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Skeptical?… Of course! How could it be otherwise?…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: March 6, 2010
It is about time I sit down and write a post!… Unfortunately, the end of fiscal in the PSC is always a very hectic period for me… therefore I can hardly find time to do anything else, but prepare candidates for their SLE testing. It is also the end of fiscal for my own business [...]
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The PSC Hiring Process: A bitter sweet love affair on a roller coaster!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: February 5, 2010
Once again, I have been too busy lately to write a post… requests for training and preparing people to take the SLE tests are pouring in endlessly… and I had to run last minute marathons with the ones who woke up a bit too late in the process… useless to mention that they are devastated [...]
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Back in town and ready to tackle 2010 demands!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 9, 2010
I have been away from my blog for almost one month!…  Hopefully everyone had a great Holiday Season and forgot about the PSC SLE testing for a couple of weeks… Did I? Not really… because I knew that three of my trainees had to work on preparing their oral interaction exams that will be held [...]
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