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

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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. [email protected] (Winnipeg perspective)

Check out Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn (soon)

MSEN information email - [email protected] (local perspective)

Check out Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

Canadian Association for Supported Employment (national perspective) [email protected]

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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 [email protected]

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

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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?

3:06 - Emily's Answer

8:45 - Candy's Answer

17:33 - Caryn's Answer

26:00 - David's Answer

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!).

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