The beginning of business studies.

I tell you what happened to me in my studies from the CEGEP until the opening of my own business.

Choice 1 : Cegep.

Choice 2 : Stage.

Choice 3 : University.

Choice 4 : Company opening.

Cegep.

Throughout my time in the CEGEP was not that complicated, because I was organized. But towards the end of the fifth semester, when there are the most projects, revision for exams and a lot of submissions of major school projects. I prepared to well for this session, I had decided to organize myself and make a calendar to organize my work time and not accumulate everything. Even with all the precautions that I took with the online courses, I had more projects to submit, it was hell. I lacked sleep. I was tired during class and sometimes I slept. I did everything to succeed. The efforts I had made paid off. I had passed my session with good marks for my trade management technique.

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Stage.

During the sixth session, I had an internship to do in a company to be able to be familiar with the world in which I wanted to enter after my studies. I was accepted to do my internship at Walmart. I remember at the beginning, the manager of Walmart at the beginning gave me training for the department where he was going to put me and after this training he tested me and gave me the position of manager of the dairy product department. At that time, I was juggling between the lessons of my last session and my internship which took up a large part of my time. I had even succeeded in impressing the managers because I had succeeded in making sure to sell products which were not very popular for the customers which had increased the sales of the store compared to this department. He even suggested that I come and work as manager of the fresh produce department after my CEGEP studies if I had the diploma. But, I remember back then there was the covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, I had this virus which made me delay the internship and had to do it again the next year. As the studies were still online, I had fallen behind on this side.

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University.

I returned to university in Operations and Logistics Engineering at UQAM. At that time, I was studying, and I was working as a manager in the fresh produce department to pay for my studies. It was really hard to be able to swing between studies and work especially since at that time, the Covid pandemic was starting to disappear because of the vaccine. The studies were hybrid, half at home and half at school. In the third session, I decided to quit my job as manager and find a part-time job. I had found a job in human resource management that was well-paid. The job interview was really tough because there were a lot of people who wanted this job. I was chosen because of my experience as a manager. I passed my university, but for several months I had not managed to find a job at the level of my diploma which forced me to stay in my old job in human resource management.

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Company opening.

For months, I was looking for a job at the level of my diploma. At one point, I decided to start my business. I had to save money when I was working and also with a loan in the bank. I first decided to take training for e-commerce. I started with the e-commerce training and the knowledge I acquired as a manager and human resource management give me an advantage. I had started a sportswear and shoe business as a footlocker. I had succeeded in having agreements from several companies to be able to have their product. The company had been so successful in Canada that I even succeeded with the money I earned from the business of opening several branches. Unfortunately, there was a huge economic crisis that affected the whole world which meant that people could no longer afford my products.

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