Ashley Good on learning from failure Starting from a side project taking over the leadership of the Engineers without Borders failure report, Ashley Good (Career Buzz, March 11, 2015) founded the world's first failure consultancy, Fail Forward. How did it start? She came back from a troubled overseas project and when she got back "the only [...]
Hear the Podcast: Tom Zizys on fixing our dysfunctional employment market and why you should stop blaming yourself "Canadians have answered the call," economist Tom Zizys told Career Buzz listeners (Feb. 11, 2015). "We have a large proportion of people with college and university degrees," said Zizys, a Metcalf Foundation Fellow, but they're "working in entry [...]
"My inner voice was speaking loudly saying, 'you don't want to do this for the rest of your life,'" Kate Hilton told Career Buzz listeners (Jan. 7, 2015). She realized leaving her law career "would become more and more difficult. I didn't want to be the frog boiling in the water." Kate's working identity was [...]
Please join us for our presentation at Cannexus15, on Tues. Jan. 27, 2015 Block 5 / Tues. 2 - 3.30pm / Room 201 / Ottawa Convention Centre / Register at http://cannexus.ca/ SESSION DESCRIPTION: Career professionals deserve to be influential in helping lifelong learners navigate increasingly frequent transitions. We need tools that promote clarification of career and life choices, [...]
Hear the career stories of lawyer-turned-novelist Kate Hilton, and social-worker-turned-tour-leader Michael Kerman. Law wasn't 'it' for Kate Hilton. But novel writing didn't look like it would pan out either -- until her first book 'The Hole in the Middle,' was picked up as Walmart's read-of-the-month. Michael Kerman loves leading his trips to Cuba, a third [...]
"On the road there’s a lot of off time," former touring-musician, Mike Kirsh, told Career Buzz listeners (Dec. 31, 2014), and that's when his side projects began to fill the gap. After shooting video during the day, Mike, the bass player, said, "I picked up the camera and just started editing on the bus. I'd create [...]
Hear the career story of touring-musician-turned-video-editor. Plus, learn the 3 kinds of employee engagement. Mike Kirsh played bass for The Midway State, touring and producing records for six years. What happens when you want to leave music? Hear Mike's journey to satisfying work as a video editor. Plus, hear Sean Fitzpatrick of Talent Map on [...]
Naguib Gouda had been working in financial services while at the same time volunteering for non-profits on the side. But, as he told Career Buzz listeners (Dec. 10, 2014), "what I was doing was not enough." Then, 12 years ago when his daughter was six months old, Naguib said, "she gave me courage to make that [...]
December 24, 2014 https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/InoNat-2014.mp3 Click to listen or Download Innovation Nation version of Career Buzz hosted by Stephen Armstrong featuring Lee-Anne Macalear, expert on innovation at York University, and Lee Harris-Fowll on innovation in the Government of Canada.
Naguib Gouda is President of Career Edge and a staunch advocate for paid internships. Naguib and Career Edge are dedicated to helping new graduates and internationally qualified professionals successfully launch and advance their career through paid internships. Sydney Helland is the Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Career Edge. Leveraging her education and transferable skills [...]
