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Our Team
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Name Role Department/Ministère Biography
Audrey-Anne Racine Co-Chair Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Audrey-Anne Racine (Elle/She/Her) works as a Human Resources Advisor and her tasks are mainly focused on the needs of the students. She is the National Student Ambassador at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and co-chair of GC Students. Audrey-Anne completed her bachelor's degree in Industrial Relations and Human Resources in 2020 and is in the process of obtaining a master's degree in project management from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. She got her first public service job as a student in 2019, then went through the student bridging process in May 2021. Some fun facts about Audrey-Anne: we nickname this former swimmer A2, her cat is called Toupie and she always mixes between the word Tuesday and Thursday.
Tharshika Tharmasingam Co-Chair Shared Services Canada (SSC) Adventurous - Opportunity seeking - Free-spirited

Tharshika Tharmasingam is dedicated to advocate for students in the public service. While currently completing her bachelors degree in Human Resource Management at Concordia University in the faculty of John Molson School of Business (JMSB) in Montreal, QC, she is a human resources administrative assistant and a student ambassador for the Student Hub in the Agora Network at Shared Services Canada (SSC). She also was part of a competition committee at her school’s faculty (John Molson Competition Committee) and won first and third place in inter-provincial competitions such as les Jeux du Commerce (JDC) and HR Sympo in 2021. One of her most proud achievements is having the opportunity to be the Co-Chair of GC Students. GCStudents is the voice of students and as co-chiar, Tharshkia is empowered to take action on their behalf to make the GC better; she’s here to make a difference. Her aim is to build change together and contribute to the greater good of the organization and of the students through creativity and innovative thoughts. This builds a bond among students and creates sensitization and sense of belonging in the federal government.

Tina Varvaresos Student Outreach Ambassador Canada Border Services Agency ( CBSA) Tina Varvaresos (Her/She/Elle) is a Senior Program Analyst working at the CBSA in Trade. She has two degrees and her background lies in stakeholder outreach and engagement, strategic planning, and program development. Side of desk, Tina is passionate about all things future of work, workplace wellness, and mental health advocacy. She's a Student Outreach Ambassador for GC Students and the Federal Youth Network, an active collaborator with FlexGC, and is working to launch a Student Network at the CBSA! She believes in the power of networking and being yourself, and strives to empower students to advocate for themselves and their own careers.  Outside of work, you'll probably find Tina Greek dancing, cooking, working out, or dreaming about all the cats she'd like to adopt. Don't ever hesitate to reach out to Tina on Twitter or LinkedIn - she'd love to chat!
Employment - Tips and Tricks
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Definitions - Hiring Process

Note: Students are not considered to be members of the public service.

  • Advertised: Job postings on GC Jobs.
    • External: persons belonging to the public service and others.
    • Internal: persons belonging to the public service (students sometimes included).
  • Non-advertised: Job postings are not posted (Word of mouth).
    • External: Everyone excepted the persons belonging to the public service.
    • Internal: persons belonging to the public service.


Types of employment

Our tips and tricks!
  1. Learn more about the occupational group that applies to you and in which you are starting to begin your career.
    • This is the group you will belong to when you start your career in the public service (after your education / student job).
    • Ask your colleagues! They will be able to help you!
  2. Network
    • Participate in activities and committees to expand your contact network (Federal Youth Network, GC Students)
    • Contact the resource persons in job offers on GC Jobs.
    • Go to GC directory, search for departments that interest you, and search for keywords or branches that interest you.
      • Get in touch with managers.
      • Tip: Start a conversation and find things in common with the person, don't ask for a job right away.
      • Tip: Learn about cold emailing techniques to communicate with someone for the first time. Improve your solicitation technique and learn from your communication mistakes.
  1. Learn more about the Student Bridging process.
  2. View job offers on GC Jobs, Career Marketplace : GCconnex, Facebook groups (see below), etc..
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