What’s a job that uses your Effective communication and Conversational acumen; features Problem solving, Storytelling and Active listening. Technical sales is the answer. This isn’t selling laptops in stores, rather it’s Business To Business sales and business development, and it’s what today’s guest, Joseph Fung, knows all about. He’s built a technical sales software platform and [...]
Performing artist and dancer, Divya Sarma, and three Career Buzz co-hosts - Nicole Hamilton, Stephen Armstrong and Mark Franklin - share insights on how the pandemic has affected everyone's careers. Plus, we ask you to support Career Buzz and CIUT - a registered charity - on this Sound of Your City fundraising show. Please donate! Give $25 and get a [...]
Imaging building a whole set for a major ballet performance, then, due to the pandemic, having to pull it all down again, before any performances. That’s what happened to Tim Moore, in Calgary, in March 2020. What’s Tim doing now while we wait out the pandemic? What are others in arts and entertainment doing? And [...]
What to do if you have a career in airlines hotels conference centres, food service, all of which have been deeply affected by the pandemic? What’s a flight attendant to do, during a pandemic? What are hotel and food services workers to do? Adam Pisarek works as an in-flight manager for Air Canada Rouge. Or I should [...]
How do you manage a forest fire? And how do you a get a job becoming a forest fire fighter? Later in today’s show we speak to an Ontario Wildland FireRanger Dean Rosen about his career story. But first, how do you get around the stereotypes of an engineer job? You know, the designer in front of [...]
When Naz Orang and Katie Sampson graduated with a PhD, they faced the dilemma of seeking an academic job, or exploring non-academic careers. Likewise when Darius Raisi and Alyssa Hermann graduated with a masters degree they faced a dilemma of entering a tough job market competing with both PhDs, and those with undergraduate degrees. How did they navigate a job search [...]
On this episode of CareerBuzz, the hosts get together (virtually of course) for the Love Your Radio Fall Fundraising Campaign broadcasted by CIUT.fm. Hosts Stephen Armstrong, Shellie Deloyer, Mark Franklin and Nicole Hamilton have adjusted to the changes COVID-19 has caused with respect to prerecording. Each host takes some time to bring up powerful moments from past shows. Hamilton shares a moment [...]
