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What can you learn from the edge of town to enrich your career and life?

Interesting people, unusual sights, sounds and smells, and serendipitous experiences show up in the transitional area between city and countryside. See for yourself  in this short video we made last week on the outskirts of a town in Nicaragua, when we were leading the CareerCycles ‘enriching lives and careers trip.’ Metaphorically, the edge of town is [...]

March 5th, 2012|0 Comments

From Despair & Exclusion to Accessing Employment through Education

Feb 22, 2012 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2012-2-22.mp3 Click to Listen or Download How can education move you from despair & exclusion to accessing employment & career happiness? In this Feb. 22 edition of Career Buzz, we explore three stories of the zigzagging paths to employment and career happiness among people who’ve experienced mental health challenges, leading up to George [...]

February 27th, 2012|0 Comments

Cycling Toward Career Happiness

Feb 8, 2012 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2012-2-8.mp3 Click to Listen or Download How can a demonstrated interest lead to career happiness? In this Feb. 8 edition of Career Buzz, we explore one demonstrated interest, in cycling, and how it has led to satisfying careers in the lives of our five guests... Cycling has always been a part of Kristin [...]

February 9th, 2012|0 Comments

Under the Influence of Terry O'Reilly

Jan 18, 2012 [podcast]https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2012-1-18.mp3[/podcast] Click to Listen or Download Terry O'Reilly says 'embrace the obstacle!' Award winning advertising and marketing expert, Terry O’Reilly, author of "The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture," and host of “Under the Influence” on national CBC radio joined Career Buzz host Mark Franklin (pictured together at left) for a feature conversation. [...]

January 18th, 2012|0 Comments

Fragile or Strong? Career Management in Canada & Internationally

Jan 11, 2012 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2012-1-11.mp3 Click to Listen or Download Increasingly, governments around the world are seeing the economic and social value of career services, but in Canada and internationally, these services remain fragile. The Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF) is working in partnership with professional associations and research groups to advocate for strengthening these vital services. [...]

January 13th, 2012|0 Comments

Good News Toronto

Dec. 14, 2011 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/CB-2011-12-14.mp3 Click to Listen or Download When a string of bad things happened in Toronto, people began saying, 'Toronto's so dangerous!' That message compelled Eva Karpati to show the doomsayers her city was still Toronto the Good. But how? With no background in publishing, Eva launched a newspaper, Good News Toronto, featuring [...]

December 12th, 2011|0 Comments

Banker becomes gallery owner. Teenagers' career choices

Nov. 30, 2011 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/CB-2011-11-30.mp3 Click to listen or download After completing a degree in English Literature and an MBA, Andrew Fitzgerald worked in banking in Toronto for five years. Itching to travel, he quit his job and set off for Vietnam to live and work where he found a banking job that led to other ones in [...]

November 30th, 2011|1 Comment

Importance of workplace social networks, social capital in your career.

Nov. 16, 2011 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/CB-2011-11-16.mp3 Click to listen or download John-Paul Hatala,Ph.D. joins Career Buzz to share his own career story, and his academic research on social networking behaviors, social capital, human resource development, career development and the transition to the labour market. Dr. Hatala is currently an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, a [...]

November 15th, 2011|0 Comments
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