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Post-Secondary Career Fairs The University of Calgary’s Geomatics Expo is an example of a postsecondary career fair. Here companies have booths and accept resumes from students looking for summer jobs, internships and post-graduation work. The main purpose of the ABCLS booth here is to let students know about opportunities and answer questions about the articling process in BC. Other attendees may be first year engineering students that haven’t decided what stream to
pursue and may not know anything about surveying. Professionals from other jurisdictions also attend to see what opportunities exist. Directing people to the ABCLS career page is a great way to show what is currently out there, and personal experience of being a BCLS is all you need to keep people’s attention. Hopefully this article has given you a better idea of what happens at each career fair and what you can do to be most effective and enjoy your time. We do not expect huge results from these
fairs, but if one student enters land surveying from it we have done our job. You never know if the one student you spend five minutes with may thank you in the future. Personally I would like to thank Bronwyn Denton, Mark Cahill, John Armstrong and Chris de Haan, all of whom I met at career fairs and were instrumental in my deciding to move to BC and obtain my BCLS. ✥
New Commissions Zheng Tong, BCLS# 1011 Zheng was commissioned on Dec 6, 2019 in Prince George by Shauna Goertzen. Zheng was born and raised in the city of Yibin in China. Combining technology and statutes made the profession of surveying an appealing career choice. Special thanks to Jim Sutherland, David Gosling, Anna Niraz and Katie Hannah for their help along the way. As a first generation immigrant Zheng sincerely appreciates everyone who has shown their support. He is very proud and feels that land surveying is a great platform for him to prove his worthiness. Shauna Goertzen & Zheng Tong
Zheng enjoys family time with his wife and children. He likes to hit the gym, and listening to audiobooks on a wide range of topics is how he likes to improve himself.
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