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Not sure if that would be worth paying for all the training etc. There is a big chance I go back to school in January.


Any temp agencies around you? Worked great for me before I got a full salary job. Lots of real world experience and decent pay, plus if you're lucky you get some interesting stuff. I could tell you more about US franchise law than I ever wanted to know.
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Any temp agencies around you? Worked great for me before I got a full salary job. Lots of real world experience and decent pay, plus if you're lucky you get some interesting stuff. I could tell you more about US franchise law than I ever wanted to know.


Temp angencies? Not sure exactly what this is .
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Quote (dirTyMan @ Aug 21 2013 12:42am)
Temp angencies? Not sure exactly what this is .


Might be called something different in canada. Basically temp=temporary work. When businesses need someone to plug a hole while they're looking to hire someone permanently they will sometimes pay a temp agency to find it for them. How it works is:

You sign up with the temp agency and indicate what your skills are
Businesses submit jobs they need filled
The temp agency matches you together

It's not as good as full time employment but has a few advantages in that you will usually find jobs faster and it will give you a variety of experiences to put on your resume/CV. The downsides are that pay is usually lower because a lot of jobs will be hourly pay with no benefits (much better than minimum wage though), it's part time instead of full time, and it isn't always consistent to find something.

All of that said, I would still suggest trying it if you can find one, and just working the temp job while still looking for an entry level position. That's what I did, on day 11 of my law firm tasking I had an interview and got my current job. Without the temp work I would have made $0 for the 6 months I didn't have a full time job

I got a bunch of resume items on it too like experience drafting legal docs, economic forecasting, proctoring research experiments, using applied statistics to derive models, etc. My buddy Dave also got hired at the end of his temp because he did the job so well. You may have to weed through a couple jobs where you just do typing but those aren't bad

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Gaming accessories on sale on monoprice and they have a decent dual monitor stand: http://www.monoprice.com/promotions/?id=backtoschoolq32013gaming


Anyone taking advantage of this? I have a $10 off $30 that works with sales if anyone wants it. I don't have $30 of stuff I need and it expires 9/19. Only thing I might use it for is an hdmi splitter and even then probably not.

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Anyone taking advantage of this? I have a $10 off $30 that works with sales if anyone wants it. I don't have $30 of stuff I need and it expires 9/19. Only thing I might use it for is an hdmi splitter and even then probably not.


wtf so much cheap stuff. definitely gonna pick up some hdmi cords and usb wall chargers
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wtf so much cheap stuff. definitely gonna pick up some hdmi cords and usb wall chargers


It's wholesale, and I'll vouch for quality. You want the coupon code? Makes it even cheaper.

/e my buddy may be claiming it.

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It's wholesale, and I'll vouch for quality. You want the coupon code? Makes it even cheaper.


i dotn think they ship to eu which sucks

shipping is more expensive anyway lolz
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It's wholesale, and I'll vouch for quality. You want the coupon code? Makes it even cheaper.

/e my buddy may be claiming it.


yea thats ok. not sure if ill get 30$ worth or not
gotta wait will aug 30th to get a badass usb charger anyways
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yea thats ok. not sure if ill get 30$ worth or not
gotta wait will aug 30th to get a badass usb charger anyways


Gotcha. Yeah for cables the price is incredible. They sell at or near wholesale. Mounts I have found to be good quality as well. Idk about some of the super expensuce stuff like that 600 dollar monitor that is on sale though, just because I know their wheelhouse is cables, adapters, etc that are more generic and standardized design.
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