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Top Talent: UBC’s Sauder School of Business graduate Marina Tran-Vu

Top Talent: UBC’s Sauder School of Business graduate Marina Tran-Vu

Marina Tran-Vu graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business in 2010 with a Bachelors of Commerce with a focus in marketing. She is currently working as a media planning assistant for Cossette Communications.

Top Talent: Schulich international business student Timothy Mark

Top Talent: Schulich international business student Timothy Mark

Timothy Mark won Schulich’s 2010 The Apprentice competition by creating marketing strategies for General Mills, Maple Leaf and Kraft, and was a finalist in the Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec competition.

Top Talent: University of Toronto business student Vicky Zhao

Top Talent: University of Toronto business student Vicky Zhao

Vicky Zhao, a student in the University of Toronto co-op bachelor of business administration management program with a specialization in marketing, competed in the Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec competition this spring. Zhao describes herself as highly organized, dedicated, scrupulous and an avid list-maker. She grew up in China and South Africa as well as here in Canada.

Top Talent: Capilano University business student and “marketing guru” Brad Hallwood

Top Talent: Capilano University business student and “marketing guru” Brad Hallwood

Brad Hallwood, a fourth-year business administration student at Capilano University in Vancouver, was recently a finalist in the Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec competition and pictures himself as a future advertising account executive.

Top Talent: Haris Saeed is an over-achieving entrepreneurial risk taker

Top Talent: Haris Saeed is an over-achieving entrepreneurial risk taker

Haris Saeed has gone sky diving, speed water rafting and solo backpacking, but he’s no lone wolf: he’s also raised thousands of dollars for charity, worked as a volunteer to help kids with challenging lifestyles, and tries to be as social as possible by getting to know new people all the time.

Top Talent: Collaboration and open information is key for economics grad Brian Alkerton

Top Talent: Collaboration and open information is key for economics grad Brian Alkerton

Brian Alkerton, a recent York University economics grad who co-founded #GenYOTT and now works in social media, eventually sees himself educating public and private sector employees about the benefits of collaboration and sharing information.

Top Talent: Regis Dudley gets the word out about why she’s an awesome candidate

Top Talent: Regis Dudley gets the word out about why she’s an awesome candidate

Regis Dudley is the kind of student who “gets” how valuable extra-curricular activities and volunteer experience are in her industry.

Top Talent: Second-year Queen’s commerce student Laura Christiansen

Top Talent: Second-year Queen’s commerce student Laura Christiansen

In the second instalment of our Top Talent series, we’re featuring Laura Christensen, a second-year commerce student at Queen’s University.

Meet our Top Talent Series guinea pig, Mark DesJardine

Meet our Top Talent Series guinea pig, Mark DesJardine

“I’m not trying to be arrogant, overconfident or condescending by any means . . . I just truly feel that I have contributed 100% of myself over the past few years of my life and now there is an opportunity to write about it (and possibly be heard).”

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