How can parents and teachers navigate students through the tricky gap between high school and whatever comes next? Emil Boychuk is a seasoned high school teacher and guidance counsellor. He is passionate about helping youth, especially with their career choices and planning. Emil is co-author of a book called Under Construction: Career Pathways to Work and is currently [...]
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 [...]
How do you get started in a career in training and development? We’ll be joined by John Moudakis, Manager of Professional Development and Career Services at the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers. Also joining us will be Carolyn Smith, who is OSPE’s Manager of Corporate Communications and Digital Media. Carolyn will help us learn about [...]
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." [...]
Amena Zafar is an educator and career coach who has worked extensively with youth and the not so young - from all over the world. Ten years after finishing an MBA, Amena went back to school to get another graduate degree in adult education, where she focused on youth empowerment and community engagement. While [...]
Guest Host Jennifer Mackey; career counsellor working with the Amazing Team of experienced career counselling and coaching professionals at CareerCycles; interviews Licensed Paralegal and Founder of Mizon Paralegal, Christine Mizon, about the joys and challenges of working parents. Christine is a working parent of a 17-year-old daughter who recently changed her career for the [...]
"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 [...]
Based on a study of the experiences of young people in the decade after graduating from high school, Career Crafting is a book that offers an insightful portrait of the early career journeys of young adults. Hear author Cathy Campbell dispel the "Career Myth" that those in their late teens and 20s should follow [...]
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 [...]
