Summary: WYGU
What do you want to be ?
Hello. So last week I headed over to Learning without Frontiers
2012 after a tip off that this was an event WYGU ought to be at.
LWF 12 is a ‘compelling exploration of our learning futures’,
which, whilst sounding a little wooly, is a pretty accurate
description of what I saw. Some of the worlds most innovative
Date Published: Feb 01, 2012 - 8:03 am
So here it is; 2012 -the wonder year. At WhenYouGrowUp HQ we see
this as a very VERY big year. The one where we mushroom, where our
fungi mushrooms, then where our mushroomed fungi explodes,
everywhere, virally and intravenously. It’s going to be messy…
Building on what we’ve learnt over the last year since we launched
in Beta,
Date Published: Jan 05, 2012 - 6:57 am
Start with a song my Dad always said, and it is Saturday, so here
are the Saturdays, take it away girls: It’s been a hell of a week
at WYGU HQ. The newsletter went out, highlighting why WYGU.com
leads on focussed career discussions. We featured fascinating
insights from our very own Sherlock Holmes; Karl Harrison (who’s
Date Published: Nov 22, 2011 - 9:27 am
The WYGU jet is homeward bound (maybe one day…), and the jury’s out
across the pond; WYGU works A bit silophophophical this one,
philophosical, I mean philosophical. There, knew I could spell it.
Right now I’m cruising back to blighty, hoping the sun is still out
when I get home. Yes, my father has informed me
Date Published: Oct 05, 2011 - 6:24 pm
So….where are we right now?? Well, WYGU.com has been undergoing
some inner and outer development. We’re about to launch our biggest
ever period of outreach, including something we’re very excited
about, the World Grad School Tour, which will take in Graduate
events in New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, LA, San Francisco,
Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto….. We’re
Date Published: Aug 30, 2011 - 7:46 am
Hello Guys and Girls It’s raining outside here in London, and i’m
bored at an Apple store waiting for my phone to get fixed (I never
told them I dropped it in the sand -shame on me!)…so I thought i’d
put pen to paper and update you all on what’s happening in and
around WYGUville. We’ve seen
Date Published: Jul 08, 2011 - 10:13 am
Hey WYGU pioneers! Because of you and your input, our community is
developing fast, as is our ability to help you achieve your career
goals. As a thank you, we’re offering a 8 free places on the
kickstartcareers.co.uk ‘How to find the right career path for you’
eProgramme which is designed for people who
Date Published: May 03, 2011 - 6:58 am
So…..(sustained drumroll)….. the WYGU internship started whoop
whoop!!! and we’ve around 35 hopefuls using our platform to shake
up their CV, and ours. I’ve spoke to most of the guys and girls,
and i’m well excited about their excitement. That’s a lot of
excitement (they really are keen) -yesterday 9 of the them, and me
and
Date Published: Mar 22, 2011 - 11:23 am
Pssst! Do you want to know a secret??? WYGU’s ‘Secret Project’,
where we placed 6 job ads in a variety of publications to recruit
people to do their dream job for a day, has now been unveiled! The
project was in fact a video shoot with a difference where all the
applicants combined their array of skills
Date Published: Nov 10, 2010 - 10:25 am
So our Secret Project is now complete and no longer so secret! We
thought we’d go behind the scenes and find out a bit more about the
successful carpenter, strongman, Irish dancer, physiotherapist,
hair stylist and graffiti artist and let them tell their story…
Ever dreamed of doing one of these jobs? Let us know and go
Date Published: Nov 04, 2010 - 8:26 am