so many amazing resources online, including TalentEgg, and also including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, that can go outside the traditional job searching methods
  • on a resume, start with your core skills and don’t just put in your work experiences but demonstrate your life experiences which will show the employer that you’ll be a positive return on investment (ROI) for them
  • link to your online profiles (as long as they’re appropriate!)

Thanks to RW&CO for providing Lauren’s wardrobe! She visited RW&CO at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto last week to choose an outfit. We got the whole adventure on video, so stay tuned for that footage later this week!

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