Career Buzz

Career Buzz - Andre Mech Part 2

How about prioritizing your joyfulness?

Your life is your responsibility a message you will hear from our guests today. What are your thoughts on this statement?  Join Hoda's Career Info on Career Buzz in a journey to increase Career Literacy.
 
Use this career chat with Sangeeta Mehta and Dr Ken Keis to learn how!
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Sangeeta Mehta holds an Economics degree from Brock University, and two post graduate certifications in Human Resources Management and a Career Development Practitioner.She is currently the Manager, Partnership Development and Career Coach for the ADaPT program, under Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to joining ADaPT, Sangeeta spent 15 years in Human Resources working for entrepreneurial to large organizations in the areas of recruitment, employee development, and HR strategy. Sangeeta's mission is to provide career coaching to post-secondary graduates and to empower them with the requisite skills to succeed in today's labour market. She is passionate about coaching her students, preparing them to be job ready and helping them transition to meaningful employment. In her spare time, she loves to read, workout and cycle with her family!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ken Keis, Ph.D. is an expert on leadership, purpose, wellness, and the foremost global authority on personality and behavioral assessments, that increase and multiply your success rate. He has authored over 4 million words of content, including 500 articles, 4 books, several online courses and a dozen assessments to help others realize their full potential.President and CEO of Consulting Resource Group International Inc. (CRG), Dr. Keis has worked with many high-profile companies, associations, and industry groups. In the past 34 years, Ken has conducted more than 3,000 presentations and 10,000 hours of coaching and consulting. He is a highly sought-after author, speaker, trainer and media guest. Ken was host of the top-rated podcast Secrets of Success™ with Dr. Ken Keis with over 250 episodes. His most recent books include, Why Aren’t You More Like Me?, Deliberate Leadership, and The Quest For Purpose.

You can’t be wealthy unless you know how to protect your wealth

The steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, reputedly the world's richest man in the late 19th century, had some advice for anyone who wished to follow his example: “Put all your eggs in one basket,” he said, “and then watch that basket.”  Watching those eggs—aka asset protection—may no longer be that simple, if it ever was. But it's no less of a concern for anyone who has managed to amass some wealth. Making money is one thing; keeping it may require an entirely different set of strategies.  Our guest today believes “Money represents power and power represents freedom”. If you have some money, you have some of both. It’s better to hold on to it than give it to fast talking politicians or investment gurus. Your challenge is to save your money, avoid expropriation and taxes.
Today we hear from Alex Doulis noted expert and best-selling author on taxation, investing, banking and asset protection.  He has written six books providing guidance to Canadians to legally avoid paying tax and hold onto wealth. They are NOT get rich quick books.  His background is in finance having received his Chartered Financial Analyst in 1978. He worked in the investment industry in his later years and at aged 50, in 1990, having determined that more than 50 percent of his income was going to the tax men he devised the ultimate income tax avoidance scheme. He quit earning an income and went sailing for 15 years.  At that time, he wrote the book “take your money and run”. During those years of leisure in the Mediterranean, Alex had the opportunity to write about investing, the Canadian stock market and how it got to be what it is and why the Canadian market is a very dangerous place for you.

How about we prioritize career education?

Use this career chat with Dr Michael Stebleton and Melanie Buford, co-editors with Michael J sharp of Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education as your prompt to get inspired! Join Hoda Kilani and her guests in a journey to increase Career Literacy.

Oil and gas are in a competition with electrics, hydrogen and sustainable combustion fuels

For decades, oil and gas were really the only choice for transportation and energy - heat, etc but it appears to be changing to a scenario where oil and gas are in a competition with electrics, hydrogen and sustainable combustion fuels (SCF).
 
In this episode, we hear from ⁠Andre Mech⁠ Environmental Engineer who has been a climate change proponent for the past 30 years.  Andre was first on Stephen Armstrong's Innovation / Career Buzz Show in January 2020 - "Disruption in the Global Auto Industry” and again in 2021 “Green is Taking off”.  
 
Andre works in the areas of electrical generation, emission reduction, energy efficiency project evaluation, project development, finance, management, verification, including carbon offset generation activities to minimizing climate change. He has direct experience with carbon related planning in the commercial institutional building sector, transportation sector and combined heat and power sector. He is a regular speaker at national and international energy conferences. He holds a BEng Mech Eng from the Royal Military College Canada and an MBA from Western University.

Using SOUND to impress a partner, find mate, fight off rival

Where is sound used to impress a partner, find a mate, or fight off a rival? You can find out in ⁠The Secret World of Sound⁠. It’s a three part documentary series by ⁠Dugald Maudsley⁠ about how animals use sound in bizarre, amazing and unexpected ways to survive.
Fun fact: For The Secret World of Sound which airs on CBC Gem, Dugald says it took 25 days of shooting for 5 minutes of film. ⁠Dugald Maudsley⁠ is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He’s researched, written, directed and produced documentaries in more than 30 countries, for broadcasters around the world.
 
Starting his journalism career first in New Zealand then moving to Australia,  Dugald eventually returned to his native Canada where he works with his wife Gillian Main in their production company, ⁠Infield Fly Productions⁠.

What makes a rewarding career?

In this episode, ⁠Erica Mattison⁠ interviews ⁠Dinuka Gunaratne⁠, a post-secondary leader with extensive experience supporting the success of university students throughout Canada and the US. Together, they explore how to lead a rewarding career with the help of self-reflection through story telling, mentoring relationships, and feedback from trusted allies.
Through leadership roles with numerous professional associations, Dinuka is a major contributor to graduate student career development and student affairs. As a certified Anti-Racism Response trainer, Dinuka is deeply committed to fostering diversity, inclusion, and belonging, informed by his experience as a first-generation immigrant and former international student. Currently, he serves as the Director of Career Development and Experiential Learning at Northeastern University Vancouver Campus in British Columbia, Canada.

The Geopolitical Impact of water scarcity

Part 2 of The strategic importance of water – an irreplaceable and un-substitutable resource with Stephen Armstrong and Bryan Karney
For centuries, wars have been fought over resources. The need for land, oil, trade routes and other commodities have all led to deadly conflicts throughout history. But soon we could be seeing more fighting over arguably the most precious resource of all - water. Now to set the stage 97% of earths water is salt and 3% is freshwater. 97% of the fresh water is frozen in ice caps and glaciers so a fraction of a fraction is accessible. As the effects of climate change get worse, and the planet gets hotter and drier, the fight for water is only going to intensify. So - where could we see water wars? And how likely are they to actually happen?
 
Bryan Karney Bio:
Bryan Karney is a professor of Civil engineering at the UofT and he is phased retirement after holding the position of Vice Dean Multidisciplinary Programmes in the faculty of applied science and engineering.  Professor Karney’s research interests reside in the design, analysis, operation and optimization of various water resource and energy systems. He specializes in the design and analysis of water distribution systems, with interests in infrastructure renewal, transient and water hammer analysis and system optimization. Professor Karney also studies the implication of climate change to system design and performance, and particularly energy use.  He is a Professional Engineer in Ontario and holds a BASc, MEng and PhD in Civil Engineering from UBC.    

Who You Are Matters! How do you get to know who you are?

Who You Are Matters! How do you get to know who you are? Guests Mark Franklin, host of Career Buzz and Rich Feller created a tool that helps do that and are here to tell you all about it. Do you need a plan when it’s time to look for a new role? Debra Boggs stresses the value of having a Job Search Strategy. Join Hoda and her guests in their journey to increase Career Literacy.
 
Guest links:
Mark Franklin - https://onelifetools.com/pages/conversations-matter
Rich Feller - https://richfeller.com
Debra Boggs - https://www.dscareermanagement.com/about

What does it take to coordinate Emergency Medical Evacuation for Humanitarian Relief?

If you ask Carolyn McBeath it takes being confident and resourceful, being curious and a critical thinker, being able to read a situation and creating backup plans. And being very, very forthcoming.
Carolyn McBeath works as an Overseas Site Manager where she is the key in-country liaison between her Canadian employer, Voyageur Aviation, and United Nations Missions in international hot spots including East Timor, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan.
Join Mark Franklin in this episode as he speaks to Carolyn from her home near Ottawa, just one day after returning from Central African Republic.