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, 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: [email protected]

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. [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]

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!