Hear from Professional Coach and host of A Resilience Project podcast, Cindy Thompson, as she gives concrete tips on building resilience whether you're just graduating, changing careers or just emerging out of post-covid work from home. We also discuss how Cindy came to coaching, the benefits of receiving coaching, her favorite episodes of A Resilience Project's podcasts.

This is a special episode to celebrate International Coaching Week May 16-22, 2022 and promote the fabulous coaches who offer discounted services to University of Alberta Alumni. See links below.

https://coachingfederation.org/events/international-coaching-week

https://www.ualberta.ca/alumni/career-support/career-services/alumni-career-and-executive-coaching.html

https://www.aresilienceproject.com/

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

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What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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If you've played Call of Duty: Vanguard chances are you've heard dialogue written by Shelby Carelton, ’19 BA. In this episode, Shelby discusses how she became narrative designer at Sledgehammer Games and what it is like to work in the industry. She also discusses the benefit of taking part in the innovation and interdisciplinary Computer Game Development program at the University of Alberta and how that helped launch her career journey.

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Vince Tedjasaputra, ’17 PhD, always had a knack for translating complex scientific ideas into language that made sense to the common person. After he finished his PhD, he saw a need for that skill in the world of fundraising. So, he wrote his own job description and proposed it to a prospective employer. Now he's the Director of Scientific Communications at the American Lung Association. We talk to Vince about his career journey so far, as well as a few of hobbies including his background as a professionally trained opera singer!

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

If you're ever feeling like a fraud at work, you're not alone. It is estimated that nearly 70 per cent of us go through feelings of "imposter syndrome" at work or at school. For this episode, we talk to registered psychologist Rebecca Ponting, '04 MEd. Rebecca currently provides psychological services at the University of Alberta and delivers workshops on imposter syndrome. Listen and learn about what imposter syndrome is and some tricks for working through it. Rebecca also discusses what it has been like counselling students throughout the pandemic.

Reference: Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome

(Ruchika Tulshyan & Jodi-Ann Burey, 2021)

Published in Harvard Business Review

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hear from BlackCan co-founder about his career in consulting at Deloitte and how he utilizes it to further social justice. Petros served as Students' Union President at the University of Alberta and went on to study at the London School of Economics. he was also a contestant on CBC’s gameshow, Canada’s Smartest Person.

The UAlberta Career Centre is a resource for alumni looking for all kinds of career assistance. Check them out at: uab.ca/cc

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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How a human rights lawyer became a Hollywood composer, with Amritha Vaz '97 Arts, '02 Law

When Amritha Vaz, got tendonitis at the age of 17, she thought her path in musical performance was at an end. But, after earning her law degree and working as a human rights lawyer, a few chance encounters led her back to music, this time as a composer. Vaz got her start as a composing career assisting Academy Award winning composer Mychael Danna on "500 Days of Summer". Nominated for her second Annie award for Best TV music, her credits include scoring Disney's popular animated series "Mira: Royal Detective '' and an episode of AppleTV's Emmy nominated “Home”.

In this episode, hear how Vaz went from being an attorney with multiple degrees unrelated to music to being a successful TV and film music composer with a unique voice in L.A.

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sheetal Mehta Walsh is a frequent TEDx speaker and has received awards from Her Majesty the Queen and the UK Prime Minister for her work in social entrepreneurship

In this podcast Mehta Walsh speaks about learning and working around the world. After earning her Arts degree at the University of Alberta, it was expected that she would enter Law- instead she studied at London School of Economics, worked for Bill Gates at Microsoft and in investment banking in the middle east, Silicon Valley and Vancouver. After contemplation at an ashram in India and reconfiguring her purpose, Mehta Walsh founded Shanthi Life, a company that provides funding to small startups in less developed countries and now works for the Government of Alberta as the Chief Strategy Officer on AI and Innovation.

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

As a Trinidad-born Black teacher in small town Alberta, Selwyn Jacob, ’70 BEd, turned to filmmaking to tell the stories of Black settlers in the province. Today, the documentary producer continues to explore the experiences of Black Canadians and Canada’s multicultural communities.

Hear Selwyn Jacob’s thoughts on being a new Canadian telling local stories, the importance of community as a sounding board and taking a pragmatic approach to a career in the arts.

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Jennifer Jenkins

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nisha Patel, ‘15 BCom, is an award-winning Indo-Canadian poet, artist, and public speaker as well as the former Poet Laureate for the City of Edmonton BUT her career almost took her on a very different path. Listen in to find out how Nisha learned to trust her gut and made the life-altering decision to pursue her passion. This episode of WTJ was recorded with a live audience over Zoom as part of the 2021 Life After University Conference.

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Chloe Chalmers

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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Jessica Vandenberghe, ’00 BSc(ChemEng), ’03 MSc, shares her career journey from small town Alberta to the office of the assistant dean of outreach in the U of A’s Faculty of Engineering. Find out how the values of hard work and community taught by her parents, have served Jessica well in a career that has spanned industries. Hear Jessica’s thoughts on developing ‘soft skills’, what an Indigenous approach to engineering looks like, and her commitment to preparing the next seven generations of engineers.

Connect with your UAlberta community on Switchboard at uab.ca/sboard.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

Got a question? Email us at: [email protected]

What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Matt Rea and Chloe Chalmers

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/