“Being in all the different places you get a taste for culture and you get a taste for not just the work that you’re doing, but the people that are there and I really wanted to find an environment that I could really grow in,” said the knowledgeable job seeker who was back home in Calgary packing for next week’s move to Montreal. She also said, “You invest a ton of money into an education; you should be able to invest it into your future job too. If you’re taking a job for the next five to 10 years of your life, you want to make sure it’s the right one. Be persistent and really search for what you want to do.”
This is crazy knowing that she got 47 job offers in 112 days. About 13% of Canadian youth don't even have a job when she can accomplish this? As impressive as this sounds, I don't think that I would be able to handle what she does with her ProjectONE12 creation. Her having the effort and the motivation to be travelling all over the continent as an intern and having a lot of success does say a lot of great things about her. If I were in her position, I wouldn't go as far as she did as to go across the continent. At $10.25 an hour, minimum wage is too high for Ontario and that results in low employment and higher prices. New York State has minimum wage of 7.25 an hour which means minimum wage is 41% higher in Ontario. The system works against small businesses who could hire more folks if the minimum wage and payroll tax burdens were reduced. I think that this is the reason why Beyond the Rack can accommodate 300 employees.
Link:
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1201971--super-intern-maeghan-smulders-lands-47-job-offers-and-one-job-after-112-day-speed-interning-spree
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