Career Conversations

On this month's episode, we visit Charlotte Vis Van Heemst from the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba! 1:15 - All about Charlotte 32:35 - Services at Asper School of Business 39:05 - Asper School of Business student demographics/profiles 50:30 - Unique career topics for Asper students 56:00 - Connect with Charlotte 57:00 - Impossible trivia For more information about MACD,...

On this month's show, we welcome in Suzanne Beaver! 1:15 - All About Suzanne 18:18 - Suzanne's Current Role 20:55 - Recognizing & helping others with diagnosis 29:45 - Strategies to support those with known diagnosis 34:11 - What is the current state of ADHD supports? 42:00 - Resources to learn more (learning disability association MB, CCDDAC, ADDITude magazine) 45:52 - Impossible Triv...

On this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations podcast, we stop by Mantioba Start and chat with Sonya Hince! 3:15 - All about Sonya 11:00 - About Manitoba Start 14:30 - Client profiles and major needs 24:00 - Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid Services 28:06 - New services at Manitoba Start 30:30 - Career exploration philosophy 32:29 - Client lifespan at Manitoba Start 33:07 - How to connect...

On the show's 4th anniversary, we leap a couple of time zones and visit Connie Corse from the Nova Scotia Career Development Association! 3:00 - All about Connie 12:11 - What is the NSCDA? 20:00 - Nova Scotia's job market & demographics 28:00 - How does NSCDA serve it's members 38:40 - What can other associations learn from NSCDA? 46:14 - Visiting Nova Scotia 48:10 - Impossible Trivia 50:20 -...

Coming out of hibernation, it's time for the MACD Career Conversation's podcast! In this month's episode, we welcome back Lisa Taylor to discuss the "Hidden Sector, Hidden Talent: Mapping Canada's Career Development Sector" report. 1:06 - Introducing Lisa 2:15 - Report's origins & goal 10:00 - What is the big tent? 22:40 - Report findings & surprises 28:18 - G...

On this month's episode, we are chatting with Gail Langlais! 0:00 - All about Gail 6:10 - Entering counselling 9:40 - First jobs in career & philosophies 19:30 - When Gail and I first met 21:00 - Starting at the U of M 25:00 - How did career at U of M grow? 30:33 - Future growth for universities 33:15 - Responsive Career Pathways Project 37:45 - National Career Certification 45:30 - How to con...

On this month's episode, we connect with Lori Watson-Sewell and Krista Bissett from Connect Employment Services to learn about Disability Employment Awareness Month! 0:00 - All about Lori and Krista 7:00 - About Connect Employment Services 14:26 - How has supporting disability employment changed? 20:50 - Current goals and challenges in the field 28:00 - Did the pandemic change anything? 31:21 - Di...

Back from summer break and happy to have Kathy Archer on for our first guest in the 2nd half of 2024! Kathy specializes as a leadership development coach and it was great to breakdown the details of her work and the topic of leadership as a whole. Enjoy! 1:15 - All about Kathy 9:30 - Working in Social Work 13:00 - Starting as a leader and coach 17:50 - Present day & Current role 21:30 - Is &qu...

Hope you're enjoying your summer! This bonus episode is the audio of a presentation I gave at Cannexus '23 about the "Bridging To Work" program we provide at the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology. My intro gives some more detail, so be sure to listen to that, but if you'd rather watch the presentation afterwards instead of listen, you can find it here: https://youtu...

On this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations Podcast, we visit in with Jake Gill of Staffmax! 2:14 - All About Jake 7:58 - What is Staffmax? 9:10 - Jobseeker experience at Staffmax 13:12 - Common skill gaps with jobseekers 17:13 - Employer preferences for hiring 21:01 - Preparing jobseekers for work 23:15 - Example of a recruitment process/campaign 26:45 - Employer trends & rel...

Career Conversations collide! On this month's episode, we welcome in Louise Neil, co-host of the Kickass Career Conversations Podcast and Pivoting Point Career Solutions. 0:00 - All about Louise 16:45 - Starting a Business and helping clients 35:50 - Advice for starting a business 37:55 - Podcast talk 45:10 - Impossible trivia 47:55 - How to connect with Louise For more information about MACD,...

Taking a break from panels for a bit and back to our profiles! On this month's episode of the podcast, we welcome in Moni Lawal from the Government of Manitoba. 2:30 - Moni's Journey 7:25 - Client Services with MB Government 22:20 - Soft Skills discussion 27:15 - Applying to Government 33:00 - Impossible Trivia To connect with Moni, you can reach her at Monisola. Lawal@gov.mb.ca For more i...

Another month - another roundtable! For this month's show, my guests Trevor Lehmann, Meghan Lavallee and I get trendy and discuss Artificial Intelligence: How we feel about the current state, what tools we use currently, and what we should be aware of in the future. Timestamps: 0:00 - Current state of AI 14:35 - Tools 25:41 - AI from here For more information on MACD, please visit: https://www...

Happy New Year to everyone! On this month's episode of the Career Conversations podcast, we have a roundtable on Bad Career Advice - What is traditional career advice that we need to stop giving? A big thank you to my guests Emily Worthen, Candy Ho and Caryn Birch for the conversation! 3:06 - Emily's Answer 8:45 - Candy's Answer 17:33 - Caryn's Answer 26:00 - David's Answer For...

On this month’s episode of the MACD Career Conversations podcast, we’re talking about Career Terminology! Guests Kate Yee, Sareena Hopkins and Matt Purdey discuss the many variations of job titles and soft skills names in our profession, and what needs to change (if anything!). 00:00 - Job Title Discussion 21:45 - Soft Skills Discussion For more information about MACD, please visit https://www.mac...

Leaving the province once again this month to chat with Lisa Taylor of the Challenge Factory! For more information on the Challenge Factory and the great work that Lisa and her team are doing, visit: ⁠https://challengefactory.ca/⁠ For more information about MACD, please visit: macd-mb.org

For Career & Workforce Development Month's episode, we received 35 minutes of clips. Instead of getting all of it into the episode, here are all the clips in full! Thank you to everyone who provided a clip: Brian Yasui Caryn Birch Betty Punkert Keith Robinson Kristina Lonstrup Zach Allard Lisa Elmhurst Spencer Yasui Emily Gerbrandt Enjoy!

We're back from our summer break and gearing up for November! Career & Workforce Development Month is coming up, and this episode welcomes back Ahniko Handford and Deanna England to highlight what MACD will be doing to celebrate. For this episode, we also asked a variety of guests to describe what career development means to them, so thank you to all of those who donated a clip (in no part...

For this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations podcast, we talk to current MACD Chair Kate Yee! 0:00 - 28:37 - All about Kate 29:00 - Similarties and differences between students 30:30 - Advice for students in career planning 34:28 - What are students today missing? 40:07 - Kate's role as chair of MACD For more information about MACD, please visit:  http://www.macd-mb.org . Stay...

On this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations podcast, we welcome in Rhonda Taylor from Career Trek! 1:30 - All about Rhonda 16:30 - Starting at Career Trek 20:40 - What is Career Trek? 27:05 - Strategies & philosophies to help clientele at Career Trek 34:05 - How to get involved in Career Trek 38:10 - What's next for Career Trek? 40:34 - Impossible Trivia Question 42:15 - H...

Career Conversations comes back to Winnipeg and welcomes in Anna Gordon from Strut4Success! 0:00 - All About Anna 12:10 - Advice on starting your own business 14:38 - Teaching others networking & branding 21:16 - Physical movement & wellness 25:21 - Creative strategies for engaging clients 33:50 - How should career ideally be taught? 40:05 - How to contact Anna 40:45 - Impossible Trivia To...

Continuing our travels outside of Winnipeg, this month's episode features Doug Pople from Brandon University! Time stamps: 0:00 - Doug's Career Journey 13:56 - Career Services changes throughout the years at BU 20:57 - Current Career Services at BU 27:23 - Pandemic changes at BU and upcoming events 32:40 - Impossible trivia question 34:00 - How to connect with Doug For more information on...

We're back in B.C. this month on the show to visit Deirdre Pickerell from CCDF! In this episode, we talk about ballet, getting employers on board with career development, and the brand new Career Development Professional Centre. Timestamps: 2:32 - Profile 19:35 - Getting employers on board with career development 26:49 - Introducing the Career Development Professional Centre 41:35 - Long-term goal...

Happy New Year! Kicking off 2023 of the MACD Career Conversations Podcast is Medina Puskar of Manitoba Start. In this episode, we discuss migrating to Canada, helping provincial nominees settle in Winnipeg and the current challenges of newcomers. To learn more about Manitoba Start, please visit: https://manitobastart.com/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conference...

For the last episode of 2022, we welcome in Kelsey Evans from Youth Employment Services! In this episode, we discuss employment barriers that effect youth,  the importance of networks in career success, and the perils of yoga exercises. For more information about Youth Employment Services, check out https://yesmb.ca/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conference...