Introducing: Nathan Fenn
Title: Internship Coordinator and Program Officer
Upon completion of his undergraduate degree in South Asian Studies from Concordia University, Nathan spent four years in South Korea and Japan teaching ESL to adults and children between 2003 and 2007. Feeling the need to return to return to Canada, he enrolled in Humber College’s post-graduate certificate in International Development program (formerly known as International Project Management) where he was lucky to gain overseas development work experience in Bangladesh and Haiti. Since then, he has worked in Canada for TD Private Banking as a Business Analyst and War Child Canada as an Office Administrator, and he is currently working at Humber College as an Internship Coordinator and Program Officer.
Advice:
As with any job search, make sure you stay positive and persistent and take full advantage of events that can enable you to meet people who will point you in the direction of a hiring manager. Carry out a lot of research on organizations that you’d like to work for and drop by their offices to get a feel for the culture; if it’s an unhappy place, you likely won’t be happy working there. Finally, if you’re not feeling confident with your interview skills, find an organization that will conduct mock interviews with you. Your former place of study or government run agencies should be able to assist you with this.
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