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Archive for June 2009

You Guys Did Cross Your Fingers For Me!

Posted by: Paige on: June 30, 2009

Golly gee. You guys must’ve crossed your fingers when I asked you to b/c today when I woke up I got an email from the researchers at HWI saying that they were interested in speaking to me. When I read the email, my heart was racing and my breathing quickened. Finally! An interview (phone). That’s [...]

The Question About Post Docs

Posted by: Paige on: June 30, 2009

Having reduced my ridiculously large backlog of job emails, today was the day I was going to attack the forwards that NS emailed me with regards to post doctoral positions. The question that went through my head while sifting through these post doc listings was whether or not I should remain in one area of [...]

How Do You Land That First Job?

Posted by: Paige on: June 29, 2009

Today I finally got around to reducing the ridiculously large amount of email that I had sitting in my Inbox. I get a lot of updates from my LinkedIn groups and they have job postings. I went though all the emails to see what job postings I was qualified or semi-qualified for. I ended up [...]

Saturday Productivity

Posted by: Paige on: June 27, 2009

Usually during weekends, is when I tend to take time off from job searching and application. It’s usually b/c kendo takes up most of my Saturday, and also the other reason being that I want to spend some time w/ N. However, today was unlike the other Saturdays and I’m quite pleased with myself. I [...]

Playing Catch Up

Posted by: Paige on: June 26, 2009

Having lost motivation close to convocation and shortly after, I decided today will be the day that I play catch up. After all, it’s been a few weeks since I’ve checked Workopolis and Monster and some usual company websites. I spent a considerable amount of time time sifting through the latest job postings and ended [...]

I am a Blank Paige

Posted by: Paige on: June 26, 2009

“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.” – Douglas Pagels
I’m fresh out of grad school and armed with a Ph.D in Biochemistry. I am ready to take on the world.  I defended six months [...]



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