Last month I introduced the first of a four-part series of career tips. Building off of my last post, here is the second half of my top ten tips for networking and building your personal brand: 6. You only get one chance to make a first impres...

In my role as Campus Recruiting Lead for Accenture in Canada, I often get asked for career tips or recommendations on topics such as how to make a good impression with an employer; apply for a role or prepare for an interview. I thought it would be ...

By now you are either on reading week or preparing for it in the upcoming weeks. What are your plans? Vacation? Sleep? Getting caught up on school work? Preparing for summer jobs and fall recruiting? I would of course, vote for the last option!   ...

I've spent my entire life in this city; I was raised in Toronto and attended university in Toronto. When it came time to join the workforce, I joined Accenture — in Toronto. For my first client, I was staffed on a local project — in Toronto. Two...

In my experience, I think it can be said that a lot of people consider entering the consulting profession because they love to travel. I was certainly one of those people, one that got bored easily in one city and was always looking for the next o...

Wow! Is it December already? Where did the time go?   After flying 30,000 miles, staying in 26 hotels and eating lots of airline food, I’m home! It was such a pleasure to meet so many of you on campus over the past few months. Finally putting a ...

Welcome back! Hard to believe the summer is over but I hope you are ready for an exciting fall. My team has been hard at work over the past few months gearing up for our fall campus tour and we can’t wait to get on-campus to meet with you and shar...

I am often amazed at the number of students that wait until the last minute to apply to positions they see online. What you may not realize is that in some cases a qualified candidate who applied earlier than you may have already been interviewed an...

Thirty sets of eyes were trained on me as I stood up to tell the audience how they should do their jobs differently. I was in the Brazil offices of our multi-national client, presenting a newly designed IT Operating model to a set of seasoned IT a...

It’s summertime so I know many of you are hard at work at your summer positions, but before you know it, summer will be over. Graduating next year? Are you ready to head back to campus and start your job search?   The Accenture campus team is hard...