May 29, 2015 10:09 am 1 Comment
As the first week of May kicked off so did my much anticipated start date as a summer student working for West Fraser Mills at their Williams Lake Plywood mill Woods Division. I had only been to Williams Lake a few times before moving here, and after living here for 2 weeks I am thoroughly impressed with what the city has to offer,
May 29, 2015 10:07 am 1 Comment
Hi! My name is Jeremy Woo, and I’m a human resources student at Tolko’s corporate office in Vernon, British Columbia.
I’m not exactly who you might envision as someone who landed an awesome job in the forest products industry. I’m a 20-year old business student at the University of Calgary, in the heart of oil country.
May 29, 2015 10:05 am Leave your thoughts
I am thrilled to be back in Whitecourt to begin my second summer as a roads summer student with Millar Western Forest Products. Last year, my work consisted primarily of GPS mapping all of the roads that Millar Western owns under road lease agreements. Selected as a Green Dream Intern, I blogged about my work and travel experiences; for those who are interested,
May 29, 2015 10:04 am 2 Comments
The moment I found out about the Green Dream Scholarship I knew it was my time to show the world what the forest product sector is all about. Some of you will like that I almost titled this article ‘Know your f**king business’; However, it will please most of you that I did not go with that. Most wouldn’t be comfortable submitting a blog with such an honest title knowing their superiors would be reading it.
May 29, 2015 10:02 am 2 Comments
In October of 2014 I applied for a job with Weyerhaeuser, which had been brought to my attention through my school Lakehead University. After prepping, reconstructing and revising my resume I sent it off to Weyerhaeuser in hopes of landing an interview and hopefully a potential summer job. To my surprise, exactly one week later I received an email with regards to setting up a interviews with
representatives from the Drayton Valley and the Grand Prairie Alberta locations.