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I teach you how to build a career with your humanities or liberal arts degree.

Joined March 2020
Permissionless projects are the secret sauce to early-career momentum. 🚀 Nobody wants to hire a grad just waiting for someone to hand them an opportunity. They want to see things like:
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- real work samples - professional growth in action - trust signals that you're constantly learning Do your own projects. Start a blog. Write ad copy that your favourite brands should have run. Anything to start. You can keep scrolling or you can start making it happen. 🎬
Awesome opportunity for @KingsAtWestern students to learn from @EmployHistorian ! @history_kings @KUCSC @KUCalumni
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PSA for historians: People love history. No one outside professionals cares about historiography.
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Underrated skill: Deciding what *not* to do
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We have 60 full & part-time, contract and summer positions on the ⁦@kingsatwestern⁩ Job Board powered by our ⁦partner ⁦@Knighthtr⁩ ⁦@LondonEDC⁩ ⁦@KUCSC⁩ ⁦@KUCIntl⁩ ⁦⁦@KingsResLife⁩ kingsjobboard.ca/
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Just occurred to me that this week marks the start of my 21st year as #History professor @kingsatwestern. Factor in my four years as a student here = a quarter century. #Blessed to do what I love at my alma mater. #feelslikehome #grateful @history_kings
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This is a gentle reminder that punctuation goes inside the quotation marks 😌
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Reading tons of books won’t help you get more self-confident. You need to put yourself out there, take risks, make mistakes, learn and iterate, achieve difficult goals.
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RETWEET if you still have nightmares sometimes about a long-ago, toxic work situation
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Did you know that it’s actually possible for you to say, “I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion”
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These are our obligations as human beings… Carry your own weight Realize your potential Stand up to bullies Enjoy the gift of life Leave this place better than you found it
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Guess what happens when you click on Loser.com? 🤣
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Today we launch The King’s Promise, a signature program designed to guarantee students meaningful employment within their first 6 months post-graduation. It will be built on the 3-pillar promise: a promise to students, to employers, and to the community. kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/med…
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Too real.
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Super excited to be a part of it! This is what schools need to be thinking about for student success in 2020.
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If you’re still wearing a mask, washing your hands, and staying away from people, please share this because sometimes people try to make me feel like I’m overreacting.
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