INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 14, 1989

 

 

 

 

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ARTS & HUMANITIES
GOOD NEWS:

Band instructors Blair Fisher,
Ron McKenzie and Robert
Caldwell deserve applause. The
Douglas College Band was the
Honour Band at the B.C. Music
Educators Conference in
Vancouver February 17 and 18.
Many former students came to
say hello to faculty at the
Douglas College display which
PIO assisted with.

Joyce Moore who voluntarily
constructed the Dragon costume
for Gwyneth Harvey’s Chinese
Children’s plays has been sent a
letter of recognition.

Frank Leonard of History
organized the Asia Pacific
Articulation Committee Meeting
at Douglas February 17. Reps
from colleges, universities,
BCIT, Burnaby North
Secondary School and the
Ministry attended.

March 10 the Western
Civilization 12 group of the
B.C. Social Studies Teacher
Association will hold their PD
Day at Douglas. Workshop
presenters include Richard
Kitson, Frank Leonard,
Christine Dewar, Michael Dunn,
Ralph Stanton. John Collins of
Maple Ridge Secondary has
been the organizer of this event.

 

APPOINTMENT OF
SECRETARY:

Peter Greenwood has
announced the appointment of a
Confidential Secretary to the
Office of the Bursar. The
successful applicant, Margaret
Murray, will be joining us to
replace Gena Ballantyne who
will be retiring on April 30,
1989. Welcome aboard,
Margaret.

CROWLEY PUBLISHED:

It has been brought to our
attention that English and
Communications faculty
member Gillian Crowley has
published an article in a new
collection of essays, Teacher as
Researcher. The article,
"Writing: Revising and
Composing", may be perused in
the English department seminar
room.

 

 

Jobs Continued

 

"Once you begin talking to
one person about work, they
stick their antennas out and lead
you one step closer to a job,"
she said, adding the importance
of "picking (their) brains" and
learning all you can about the
occupation where you’re inter-
ested in working.

Networking relies on timing,
persistence and dedication to the
job of finding a job, she said.

During interviews she sug-
gests taking the label off
yourself and speaking instead in
terms of what you’re good at.

"Instead of calling yourself
‘an accountant’, for instance,
say you’re a person who is good
with numbers, or a person who
is good with books."

She also advises job-searchers
to no longer look for the rules
(in the job-search game and
especially in who gets the job)
but to look for "exceptions to
the rules."

"If an employer says most
people hired have college
degrees, ask which people were
hired who didn’t have college
degrees."

Therefore, as well as tapping
the hidden job market, Haley’s
workshop helps participants tap
their hidden (marketable) talents.

"I see myself as a job-search
coach for the day, and people in
the workshop as a team of ‘ex-
ceptions to the rules,’ " she said.

The workshop is offered
Saturday, April 8, 9:30 am - 5
pm. The fee is $30. For more in-
formation and to register call
CP&S: 520-5479.

 

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