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- ↑ Tag Goulet (6 November 2007). "Why bad employees don't get fired". CNN. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ Tag and Catherine Goulet (28 February 2005). "Answering the 'biggest weakness' question in interviews" (PDF). Metro News. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ Goodreads. "Books by Tag Goulet". Goodreads. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- 1 2 Leslie Strudwick. "Tag Goulet's career is absolutely fabulous". University of Calgary. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Goulet Director of "International Association of Professions (IAP) Career College". The Globe and Mail. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "AMI Indigenous Scholarships (IAP Career College)". IAP College. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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