Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Journal.
3 Awesome Tips On Building a Digital Media Brand
Back in the day, if starting a media company ever popped into your mind, you would have quickly dismissed it as a crazy and futile endeavor. The business of media back in the day took more money to start than most of us make in a lifetime. Furthermore, the media industry back then was controlled by very powerful and influential people, and entering such an industry would have had taken connections, not just money.
By Andrea Dawson7 years ago in Journal
How To Succeed In A Business Environment As A Young Person
As a student, finding a summer job to earn money for the upcoming school year can be a troublesome task. Many students stick to jobs that are traditional "student" jobs, such as working at coffee shops, fast food restaurants, or at a camp. While these jobs are of course fine for thousands of students, I had the absolute pleasure of working with a fantastic Toronto-based company, which I will leave nameless as these steps can apply to a variety of business-type jobs. Here's how I had fun learning, meeting amazing people, and saving to pay for University while doing it.
By Justin Tavares7 years ago in Journal
How to Eliminate Safety Concerns in the Manufacturing Industry . Top Story - October 2017.
Workers in manufacturing industry risk their health and sometimes even life every time they step into the workplace. Even though there’s an entire science behind workplace safety and injury prevention in factories, accidents still happen daily, costing workers their health and employers their money. So, if you want to improve the safety of the working conditions in your company, here are the most important things you should pay attention to.
By Carolin Petterson7 years ago in Journal
Interview with Gaurav Sharma, Author of 'Gone are the Days'
Gaurav Sharma is an author that constantly seeks to improve himself and his writing. If he is not sleeping or eating, he is writing something. In turn, we, his audience, see something beautifully raw in the work he produces. His disposition might best be described as reserved, blunt, and meditative; this trifecta of traits has proved essential on both his literal and figurative life journeys, from New Delhi to Vancouver, from child to adulthood, from writing to card-carrying writer.
By Eric Green7 years ago in Journal
Federal Reserve Recently Boasted About a Robust US Job Market – Is This Fact or Fiction?
During a two-day, end-of-quarter series of meetings late last month, top officials at the US Federal Reserve unveiled their plans in the near future for managing the nation's economy.
By Victor Trammell7 years ago in Journal
5 Misconceptions About Missionary Life
When I decided to pack up my life and move to Baja California to teach at a school for the deaf, I was pretty sure I knew what I was getting myself into. Sure, I would be away from home. Separated from family for nine months at a time. Missing holidays like Thanksgiving and New Year's. But I hadn't lived with my family for four years, so I wasn't too worried about getting homesick for them. Friends? I was definitely going to miss them, but we had all just graduated college and would be going our separate ways regardless. Besides, life was about to become ALL about Jesus, so how could I possibly miss my ordinary American life? That was what pre-missionary Trish thought. Missionary Trish has learned a lot, failed a lot, grown a lot, and gained a lot of wisdom she didn't have before. Here are five of the biggest misconceptions I had before moving to Mexico, and what I've learned since being a teacher for three years and currently residing as a dorm mom...
By Trish Guinn7 years ago in Journal