CareerJoy Conversations: Episodes
Do you want to improve your performance at work? Do you desire less stress in your life? Want a higher probability of getting promoted? This week's podcast is with distinguished University of Chicago Professor John Cacioppo the author of loneliness. John has done pioneering research on human nature ...
Are you looking for the secret to job security? This week's podcast is with New York Times best selling author Daniel Pink and Rob Ten Pas the winner of TOKYOPOP's annual Rising Stars of Manga Competition. Daniel and Rob are the creators of Johnny Bunko - The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. This ...
What role does the way you dress play in you getting the position that you are qualified for and want? This week's podcast is with Catherine Bell Canada's Image Expert and author of Managing Your Image Potential. Catherine works with the Queens Executive MBA program on presentation skills. According ...
Are you feeling nervous about the state of the job market? Is now the time to take some risks in your career? It seems like we should all batton down the hatches and wait out this economic tsunami . This week's podcast is a recording of the presentation that Launi Skinner, President of 1800GOTJUNK ...
Did you wake up to good news in the newspaper this morning? Unlikely, since the headlines are very negative these days. I would strongly recommend that you listen to this week's podcast. It is a recording of the presentation that Andrea Garson, V.P. HR for workopolis, gave at our recent conference ...
This morning, as you gathered around the watercooler, you may have already started one, you may have been the subject of one - a rumor. This week's podcast is with Professor Nicholas Defonzo, author of The Watercooler Effect . He is the leading world expert on why rumors spread. In some ways, I have ...
How does the job search process really work? How do human resources find people to interview from their database? What does manager look for in resume? Interviewing, what's the secret. This week's podcast is with Andrea Garson, Vice President of Human resources of Workopolis - Canada's leading career ...
Who is accountable for your career development, you or your company? This week's podcast is with Launi Skinner, the new President of 1800GOTJUNK and one of the speakers at The 2008 Canadian Career Summit being held Tues Oct 14th in Ottawa and Thursday Oct 16th in Toronto. Launi recently left as President ...
Do you feel like a square peg working in a round hole?. This week's podcast is with Patricia Lovett-Reid Senior Vice-President of TD Waterhouse and author of Get Real - 26 Canadian Woman share the secrets of authentic success . She interviewed 26 successful Canadian women who had found the right balance ...
Have you every made a career decision, only to look back on it and ask yourself "what was I thinking?". This week's podcast is with Rom Brafman Ph.D, co-author of New York Times best selling book SWAY - The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. Rom and his brother Ari investigated the role our ...
How long does it take to make a first impression in a telephone interview? According to Kathryn Preston, a leading Canadian presentation expert & founder of So to Speak, "Within the first 12 seconds of a telephone conversation, the listener makes an unconscious judgment of character, social status, ...
What area do you need to focus on to help you progress in your career, your strengths or your weaknesses? This week's podcast is with Jennifer Fox, author of Your Child's Strengths with a Masters from education from Harvard, she has invested her career on discovering the keys to an individual reaching ...
What does Tim Hortons, Canadian Tire,The Stanley Cup & "eh" make you think of? These are all part of the unique elements that makes for a clear national identity, and a country we call Canada. This weekâs podcast is with Roy MacGregor, he has spent the past 35 years delving who is Canada. He is ...
What is the number one reason that people will choose you and your products/services over your competitors'? Well according to Workforce.com, 67% of managers would hire an applicant with strong soft skills, even if their technical skills were lacking. This week's podcast is with Mark Jeffries. He ...
Matt Hill & Stephanie Tait are two Canadians on an 11,000 mile run to inspire environmental action. They decided to step up to the plate for our environment, using their abundance of energy and love of running, to empower as many North Americans as possible on how their actions can make a huge difference ...
His organization is responsible for the feeding, clothing, educating
and nurturing of 20,000+ children who have become orphans due to the
HIV virus in Africa. He shares how he has found success and signifigance in the work that he does. Sit back, relax and learn!
John and his team interviewed hundreds of people aged 60+ who were
described by others as happy & successful. In our conversation he shares these 5 secrets and the role that work played with these successful people. Podcast length 44 minutes. Sit back, relax and learn!
Kyle MacDonald made the most successful trade in the history of the internet. Starting in Montreal with 1 red paper clip, over the course of 1 year and 14 trades he ended up with a house. He shares the lessons he learned on starting small and ending up in a great situation. We are trading all ...
Warren MacDonald is the best selling author of <span>A Test of Will. </span>He has been on Oprah's tv show sharing his story on the largest personal test of his life. Warren spent 45 hours with a 1 ton boulder on his legs as a result, both of his legs were amputated. In our conversation, ...
Alan is interviewed by Karen Hamilton, founder of TheBestKeptSecret.ca a community portal focused on Woman 40 and older. Karen has a conversation with Alan about a number of issues specifically related to woman, parenting, managing and balancing your career. This podcast is 32 minutes in length. ...