Help Wanted

Everyone who wears glasses has worked with an optician, but what is an optician?  The best way the job of an optician was described to me was, “An optician is to an eye doctor, what a pharmacist is to a doctor,” but the job gets even more interesting when you realize it's a crossover between health science and math, but also fashion. Here is my interview with Optician and owner of Eye Candy O...

What exactly is an Osteopath??  Osteopaths are such an interesting and underrated profession. I still have a hard time fully explaining what an osteopath does so I will let my guest explain it better. Here is my interview with the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, Katharine McLarty.  Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@h...

Before most of us even wake up, today's guest has been up for hours and is already reporting on the new and current events happening in Ontario. Here is my interview with Morning Live Reporter, Simone Gavros.  Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@helpwantedofficial1?_t=ZM-8v0c4jYdcM3&_r=1 Website: https://popiks...

Imagine walking into a facility and being surrounded by over 2000 snakes and other reptiles, because that’s what I had to do for this interview.  I feel like you have to be a little crazy to have this job and work with this many reptiles as well. Today’s guest truly inspired me with his career journey. The diversity of careers he has explored, all the trials life has thrown his way and yet he stil...

Welcome to Steven's Office Hours!  Allow me to tell you the story of my career journey and how I started the Help Wanted Podcast.  Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@helpwantedofficial1?_t=ZM-8v0c4jYdcM3&_r=1 Website: https://popiksteven.wixsite.com/help-wanted-podcast Follow Steven Popik: https://www.instagra...

When we are young, we are taught to run away from fire or danger, but today's guest runs into it. He also taught me a lot about how to take care of yourself, no matter your career or what life throws your way. Here is my interview with Fire Fighter, Paul Butler. Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@helpwantedofficia...

necesitas ayuda? yo tambien. (Do you need help? Me too...) Bienvenidos a se necesita ayuda (Welcome to Help Wanted) Today's guest went from being a Professor of English in Argentina to a Professor of Spanish in Canada. Here is my interview with Director and Professor at Spanish4You Canada, Karina Marenales Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl...

I decided to give real estate another try, and speaking with Alex NOLIS, he taught me about his approach to his career and his life, which is not what you would expect from a Real Estate Agent. If I could use two words to describe his approach, it would be Humble & Kind. Here is my interview with Real Estate Agent Alex Nolis. Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help....

Today's guest is full of inspiring one-liners. One of my favourites was, “In sales it’s never no (spelled NO), it’s always known (spelt KNOW) as in we need to know more.” Knowing this opened my eyes to flip a negative situation and strive for greater things. Here is my interview with the Vice President of Advertising, Sales and Management for the TLN media group, Mario Masellis.  Support the...

During and after this interview, I made a promise to my guest that I was going to follow in his footsteps in his honour. This podcaster never edits any of his interviews to allow the audience to be a part of this real and un-edited conversation.  Disclaimer : I did make one cut in the audio because we were rudely interrupted by a fire alarm , so I cut part of that out. While listening, double-chec...

I was genuinely surprised by today's guest and her career journey. Taylor has shown remarkable discipline, from studying Health Science to playing professional women’s hockey, and now in her current career. Here is my interview with Police Officer Taylor Accursi.  Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@helpwantedoffic...

Today's guest, Mercedes Gaztambide, likes to throw spaghetti at the wall and hopes it sticks. It is not actual spaghetti, metaphorical spaghetti, but I will let her explain it some more. Here is my interview with the Co-Host of the show Street Cents, Mercedes Gaztambide. Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted.official/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@helpwant...

“If you never ask, you will never receive.” What a simple yet obvious idea we all forget now and then. It's a lesson from today's guest that his father taught him, and now he shares it with us and much more. Here is my interview with the Grocery & Duty Free Manager in the Beverage Alcohol Industry, Ed Bajus.  Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.instagram.com/help.wanted....

If you are going to fail at least “Fail Forward,” something that today's guest, Anton Dzeko, says a lot, and it really resonated with me. It is such a positive way to spin what we deem to be our failures and how we can always learn from our failures but I will let him talk about it. Here is my interview with Real Estate Agent Anton Dzeko.  Support the show Follow Help Wanted: https://www.inst...

“Break your goals into bite-sized pieces” is a quote from this week's guest.  I don't know about you all but I like to set big goals for myself and my life yet I always fall victim to overthinking and stressing over where I am at in my life with my goals. Interviewing Suzanne today, she reminded me how we need to break our life and goals into bite-size pieces so we don't overwhelm a...

Welcome to Help Wanted , a podcast where we interview industry professionals about their jobs and career journeys. All in my quest to discover my next career and take you all on this journey with me, because I know I am not alone. I know I can’t be the only person who dedicated so many years of their life to their career and now wants to discover something completely different. So buckle up and fo...