February 5, 2013 https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2014-02-05.mp3 Click to listen to the whole interview Irene Veenhuysen thought that being a flight attendant was a “stupid job.” Back in university in her native Holland, she joined KLM “but only one summer,” she told Career Buzz listeners (Feb. 5, 2014). That was more than 20 years ago, and now she’s [...]
Click to listen to the whole interview “I’m a recruiter’s nightmare,” David Wojcik told Career Buzz listeners (Jan. 29, 2014), referring to his zigzagging career path. “When you look at my resume I’m all over the map: finance, sales, training.” Yet not in spite of, but because of the twists and turns in David’s career story, [...]
Phaedra Boinodiris spends her days identifying “what is it about games that makes them compelling, and what game designs and techniques can be used in business to help people solve complex problems and collaborate better.” Using games, she’s a “motivational designer” for IBM’s clients. Both Phaedra and Chuck Hamilton of IBM focus on the gamification of work (Career Buzz, Jan. 8, [...]
https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2014-01-29.mp3 Click to listen or download David Wojcik has worked as CEO of a woodworking machinery company, a business development manager at the Mississauga Board of Trade and since 2009, he’s President and Executive Producer at BizTV Canada. It’s an infotainment business magazine show. The mission is to provide small and medium size organizations with relevant, [...]
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Career Buzz, on Dec. 18, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-12-18.mp3 Click to Listen or Download Lynn Moffatt on connecting the dots between roles as a singer/songwriter — ‘delivering bold and bright diva solos like Beyonce or Asha Rajak on connecting the dots between journalism in her native Nepal, work as an executive director, and getting recognized as a Successful [...]
Clues from my most recent Career Buzz guests “Perseverance, excitement and enthusiasm,” said author and speaker, Suzen Fromstein, when I asked her what strengths she uses to be successful (Career Buzz, Dec. 4, 2013). “And because I love what I do I have the dedication to do it — and do [...]
December 4, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-12-04.mp3 Click to Listen or Download Hear Mark Franklin interview Marc Belaiche and Suzen Fromstein on Career Buzz. Marc Belaiche is president of TorontoJobs.ca, an internet and recruitment staffing company. He’s also the author of a newly published book, Tales from the Recruiter – A Canadian Recruiter’s Perspective on How to Get [...]
November 20, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-11-20.mp3 Click to Listen or Download The twists and turns of two non-linear career journeys. Hear Mark Franklin interview Greg Malszecki and Sarah Hendry on Career Buzz.
November 13, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-11-13.mp3 Click to Listen or Download Jonathan Goldberg sat for hours each day cutting diamonds from rough stones into the polished diamonds you see in jewelry. As a trained diamond grader he worked in a diamond-cutting factory, and in the diamond-trading centre of Antwerp. After doing an MBA, Jonathan worked as an [...]
