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THE Thursday, January 23, 2014 Volume 51, Issue 17 NAIT YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPERNUGGET FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA NEXT STEP, A JOB Career Fair not only way to employment, see page 2 Photo by Josie Baerg LOOKING FOR A MATCH Employers and students get together at NAIT’s annual Career Fair, held Tuesday Jan 21 in the gym and north and south lobbies. Thousands of students attended to hear from 125 companies looking to hire qualified people. Ninety per cent of NAIT graduates find work within a few months of leaving the institute. 2 The Nugget Thursday, January 23, 2014 NEWS&FEATURES Small gesture, big step At first I panicked because my initial 12 months in ways that would make a dif- packing a Christmas box for Operation thought was “Oh great! I got a parking ference in someone else’s life since there Christmas Child because why not give it to ticket, it’s all I need” but instead, it was a are so many others who don’t have what we the ones that need it the most. note that said, “Dear stranger, I hope you have. As I’m sitting in the drive through at found some warmth in this cold snowy day! I invite you to read what I plan to do Tim Hortons, I will consider paying for the Have a lovely evening and good luck with for 2014 in making a difference. As my person behind me whereas in the past, it any finals you may have! From a fellow schedule permits, among the things I would never crossed my mind. I also want to make student.” Little did I know that something like to do is “give a cup of warmth.” One a change in my life and challenge myself to so little could mean so much. of my favourite stores, David’s Tea, has a do something I’ve never done before. A little gesture like that can turn your promotion on right now that if you buy a I know you are probably wondering, all KRYSTA MARTELL day right around. Not a lot of people think cup of tea they will give a cup of warmth this for a note? But it’s more than just that, Issues Editor to do something like that, me being one of to a local charity, which for Edmonton is it is the gesture and the thought that you @tweetsbykrysta them. With this thought in mind it triggered the Food Bank. My other plans include giv- brightened someone’s day. In the end, it is It was a cold, snowy, dark December my New Year’s resolution. At first, my ing back to the Heart and Stroke Founda- just a simple piece of paper that was left on day. I was approaching the end of a very resolution was pretty basic, like continuing tion, donating blood on June 14 as that is my windshield on that cold December day busy semester. All I had left was to finish to eat healthy, exercise and get a job in the national blood donor day, participating in and to the person who left it, I want to say some final projects and I would be on my broadcasting field. The thing was; I didn’t World Food Day, Earth Hour, as Edmon- thank you, because if it weren’t for that, I Christmas break. I walked to my car to find want to do anything differently. Then came ton is a finalist for the 2014 earth hour city never would have realized my New Year’s a piece of paper on my windshield. the idea that I would give back 12 times in challenge, donating to cancer research and resolution of giving back. Want a job? Check online By Dakota BARBER employer might be seeing when they stum- social networks personally and profession- resume and preparing for an interview. @dakotarbarber ble across you. If the first thing they see is ally, Hoang says. “Strike a balance!” Learning about different companies and Fifteen per cent of recruiters say they a photo of you double fisting Jäger Bombs, Even if you can sneeze on demand and their staff is important but be careful about have made a hire through Twitter, 26 per your education states that you attended recite every line from Stepbrothers, it’s best going overboard with your cyber research; cent through Facebook and 89 per cent Hogwarts and the last five of your posts are to only list skills that your target employer your future boss will likely be horrified if through LinkedIn, according to a 2012 Job- links to videos of girls falling down while will find useful on your LinkedIn profile. you tell them you love the shade of his or site survey. twerking – you may be at risk for plum- Another way to benefit is to follow her dog’s fur or that you think his newborn Simply searching the hashtag “job” meting to the bottom of their list or off it people online who are in the industry that baby looks just like his great aunt Lorraine. on Twitter brought me to over 40 post- altogether. you are aiming to work in. Whether it is While you want to be a little care- ings freshly tweeted in the previous five NAIT’s Digital Media Co-ordinator, the CEO or any other company represent- ful with it, using social networks you are minutes. There are a handful of Facebook Linda Hoang, feels there is a lot of oppor- atives, you’ll gain insight into their work already on to build your professional brand pages dedicated to posting different job tunity to find employment online. life and potentially pick up tips that will set is a pretty simple way to boost your chan- openings so job seekers can “like” the page “There’s no reason why you can’t use you apart when it comes to tailoring your ces of landing your dream job. and have postings conveniently delivered right to their feed. LinkedIn is a site designed specifically for connecting people together profession- ally, so it only makes sense to utilize each of these networks when you’re on the hunt for employment. Employers have started to take a new approach to filling open positions and that’s by going straight to the social net- works that their target audience can so fre- quently be found scrolling through. Social media can be so useful when it comes to job-hunting because you never know which of your 782 friends might have an uncle who has a friend who owns a business with a summer opening that fits exactly what you’re looking for ... you just have to let them know you’re looking. Now, keep in mind there is a major difference between “Yo, any1 no of any jobz?” and a well worded, to the point, status or tweet stating exactly what you’re looking for. A serious thought to keep in mind when using your social networks for Photo by Jesse Kushneryk professional reasons is what your future Online job hunting can be a useful way of finding employment. Thursday, January 23, 2014 NEWS & FEATURES The Nugget 3 The Nugget Room E-128B 11762–106 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2R1 Production Office 471-8866 www.thenuggetonline.com Editor-in-Chief Carly Robinson [email protected] Issues Editors Krysta Martell Richard Lukacs [email protected] Sports Editors Photo by Andra Nikolaev Bridgette Tsang Lineups like this one in the North Lobby should be a thing of the past with the new microwaves in the NAITrium. Connor Hood [email protected] Entertainment Editors Kyra Muller Quinton Berger Microwaves added [email protected] By ANDRA NIKOLAEV NAITSA has committed to answering by students has been very positive and Photo Editors NAIT students highly value food-related the needs of the students by purchasing 14 many are looking forward to the likelihood Jesse Kushneryk issues. It has been a constant battle to effi- new microwaves that will be available for of shorter lines. However some students Josie Baerg ciently heat up food around NAIT. This can use when classes commence after reading expressed that additional microwaves would [email protected] be due to the miss-matched ratio of high week on Feb. 24. be useful in the Fresh Express cafeteria, numbers of students in need of microwaves These microwaves will be added to the since it can get very busy there too. Addi- Online Editor to the low number of microwaves available. NAITrium due to the high concentration of tionally some noted that it would be nice if Baillie Scheetz According to NAIT Students’ Associa- students requiring this service in and around the new microwaves were put in a location online [email protected] tion President Jonathan Bilodeau, students that area. that is not closed for events or sometimes Production Manager have been demanding improvement to the Bilodeau said the cost of the project early, thus limiting access to the microwaves Frank MacKay microwave situation for some time now. amounts to approximately $35,000. Each located there. [email protected] Complaints have included: taking up to half industrial strength microwave costs $600, It seems as though NAITSA is certainly an hour to get through lineups at the micro- and the electrical work, cabinet construction, putting in great efforts to support and act Submissions encouraged: waves, microwaves not working as they dry walling, installation and other miscellan- on the requests of NAIT students, however [email protected] should anymore and taking most of lunch eous work adds up to about $25,000.