For the 40th episode of The Career Planning Show, I had the privilege of interviewing Steve Orsini, President and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities. The Council of Ontario Universities provides a forum for Ontario’s universities to collaborate and advocate in support of their shared mission to the benefit and prosperity of students, communities and the province of Ontario.
Prior to this role, Steve held several leadership positions in the Ontario Public Service, including Secretary of the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary of the Treasury Board, and Deputy Minister of Revenue. Steve also held several leadership positions at the Ontario Hospital Association, including Vice-President of Policy and Public Affairs.
Steve is a member of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Commission, a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, a Board Member of the Ontario Brain Institute, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. Steve holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Urban and Regional Planning and a Master’s in Environmental Studies.
Connect with Steve Orsini via LinkedIn, Twitter, or phone.
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For the 39th episode of The Career Planning Show, I had the privilege of interviewing Tim Andrada, Manager at the Downtown Toronto office of Right at Home Realty, Brokerage. Tim has been in the real estate industry for over 15 years, the last 8 of which have been with Right at Home - “the largest independent real estate brokerage in Canada.”
Connect with Tim Andrada via LinkedIn or reach out to the brokerage’s Downtown Toronto office.
Do you have any questions or ideas? Let Alex Rascanu, host of The Career Planning Show, know via www.rascanu.com/contact.
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Our guest today is Keith Hambly, CEO of Fred Victor.
Fred Victor is a social service charitable organization that fosters long-lasting and positive change in the lives of homeless and low-income people living across Toronto.
Keith is a seasoned leader in the charitable sector in Toronto, and a thought leader on issues of homelessness and poverty and an advocate for lasting and meaningful change. He is committed to ending homelessness in Toronto.
Connect with Keith Hambly on LinkedIn.
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Our guest today is Ryan Lo, who is passionate about bringing people together to make our cities better. Ryan works on creating positive change for the public good through collaboration and creativity. As Co-Founder of Urban Minds, he works to bridge the gap between youth and decision makers in both large-scale projects and grassroots, youth-led initiatives; he specializes in developing youth engagement strategies and events for municipalities and community partners. He is also a Senior Public Consultation Coordinator at the City of Toronto; working with project managers and consultants, he leads the public consultation process for cycling and pedestrian projects, transportation master plans, and environmental assessments for transportation infrastructure. Ryan’s previous roles include Planning and Policy Advisor for Councillor Shelley Carroll and Project Coordinator at 8 80 Cities. Ryan Lo has extensive community engagement experience in planning policy, urban development, placemaking, and transportation.
Learn more about Ryan Lo at www.RyanLo.ca and connect with him on LinkedIn or send him an email at ryanlo@urbanminds.co.
Thank you for listening to episode 36 of The Career Planning Show.
Our guest today is Michael Kalles, President of Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd, Brokerage. His vision and leadership are a large part of the continued success of the company. Over the past 30 years, Michael has built the company from $147 million in gross sales to over $4.5 billion in 2021 alone. Michael holds an MBA from York University's Schulich School of Business. One of Michael’s core values is giving back to the community and the brokerage supports over 250 charitable organizations.
Learn more about Harvey Kalles Real Estate at www.harveykalles.com and connect with Michel Kalles at Mike@HKRE.ca.
On this episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature the interview with Mark Cadesky, Broker of Record and General Manager at Property.ca Inc., Brokerage which operates popular real estate websites Property.ca, Condos.ca, and MrLoft.ca.
If you’ll have any questions for Mark, feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn or reach out to him at markcadesky@property.ca.
This episode was made possible with in-kind support from the co-working space Staples Studio about which you can learn more at studio.staples.ca.
Enjoy the interview and feel free to reach out to the host Alex Rascanu if you’ll have any feedback or ideas: Rascanu.com.
On the 34th episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature the interview with Leanne Nicolle, who serves as the President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto where she is thriving in her role as leader and mentor. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto is an organization entirely dedicated to empowering children and youth to reach their potential and break the cycle of poverty through intergenerational connections.
Questions? Ideas? Let Alex Rascanu know.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
On the 33rd episode of The Career Planning Show podcast, we feature the interview we conducted in May with Jazmine Reed-Clark, who is a Dallas-based content creator, career wellness coach, and mental health advocate focused on helping millennial women feel secure at work, inspired at home, and confident in their skin. She offers 1:1 coaching, job hunter packages, and hosts the Office Politics: The Anti-#GIRLBOSS Podcast. Reed-Clark has been featured in The Financial Diet, Refinery29, Cupcakes & Cashmere, and The Everygirl. You can connect with her via Instagram at @jazminereedclark or check out her website JazmineReedClark.com.
Resources:
- 5 Lessons I've Learned About Confidence as a Career Coach article by Jazmine Reed-Clark for CupcakesAndCashmere.com
- I’ve Struggled with ADHD My Whole Life—Here’s How I Stay on Task article by Jazmine Reed-Clark for CupcakesAndCashmere.com
- Jenna Kutcher’s podcast and other business resources
- Career Contessa’s podcast and other career resources
This is the final episode that we’re planning to release in The Career Planning Show podcast series. To review our past episodes, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 32nd episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature the interview we conducted earlier this year with Toronto-based Shamon Campbell. Shamon is the President of BE Luxury Collection, which provides Caribbean luxury real estate sales services and travel experiences, and a Real Estate Professional with H.G. Christie in the Bahamas. Shamon is a Caribbean-born creative with a management and marketing background, who studied Accounting and Business/Management at the University of The Bahamas. In 2013, she launched the Bahamian Escapes publishing house, which opened the door to providing real estate and travel services leading to the formation of BE Luxury Collection. She is a Licensed Estate Agent with the Bahamas Real Estate Association.
Connect with Shamon on LinkedIn and learn more about her work by visiting BELuxuryCollection.com.
To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 31st episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature an interview conducted earlier this year with Nicole Tschierske. Based in Hamburg, Germany, Nicole helps Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Experts, and Research and Development (R&D) Teams navigate corporate work life so they have more time, headspace and passion to do what they do best.
Learn more about Nicole by visiting NicoleTschierske.com and WomenInSTEM-Reimagined.com, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Resources:
- How To Fight Stress At Work The Right Way article by Nicole Tschierske
- Career Success for Women in STEM article by Nicole Tschierske
- Don’t Quit When You’re Bored article by Nicole Tschierske
- Building Credibility: Work with your strengths, not your weaknesses article by Nicole Tschierske
To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 30th episode of The Career Planning Show we feature an interview we conducted earlier this year with Chicago-based Loren Greiff, who provides career coaching services to creatives and marketers looking to tap into the hidden job market and land their next career move.
After completing a BA in English at Skidmore College, Loren worked in a number of marketing roles in New York and Chicago, then worked in recruitment and executive search at four different firms, and now provides career coaching solutions through her firm Portfolio Rocket.
In this interview, we discussed how to tap into the hidden job market, the value that building your network can play in your career growth, how to get referred into a job that would be a great next step in your career, and how to use LinkedIn as a landing page as part of your job search process.
Connect with Loren Grieff on LinkedIn and learn more about her career coaching services for creatives and marketers at PortfolioRocket.com.
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To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 29th episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature an interview we conducted earlier this year with Taimur D. Harris III, who hosts Fatherhood - The Involved Father podcast.
Taimur has worked as a Motion Capture Athlete for EA Spots in Vancouver, Canada, and is an experienced sales consultant with a demonstrated history in sales development, customer service, coaching, marketing, team building and leadership development. He attended Shippensburg University of Pannsylvania, where he studied communications and media studies.
In this interview, Taimur shared helpful insights about his career journey, work in general, and discussed the importance of being an involved father.
Connect with Taimur D. Harris III on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, and listen to his podcast Fatherhood - The Involved Father.
Resources:
To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 28th episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature an interview we conducted with Jette Stubbs, who is a Career and Business Coach, and Podcast Host for Happy Career Formula with Jette Stubbs. Jette is someone I’ve stayed in contact with ever since I interviewed her in April 2021 and I find her insights helpful for career and business development. When Jette graduated from university as an international student, she had 90 days to find a job or leave Canada. Since then, she has helped from recent graduates to corporate executives find what they love to do and sell themselves, so far in Canada, USA, and UK and in over 40 industries. Eventually, she wanted to start her own business, but she had obstacles: choosing what to focus on to create growth, an overwhelming amount of business info online, and learning how to be a good boss to yourself. She started encouraging people who were struggling with the 9-to-5 to create a career on their own terms, and helped people build businesses to replace their income in under a year. Now, she offers a podcast, online courses and coaching to help people find what they love to do and sell themselves, whether they want a job, freelance service or business. Learn more about Jette at JetteStubbs.com, connect with her via LinkedIn and Instagram, and listen to her podcast by visiting HappyCareerFormula.com.
Resources:
- “What type of professional are you?” quiz by Jette Stubbs
- “Ikigai: The Perfect Career Diagnostic” article by Hamza Khan
To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 27th episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature an interview we conducted with Margaret Schwartz in April 2021 while she was serving as Strategic and Youth Initiatives Outreach Coordinator with the Government of Nova Scotia. She now serves as Communications and Community Navigator with Placemaking 4G and TRIBE Network.
A natural connector and storyteller, Margaret works with the Halifax-based recruitment firm Placemaking 4G to intentionally connect with communities to share career opportunities, and helps to amplify the firm’s story through its communication channels. Holding a degree in Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University and eight years of experience across multiple non-profits and most recently, a position with the Province of Nova Scotia, Margaret is guided by her will to unite others on a shared sense of purpose – to create and amplify equitable opportunities for historically excluded groups in the Atlantic region. Through a Cluster Employment initiative, Margaret’s time is shared with the Tribe Network, where she helps entrepreneurship and innovation-focused members navigate funding, entrepreneurial resources and programs created for racialized communities. Margaret also serves as a board member at Team WORK Cooperative, fund development committee member at MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, mentor with EduNova Cooperative’s Study and Stay Program, and mentor with Halifax Partnership’s Connector Program.
In our interview with Margaret, we discussed the importance of tapping into your personal and professional networks for career advancement given that 8 out of 10 jobs that employers hire for in Nova Scotia are not posted online, the fact that it’s important to build your self-confidence to reach out cold to employers to express your interest in joining them based on your skills, values and overall fit with the organization, the opportunity to tap into post-secondary career centres and community employment services organizations, the ikigai career planning framework, the importance of finding a mentor and developing the three critical soft skills of collaboration, communication and critical thinking.
Connect with Margaret via LinkedIn or Twitter, and see her Amplify East profile.
Resources:
To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
On the 26th episode of The Career Planning Show, we feature an interview with Mary Bajorek.
Mary Bajorek is a Canadian work and life coach who helps professionals in transition points in their career to feel confident, agentic and like they're making an impact doing work that feels aligned with who they are. To date, she has helped dozens of people from all over the world in a myriad of professions (entry level to C-suite in industries ranging from tech to real estate) to experience their work as an expression of who they are at the core and what they deeply care about by finding new jobs, branching out to new careers, and starting businesses. Her mission of lifting people up in their work happens through one-on-one coaching, workshops and speaking at international conferences. Her own work experience, before starting LifeWorthLoving Coaching, ranges from UX design in financial consulting to creating magic in DisneyWorld. She sees every experience as an opportunity to grow in courage, knowledge and connections. To learn more about Mary and her work, check out her website lifeworthlovingcoaching.com or connect via Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn.
Resources:
To learn more about The Career Planning Show, visit Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.
On the 25th episode of The Career Planning Show, we talked with Curtis Carmichael about what inspired him to write the “Butterflies in the Trenches” memoir, his thoughts on success (“success is not making it out, it’s making your life and community better”), his experience cycling from Vancouver to Africville in Halifax to raise funds for youth in Toronto community housing, the “Knock, Knock. Who’s There?” chapter in his book, listening twice more than you speak, and much more.
Curtis Carmichael is an award-winning social entrepreneur, technologist, STEM and hip-hop teacher, computer programmer, and the former Director of a Code Ninjas franchise. Curtis holds a Bachelor’s in Physical and Health Education from Queen’s University and a BEd in STEM education from Ontario Tech University. He is a Team Canada Duathlete for the 2021 Multisport World Championships, and his cross-Canada cycling tour Ride for Promise raised funds for Toronto Community Housing afterschool programs and was featured in an award-winning documentary. As a self-taught computer programmer, Curtis built his own mobile app that brings his critically-acclaimed memoir to life by giving readers access to hidden content which can be activated by holding your phone over photos throughout the book. He is the author and mobile app developer for the World's First Augmented Reality Memoir Butterflies in the Trenches.
Related resources:
- CurtisCarmichael.ca
- Curtis Carmichael on LinkedIn
- “Butterflies in the Trenches” book
Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.
The Career Planning Show went through a hiatus for two and a half months, but now we’re back to help you plan and develop your career.
On the 24th episode of the podcast, we feature the interview we conducted with Mark Federman earlier this summer. We walk through Mark’s career journey, talk about Marshall McLuhan’s work, discuss career development scenarios and strategies, and reflect on what effects you may want to create in the world.
An experienced coach, mentor, organizational therapist, educator, and author, Mark has developed a unique understanding of individuals in their workplaces, and of organizations seeking to find ways to bring out the best in their people. Mark enables the possibility of an alternate future for leaders, organizations, and individuals. Mark completed a PhD specialized in Adult Education and Community Development at University of Toronto, and, in addition to his private practice, he is an adjunct professor at University of Guelph-Humber in the Psychology department, and at Schulich School of Business at York University. Before Covid, Mark was a West Coast Swing, Salsa, and Blues dancer and a Salsa dance instructor, and the co-host of Sidewalk Salsa, a free, open-air dance party in midtown Toronto through the summer.
About Mark Federman:
Resources mentioned in the interview:
This episode of The Career Planning Show is sponsored by Staples Studio.
Do you have a career planning-related question? Reach out via Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.
Andrew Berry is a data science educator at Lighthouse Labs. He is passionate about all things data and artificial intelligence. He is also the host of The Pandemic Job Hunt Podcast, a job hunting podcast dedicated to helping professionals find the keys to success in landing a job in the pandemic. Connect with Andrew Berry on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium and GitHub, and check out his Pandemic Job Hunt podcast.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
This episode of The Career Planning Show is sponsored by Staples Studio.
Do you have a career planning-related question? Reach out via Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow.
Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.
Surranna Sandy is the CEO of Skills for Change, a nonprofit organization that provides learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees. Surranna has an M.A. and B.A. in Leadership and Management, an M.B.A. and a diploma in Human Resources Management, and certificates in Nonprofit Management and Human Resources Management. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts in Global Development/Sustainability at Harvard University and a Graduate Diploma in Public Administration at The University of Western Ontario. She has 10 certifications in career coaching/management, career transition/development, resume writing and personal branding. Surranna was awarded the Government of Canada’s Canada 150 Outstanding Neighbour award, the 100 Accomplished Black Women Award, the 100 Black Women to watch in Canada and a Community Service Award. She is Board Chair of the Black HR Professionals of Canada.
Connect with Surranna on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
This episode of the The Career Planning Show is sponsored by Staples Studio.
If you have a career planning question you'd like us to answer on The Career Planning Show, let us know via Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow or at @AlexRascanu.
Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.
James Muhato serves as Foreign Qualification Recognition Officer within the Government of Prince Edward Island (PEI)’s Department of Workforce and Advanced Learning. Born in Kenya, he moved to Canada in 2009 to pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration at University of PEI. Following his graduation, he worked as Policy Analyst and Regional Coordinator with the Government of PEI’s Department of Innovation and Advanced Learning, Research and Program Analyst at the crown corporation Innovation PEI, and has been serving in his current role at the Department of Workforce and Advanced Learning for the last three years. James is passionate about business and entrepreneurship, and has a natural curiosity for understanding how things work.
Connect with James Muhato on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
This episode of the The Career Planning Show is sponsored by Staples Studio.
If you have a career planning question you'd like us to answer on The Career Planning Show, let us know via Rascanu.com/TheCareerPlanningShow or at @AlexRascanu.
Access additional free career planning resources at Rascanu.com/Career.
