I was complaining to Daniel today that we had to order yet another Dell Computer.

Not because they’re breaking, but because the TalentEgg full time staff has somehow swelled to EIGHT people over the past short while!

I’ll be back on Monday to announce two new additions to the team as well as with pictures…specifically of what my dog, Max, did when he met The Sun Guy, and of our new office (!!) and new team (!!!).

Over the past several weeks (months?!) we have been involved in a video series called The Hunt, sponsored by TD.

The Hunt is about job hunting for students and recent grads.

When thinking about resources for students and recent grads, I have always been adamently against objective advice. That sounds weird, right?

But what I mean by that is that I don’t think there’s particular value in ‘Top 10 ways to write your resume’, or ‘3 ways to ace an interview’.

Where I do see value is in sharing life experiences, and learning from the life experiences of others. So instead, you get ’10 ways I made my resume stand out‘, ‘3 ways I aced my finance interviews‘.

And that’s why The Hunt is so cool. Instead of presenting only the point of view of the sponsor, The Hunt tackles issues such as Resumes, Interviews, Job Searching, and Networking from 4 different perspectives: Students, Employers, Career Centres, and Experts.

i.e.

• You get the first hand ‘I’m going through this right now’ perspective. (Students and Recent Grads)
• You get the first hand ‘I’m actually screening these students and know what I’m looking for and who I hire’ perspective. (Employers)
• You get the first hand ‘My day job is to know everything about these topics’ perspective. (Career Centres)
• and You get the first hand ‘I sit in the middle- I deal with both employers and students on a daily basis’ perspective (Experts)

We, along with several Incubator contributors, are very happy to have been involved in this great series!

Check them out here.

We’ve reached a new milestone, and with mixed but mostly funny (in a good way) feelings.

In this week’s Toronto Life Magazine, Katrina Onstad has an article called “How to get ahead in a recession”.

In one part of the article, she writes something along the lines of:

“Instead of submitting resumes through services like Workopolis, Craigslist and TalentEgg….”

(I would have used a real quote but the article isn’t online yet!)

Now you have to understand how eggciting this is for us. As much as we are not a job board in the same way that Workopolis and Craigslist are (and in fact, we usually adamently oppose any such comparisons), it is so cool to be included in the ranks of such successful career search services.

Thanks Katrina 🙂