I had a decent job working as a dispatcher for a local trucking company and a friend of mine was going to NAIT's Open House in '97 and suggested that I go with him. I've been out of school since May of '99. I have since moved on to Manpower Services where I work as Bilingual Staffing Specialist. The hands-on instruction provided focuses on the latest technological trends and on current managerial and administrative concepts, in addition to the development of effective communication skills in both English and French. The learning model selected, that of Cooperative Programming, offers relevant paid training opportunities which better respond to the needs of both the student and business.
Skilled workers are in high demand in every field.
The great thing about marketing is that it's so broad, I mean, you can go into sales or advertising or even e-commerce. It's kind of funny because I graduated with a Marketing Diploma and here I am working mostly in Human Resources. My job at Manpower requires me to help with the intake process for the new Ford Credit Call Centre positions, mainly on the bilingual positions. The Call Centre is set to open in the fall of 2000 or the spring of 2001 and will seat close to 600 people. The skills that have served me best since leaving NAIT have definitely been my computer skills.