Career Conversations

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 Connie12:11 - What is the NSCDA?20:00 - Nova Scotia's job market & demographics28:00 - How does NSCDA serve it's members38:40 - What can other associations learn from NSCDA?46:14 - Visiting Nova Scotia48:10 - Impossible Trivia50:20 - How to learn more & connectFor more information about NSCDA, visit: https://nscda.ca/To contact Connie Corse: [email protected] 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 Lisa2:15 - Report's origins & goal10:00 - What is the big tent?22:40 - Report findings & surprises28:18 - Getting data from provinces34:27 - Manitoba findings & provincial funding45:08 - More information on the report46:50 - Impossible triviaVisit 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!

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 For more information on MACD, please visit: https://www.macd-mb.org/