Podcast · Business
by David Driver · English · Business
Join us on the MACD Career Conversations Podcast, presented by the Manitoba Association for Career Development, as we meet Manitoba’s many career professionals to talk about their career journey, their clients, and their work.
22 Oct 2025 · 59 min
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
E42 · 17 Sep 2025 · 49 min
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 Canada https://caddac.ca/ ADDITude https://www.additudemag.com/ For more…
E41 · 16 Jul 2025 · 37 min
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/
E40 · 14 May 2025 · 52 min
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
E39 · 16 Apr 2025 · 49 min
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…
13 Nov 2024 · 49 min
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…
9 Oct 2024 · 52 min
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.…
18 Sep 2024 · 48 min
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 -…
E36 · 17 Jul 2024 · 50 min
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!
E35 · 19 Jun 2024 · 38 min
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…
E34 · 15 May 2024 · 50 min
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
E33 · 17 Apr 2024 · 35 min
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
E32 · 14 Feb 2024 · 49 min
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/
E31 · 10 Jan 2024 · 38 min
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? A big thank you to my guests Emily Worthen, Candy Ho and Caryn Birch for the conversation! 3:06 - Emily's Answer 8:45 - Candy's Answer 17:33 - Caryn's Answer 26:00 - David's Answer For more information on MACD, please visit https://www.macd-mb.org/
E30 · 22 Nov 2023 · 44 min
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!). 00:00 - Job Title Discussion 21:45 - Soft Skills Discussion For more information about MACD, please visit https://www.macd-mb.org/
E29 · 25 Oct 2023 · 42 min
Leaving the province once again this month to chat with Lisa Taylor of the Challenge Factory! For more information on the Challenge Factory and the great work that Lisa and her team are doing, visit: https://challengefactory.ca/ For more information about MACD, please visit: macd-mb.org
E29 · 20 Sep 2023 · 37 min
For Career & Workforce Development Month's episode, we received 35 minutes of clips. Instead of getting all of it into the episode, here are all the clips in full! Thank you to everyone who provided a clip: Brian Yasui Caryn Birch Betty Punkert Keith Robinson Kristina Lonstrup Zach Allard Lisa Elmhurst Spencer Yasui Emily Gerbrandt Enjoy!
E28 · 20 Sep 2023 · 34 min
We're back from our summer break and gearing up for November! Career & Workforce Development Month is coming up, and this episode welcomes back Ahniko Handford and Deanna England to highlight what MACD will be doing to celebrate. For this episode, we also asked a variety of guests to describe what career development means to them, so thank you to all of those who donated a clip (in no particular order): Brian Yasui, Caryn Birch, Betty Punkert, Keith Robinson, Kristina Lonstrup, Zach Allard, Lisa Elmhurst, Spencer Yasui, Emily Gerbrandt Be sure to visit https://www.macd-mb.org/ for more info…
E27 · 21 Jun 2023 · 49 min
For this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations podcast, we talk to current MACD Chair Kate Yee! 0:00 - 28:37 - All about Kate 29:00 - Similarties and differences between students 30:30 - Advice for students in career planning 34:28 - What are students today missing? 40:07 - Kate's role as chair of MACD For more information about MACD, please visit: http://www.macd-mb.org . Stayed tuned for more updates on the upcoming Let's Get To Work Conference, November Career Month, Professional Development, and more. Note - The show will be pausing for the summer, have a great July & August…
E26 · 17 May 2023 · 43 min
On this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations podcast, we welcome in Rhonda Taylor from Career Trek! 1:30 - All about Rhonda 16:30 - Starting at Career Trek 20:40 - What is Career Trek? 27:05 - Strategies & philosophies to help clientele at Career Trek 34:05 - How to get involved in Career Trek 38:10 - What's next for Career Trek? 40:34 - Impossible Trivia Question 42:15 - How to contact Rhonda and Career Trek For more information about Career Trek, please visit: http://www.careertrek.ca For more information about MACD, please visit: http://www.macd-mb.org
E25 · 12 Apr 2023 · 43 min
Career Conversations comes back to Winnipeg and welcomes in Anna Gordon from Strut4Success! 0:00 - All About Anna 12:10 - Advice on starting your own business 14:38 - Teaching others networking & branding 21:16 - Physical movement & wellness 25:21 - Creative strategies for engaging clients 33:50 - How should career ideally be taught? 40:05 - How to contact Anna 40:45 - Impossible Trivia To know more information about Anna, please visit: https://strut4success.com/ For more information about MACD, please visit: http://www.macd-mb.org
E24 · 22 Mar 2023 · 38 min
Continuing our travels outside of Winnipeg, this month's episode features Doug Pople from Brandon University! Time stamps: 0:00 - Doug's Career Journey 13:56 - Career Services changes throughout the years at BU 20:57 - Current Career Services at BU 27:23 - Pandemic changes at BU and upcoming events 32:40 - Impossible trivia question 34:00 - How to connect with Doug For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at http://www.macd-mb.org
E23 · 22 Feb 2023 · 52 min
We're back in B.C. this month on the show to visit Deirdre Pickerell from CCDF! In this episode, we talk about ballet, getting employers on board with career development, and the brand new Career Development Professional Centre. Timestamps: 2:32 - Profile 19:35 - Getting employers on board with career development 26:49 - Introducing the Career Development Professional Centre 41:35 - Long-term goals for the Career Development Professional Centre 48:56 - Impossible trivia For more information about the centre, please visit: https://cdpc-cedc.ca/ For more information on MACD, including…
E22 · 18 Jan 2023 · 36 min
Happy New Year! Kicking off 2023 of the MACD Career Conversations Podcast is Medina Puskar of Manitoba Start. In this episode, we discuss migrating to Canada, helping provincial nominees settle in Winnipeg and the current challenges of newcomers. To learn more about Manitoba Start, please visit: https://manitobastart.com/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at http://www.macd-mb.org
E21 · 14 Dec 2022 · 34 min
For the last episode of 2022, we welcome in Kelsey Evans from Youth Employment Services! In this episode, we discuss employment barriers that effect youth, the importance of networks in career success, and the perils of yoga exercises. For more information about Youth Employment Services, check out https://yesmb.ca/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at http://www.macd-mb.org
E20 · 16 Nov 2022 · 41 min
We pack our bags once again on the MACD Career Conversations podcast and visit Candy Ho in British Columbia! In this episode, we discuss: being curious about children's interests, finding different ways to approach career education in post-secondary, and the importance of mental health in career. For more information about the Cannexus conference, please visit: https://cannexus.ceric.ca/ For more information about CERIC, please visit: https://ceric.ca/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at…
E19 · 12 Oct 2022 · 40 min
On this month's show of the MACD Career Conversations Podcast, we welcome in Lynda Peto! In this month's discussion, we talk about experiencing "value crisis", applying one interest in many ways, and about "Designing Your Life" coaching. For more information about Lynda & her work, please visit https://transitionsbydesign.ca/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at http://www.macd-mb.org
E18 · 14 Sep 2022 · 38 min
In this month's episode of the MACD Career Conversations Podcast, we talk to a panel of MACD board members! Deanna England, Ahniko Handford and Gail Langlais join the show for a conversation about the Manitoba Association For Career Development: how the organization got started, what the organization has accomplished since it's inception, and how you (yes, you!) can get involved in helping achieve our future goals. NOTES: - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for LGTW 2022! Get your tickets early and save! Presentation abstracts are online. Schedule to come - but all you have to do now is buy your ticket…
E17 · 10 Aug 2022 · 54 min
As summer rolls on, we welcome Christine Kampen Robinson from the Canadian Mennonite University on this month's edition of the MACD Career Conversations podcast! In this episode, we talk about Germany & Waterloo, transitioning people in and out of post-secondary, and not having to struggle as a rite of passage. For more information about Canadian Mennonite University career services, please visit their page at: https://www.cmu.ca/career-vocation/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at…
E16 · 13 Jul 2022 · 40 min
This month on MACD Career Conversations, we're chatting with Tracey Ediger from the Winnipeg Transition Centre! In this episode, we discuss falling into a career and the massive impact of the Winnipeg Transition Centre in the city. For more information about Winnipeg Transition Centre, please visit https://winnipegtransitioncentre.com/ For more information on MACD, including professional development, conferences and other opportunities, please visit our website, at http://www.macd-mb.org
Join us on the MACD Career Conversations Podcast, presented by the Manitoba Association for Career Development, as we meet Manitoba’s many career professionals to talk about their career journey, their clients, and their work.
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