Career Buzz Podcast: Underemployed youth? Imagine what you'll gain by becoming an MP candidate! "After I get more experience," was the response 23-year-old Eleni MacDonald gave after receiving an email asking who was interested in becoming a candidate in this federal election (Sept. 30, 2105). However, after a 30-minute conversation with the Ontario Green Party [...]
September 9, 2015 Guest host Nicole Hamilton of Inica Dance Industries interviews Jon Dogterom of Cleantech Venture Services at MaRS, and Donna Sobers of Sobers & Associates. Jon Dogterom leads Cleantech Venture Services at MaRS, assisting innovative Ontario -based companies in growing their businesses. He is also part of the Management Board of the Advanced [...]
I love asking Career Buzz guests to name their top few strengths that help them be successful. Educator Amena Zafar (Aug. 19, 2015) gave a unique twist to a generic response: "Communication skills for influence, which is knowing what the bigger objective of your communication is, and making a plan to achieve that objective through communication." [...]
"If you are working you should get paid," Gokce Ucar told Career Buzz listeners (July 29, 2015) when I interviewed her in the Izmir airport on a recent trip to Turkey. When she graduated university, Gokce, like many Turkish new entrants to the job market, she reluctantly did an unpaid internship to get a toehold into [...]
What’s it like to live and work in Turkey? What are the pros and cons of teaching English there? As your travelling Career Buzz correspondent I took my recorder on a recent trip to Turkey. With an educational background in public relations and advertising, Gokce Ucar began working in the hospitality industry in the resort [...]
"Skateboarding and some great teachers changed my whole life," Jay Mandarino, CEO of CJ Group of Companies, told Career Buzz listeners (June 17, 2015). As a child Jay had many problems and almost didn't make it. But skateboarding "helped me learn self-confidence and to believe myself."Confined to bed after an injury in his early 20s Jay [...]
Benjamin Guth loves making a difference so when the rules for Canada's temporary foreign worker program changed, Benjamin started MobilizeJobs.ca to put unemployed Canadian youth to work. He told Career Buzz listeners (May 27, 2015), "I get to send them on adventures. It's probably the most fun I've ever had in my life." How the [...]
When Dr. Marcia Sirota was "too nice" she lost sight of her own wants and needs, and her personal life fell apart. That led her to shift her psychiatry practice, and found the Ruthless Compassion Institute to focus on the "nice versus kind" conundrum. "People go to extremes in how they deal with themselves and each [...]
Career Buzz Podcast: Are you a mountain or a leaf? "We often get lost in our head when we're trying to change things in our lives and communities," Lodro Rinzler told Career Buzz listeners (April 26, 2015). Author of The Buddha Walks into the Office, Lodro spoke about the importance of meditation to help you "come [...]
The Canadian Council for Career Development (CCCD) released their findings for the Career Development Challenge. CCCD found that while participants are eager to be satisfied in their careers, they aren’t sure how to access information and resources that could help them. Career development professionals are well positioned to bridge that gap to ensure Canadians are happy, [...]
