June 26, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-06-26.mp3 Click to Listen or Download So many of us now watch TED talks for inspiration and learning. How do speakers get selected? How does working for TED change your perspective on your own career? And, how does doing a TED talk change your career and life? Emma Brooks’ day job is as [...]
June 12, 2013 https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-06-12.mp3 Click to Listen or Download There are too many stories in Canada of people with PhDs from Asia driving taxi, and not enough about internationally educated professionals succeeding in their careers and lives. Career Buzz shifts the balance. Shalini Anthwal’s present job is Research Program Manager of Medical Imaging at St. Michaels [...]
May 22, 2013 https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-05-22.mp3 Click to Listen or Download "I wore suits to school. People thought I was a little strange," Mike Peters told Career Buzz listeners. He's Harry Rosen's Managing Director for Western Canada. As a teenager, Mike spent weekends combing the vintage stores of Winnipeg. He wondered how he could cultivate this natural interest [...]
Transitioning Graduates to Work May 22, 2013 https://www.careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-05-22.mp3 Click to Listen or Download "My friends aren’t working at the jobs they trained for… and others have given up looking. I’d go to school, but I decided that since the jobs are not there, it just isn’t worth it." (Toronto Star, 2009). So begins the report [...]
May 1, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-05-01.mp3 Click to Listen or Download The art and craft of adaptability "What strengths do you draw on regularly to be successful in your career?" That's a question I love to ask Career Buzz guests because I want listeners to hear the vast range of skills people use, expressed in their own, everyday [...]
April 24, 2013 https://careercycles.com/NEW/MP3/careerbuzz-2013-04-24.mp3 Click to Listen or Download Enactus is a community of student leaders, educators and business people enabling progress through entrepreneurial action. Nicole Almond was a participant in Enactus and seven years later, is now president of the organization. Also hear interviews with other members of the organization Shane Skinner and Ginelle Polini. [...]
"If everything went right, what would your life look like?" That's what Career Buzz guest Dave Redekopp means by "Future" in his Now/Next/Future framework for career management. "It's not like the Future becomes your destination, it's more like your North Star." Dave says we can "simplify career management without being simplistic" by breaking it down into [...]
What are the benefits of co-working for your professional and personal life?When Brian Gregoire changed careers to running his own sole proprietorship, he was working from home. "I had too many distractions," he told Career Buzz listeners. "Then there's the isolation." So he moved into a shared office space. "When you're on your own, you really [...]
Where do you find a superstore of experience?What's the point of participating in a volunteer organization or association?Jann Vandermeulen calls it a "superstore of experience." Jann is past president of JCI Toronto and he told Career Buzz listeners how his membership and participation helped him build his career -- he's now an Account Management Training & [...]
Do you take pride in your work? Bookie (Noel Passey) grew up in Boston Bay, Jamaica. Now as an adult, he’s the main chef and brains behind Shaggy’s Jerk Shack in Boston Bay -- centre of the universe when it comes to all things jerk, chicken, pork, conch. He loves his work and is proud of [...]
