June 19, 2016 3:42 pm Leave your thoughts
I work in forestry; it accounts for half of every dollar generated in British Columbia. That’s a lot but doesn’t actually surprise me considering practically half of everyone I know in Quesnel works in forestry and every time I look outside I see nothing but key word “forest”! I work with trees at Quesnel Plywood everyday but that isn’t enough for me.
June 19, 2016 9:26 am Leave your thoughts
During my second week at Canfor I got a chance to sit with our Talent Acquisition (TA) team. At first I was a little upset that I had to leave my desk in Learning & Leadership because I had my own phone with my name on it, which I thought was really cool (it’s the little things in life right?).
June 19, 2016 9:17 am Leave your thoughts
Before starting this week’s blog, I would like to start off giving a shout out to all the other Green Dream interns. I encourage you all to check out the blogs from the other interns if you haven’t already done so. Stefano for example is not only writing but also hand illustrating comic strips in his blog. I am excited to see what other content you all come up with in the next couple months.
June 17, 2016 9:40 am Leave your thoughts
Today marks a month working here at Northwood. It is also the day I realized hey yunno what? I think I can actually do this whole work thing. In fact I might actually like it better than school. The staff here at Northwood has been extremely welcoming, from showing me around different parts of the mill to the entertaining lunch room conversations.
June 17, 2016 9:28 am Leave your thoughts
I always knew forestry was amongst the most dangerous jobs. It just never really seemed that way. We’re all provided levels and levels of training. I have knowledge and skills now to do things I never imagined I’d be capable of doing.
In my mind, I saw forestry as dangerous mostly because of the wildlife you can encounter,