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Resume tips for Computer Science/Software Engineering students

By Tara | Published: November 5, 2011
I recently attended a career fair to recruit soon-to-be college graduates for my company. Having attended a university where it was drilled into us from the very first week of our first year of university how to write a resume, I found some of the same issues with the resumes that my school told us [...]
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How to Replace a Canadian Passport That Wandered Away

By Tara | Published: September 30, 2010
So, um, my Canadian passport managed to wander away from my possession recently. For me, this presented an interesting problem because I don’t live in Canada and I am currently traveling in a third country. During the process of applying for a new passport, I was very grateful for the following things: 1. I speak [...]
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Travel Tips

By Tara | Published: September 16, 2010
Today, I gave someone a random travel tip and I started thinking about some of the other things that I do to prepare for longer-term traveling (3 weeks or more). Some of my tips assume that you’re traveling for an extended period of time while maintaining your home residence. Currency Obtain some destination currency, say [...]
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