Episodes

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Vinayak Mahajan. Vinayak is a graduate of Georgian College with a Co-op Diploma, Computer Programmer, achieving Dean’s list in all of his semesters. Vinayak is a TedX Speaker (more to come on that in the show), #1 Global Bestselling Author, Fou...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Caroline Dack. Caroline is a 2021 graduate of the University of Waterloo with a degree in Arts and Business with a focus on Legal Studies and Women Studies. While at school, Caroline was the VP Communications of Women Studies Society, Member of ...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Jeffrey Hsu. Jeffrey is a 2018 graduate from Western University with a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies with a focus on Business Administration and Management. Jeffrey has spent the last few years working at TD as a Bank Teller...

Welcome to Throwback Thursday. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Throwback Thursday” is where I bring onto the show students and young talent that I met years ago and to see where they are now. My guest today is Christopher Martinez, a 2013 graduate from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Commerce Finance Degree. Ryerson is actually where Christopher and I first met at a student networking event many years ago. Christopher has had a very successful finance career and has performed m...

Welcome to Careering Talk. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. On today’s Careering Talk, I have invited friends and talent leaders to join me to talk all things recruiting in 2022. · Emma Surich, Manager, Talent Acquisition at ecobee · Jovic Howland, Campus Recruiter & Early Career Specialist, ...

Welcome to Careering Talk. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Our topic today is “Learning to be an Entrepreneur” with Dennis Gorya. Dennis is a 2020 graduate from the Schulich School of Business, York University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Stud...

Welcome to Careering Talk. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Today’s Careering Talk is a special one because January is #NationalMentoringMonth in Canada and I have invited guests that I have mentored and built relationships with to join me and share their experiences. The topic today is Network...

Welcome to Careering Talk. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Today’s Careering Talk is a special one because January is #NationalMentoringMonth in Canada and I have invited guests that I have mentored and built relationships with to join me and share their experiences. The topic today is Networ...

Welcome to Careering Talk. If you are tuning in for the first time, Careering Talk is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Today’s Careering Talk is a special one because January is National Mentoring Month in Canada and I have invited a student panel to join me and share their experiences. Our topic today is Networking and Mentorship and my guests are: Je...

Welcome to Careering Talk. If you are tuning in for the first time, Careering Talk is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Our topic today is Adult Learning and Career Navigation with Mazen Farroukh. Mazen is 2008 honors graduate from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Beirut, Lebanon with a Bachelor of Business Administration / Finance degree. Maze...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Omar Abu Samra. Omar, is studying Software Development & Network Engineering at Sheridan College. At Sheridan College, Omar manages a community for over 900 students, bringing students interested in software development together for mutual learn...

On today’s #CoffeeWithConvery podcast we are continuing the series “Throwback Thursday” where I bring onto the show students and young talent that I met years ago and to see where they are now. My guest today is Mary Yao. Mary is a graduate from the Ivey Business School at Western University with an Honors in Business Administration and recently received her MBA from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Mary and I met a few years back at IBM Canada in Global Business...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Aaron Ambrose. Aaron is currently enrolled at Huron University focusing on a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies Honours with a Specialization in Organizational Studies, Policy, and Ethics and expected to graduate in 2023. Aaron is...

With November being Career Month in Canada, we are going to extend the 2021 theme of “It’s Possible” into December with the series “Careering Talk” and speak with some amazing guests today. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Our topic today is The Power of Meaningful Connections with my friends ...

With November being Career Month in Canada, we are going to continue with the series “Careering Talk.” “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Our topic today is “preparing for that year-end review” with my guest Chase Harder. Chase Harder is a 2019 Goodman School of Business at Brock University graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administ...

With November being Career Month in Canada, we are going to continue with the series “Careering Talk.” “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Career Month Canada’s 2021 theme is “It’s Possible.” With my guest Dan Gibson I could not think of a better person to represent this year’s theme and so the theme for today’s podcast is “It’s Possible...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Annie Liu. Annie is attending the Ivey Business School at Western University in the Honors Business Administration Program with an expected graduation date in 2023. Annie spent her summer 2021 with RBC as a Tax Administrator with Wealth Managem...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Dylan Kostka. Dylan is 2020 graduate from the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa where he received an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree in finance. Dylan is currently employed as an Associate Advisor with RBC Dominion Secu...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Shane Meadahl. Shane is enrolled at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University focusing on his Bachelor of Business Administration | Finance with an expected graduation in date in 2022. Shane has had a number of internships through...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Alex Dorbyk. Alex is a 2021 graduate from the Smith School of Business at Queens University with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Alex is also the Co-Founder, Advisor and previous Co-Chair of Queen’s Commerce Mental Health Association an associati...

On today’s #CoffeeWithConvery podcast we are continuing the series “Throwback Thursday” where I bring onto the show students and young talent that I met years ago and to see where they are now. My guest today is Joël Collin-Demers is a 2012 graduate of HEC Montréal with a Bachelor of Business and Administration, Information Technology. Joël also spent time on a 6 month exchange program with HEC Montreal at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane Australia. Joël also hold a Post-Grad...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Evans Mosomi. Evans is enrolled at the Ontario Tech University focusing on his Bachelor of Engineering | Software Engineering with an expected graduation date in 2022. Evans is an outgoing individual who is always considered a ball of energy in ...

On today’s #CoffeeWithConvery podcast we are introducing the series “Careering Talk” which is an open mic new series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. I had the chance to connect on an Ask Me Anything Session with Kolitha Wanniarachchi, David Balanca, Tejaswini Joshi, Yetunde Ajiboye, Luciana Yokota and Kingsley Ozowe and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy...

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Natasha Dao. Natasha is a 2019 graduate from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Labour Studies and a minor in Geography | Earth Sciences. Most recently, she has enrolled in the Sheridan College Graduate Certificate Human Reso...