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, please visit macd-mb.org
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 Trivia
Resources mentioned during the show:
Learning Disabilities Association of MB https://www.ldamanitoba.org/
Centre for ADHD Awareness Canadahttps://caddac.ca/
ADDITude
https://www.additudemag.com/For more information about MACD, please visit: https://macd-mb.org/
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 with Sonya
33:49 - Impossible Trivia
For more information about MB Start, please visit: https://manitobastart.com/
For more information about MACD, please visit: https://macd-mb.org/
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 - How to learn more & connect
For more information about NSCDA, visit: https://nscda.ca/
To contact Connie Corse: CCorse@NSCDA.ca
For more information about MACD, visit: macd-mb.org
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 - Getting data from provinces
34:27 - Manitoba findings & provincial funding
45:08 - More information on the report
46:50 - Impossible trivia
Visit here to find the report and the executive summary!
For more information about Lisa, check out Episode 29 of the Career Conversations podcast.
For more information about MACD, visit our website
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 contact Gail
46:00 - Impossible Trivia
For More information about National Certification, please visit:
https://careerwise.ceric.ca/2024/09/27/canada-career-development-certification/
Note: The Responsive Pathways Project that was mentioned was funded by ESDC through The Future Skills Centre and is coordinated nationally by Blueprint-ade and implemented provincially by MITT
For more information about MACD, please visit: macd-mb.org
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 - Disability Employment Awareness Month events
43:20 - Being an everyday advocate
47:34 - Connect with Lori and Krista
48:40 - Impossible Trivia
More information:
Connect Employment Services Inc. lwsewell@connectemployment.ca (Winnipeg perspective)
Check out Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn (soon)
MSEN information email - info@mse.mb.ca (local perspective)
Check out Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
Canadian Association for Supported Employment (national perspective) contact@supportedemployment.ca
More more information about MACD: macd-mb.org
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 "Born Leader" a thing?
25:00 - Being a leader in different situations
29:30 - How can one foster leadership?
33:55 - Leadership trends
39:00 - First steps for new leaders
41:30 - Connect with Kathy
45:10 - Impossible Trivia
To learn more about Kathy, please visit: https://www.kathyarcher.com/
To learn more about MACD, please visit: macd-mb.org
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.be/ja6ZiYiNbUY?si=x3TY2yJOnIf2N7SA
Thanks very much, and see you in the Fall!
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 & relationships
29:15 - How/when should a jobseeker contact Staffmax?
For more information about MACD, please visit http://www.macd-mb.org
NOTE: We will be taking a break for July & August and return in September. Have a great summer!
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, please visit macd-mb.org
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 information about MACD, please visit: macd-mb.org
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.macd-mb.org/
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 more information on MACD, please visit https://www.macd-mb.org/
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.macd-mb.org/
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 particular order):
Brian Yasui, Caryn Birch, Betty Punkert, Keith Robinson, Kristina Lonstrup, Zach Allard, Lisa Elmhurst, Spencer Yasui, Emily Gerbrandt
Be sure to visit https://www.macd-mb.org/ for more info on Career & Workforce Development Month and more!
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. Stayed tuned for more updates on the upcoming Let's Get To Work Conference, November Career Month, Professional Development, and more.
Note - The show will be pausing for the summer, have a great July & August and see you in the Fall!
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 - How to contact Rhonda and Career Trek
For more information about Career Trek, please visit: http://www.careertrek.ca
For more information about MACD, please visit: http://www.macd-mb.org
