It was an insightful experience for me to attend the Canadian Positive Psychology Association conference in Ottawa on July 17-18. Plus it was a real pleasure to attend the conference as your Career Buzz correspondent, collecting interviews five of which we share today, as part 1, more in part 2 in a few weeks. [...]
Multitalented Jason Hopley on breaking into kids television, plus, Oz's Homestay and Drop Zone owners Ash and Celeine Easdon-Smith. https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2014-07-09.mp3 Click to Listen or Download
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Career Buzz guest, a family doctor, talks about meeting a career professional to get help to manage his career in medicine and beyond "The first step of getting help," said Dr. Aubie Diamond, (Career Buzz, May 21, 2014) "is admitting it to yourself. If you're in a [career] situation that's not tenable, at a certain point in time, [...]
David Coletto is a founding partner and CEO of Abacus Data and the Canadian Millennial Research Practice focusing on people born between 1980 and 2000. Tune in to hear insights from David who was named a Forty Under Forty in Ottawa. Diane Dowsett is Associate Vice President of Talent Management at LoyaltyOne. LoyaltyOne runs the popular Air Miles loyalty points [...]
Nikil Saval is author of a new book called Cubed: A secret history of the workplace. Tune in for an entertaining look at the history of the modern worker, that the modern worker can actually learn from. Plus, hear how Dr. Aubie Diamond wound down his family practice so he could focus on delivering the very best services in ritual [...]
In talking about career development for children as young as three to six years old (Career Buzz, May 14, 2014), Sarah Brown emphasized the importance of the uniqueness of each child. Even before setting kids loose to play in an animated and online "Career Town," Sarah, who's the product manager for ccSpark! from Career Cruising, said you need [...]
You may think it's strange to talk about work or careers with kids from kindergarten to grade 5. Is it too young? How early should students start thinking and learning about careers? We're going to answer these questions and more this week on Career Buzz! To help us we'll be joined by...Dave Weir is an Elementary Student Success Teacher [...]
"One of the incredible things about being a chaplain in the Canadian Forces is that you walk with the people who are there," Padre Francesca Scorsone told Career Buzz listeners (April 23, 2014). "You're going outside the wire with them, you're going where they go," said Padre Francesca, who has deployed to Afghanistan. As a girl, Francesca wanted to be [...]
Clues from Career Buzz guest on getting hit by that cosmic two-by-four "I got hit by a cosmic two by four to the head," is the way David Cohen explained to Career Buzz listeners (April 3, 2014) how his career change was triggered by divorce and job loss all within three months. Then, while attending a workshop he noticed the [...]
