This podcast was recorded in front of a live audience in March of 2025. The panel discusses unique career paths in the life sciences, with a particular emphasis on roles in academic administration and features Eric Loo,’07 BSc,’13 PhD; Grant Kemp, ’07 BSc,’13 PhD and Helen Coe,’04 BSc,’10 PhD
This is the third in our four part mini series on starting your own business. This episode discusses the importance of and how to complete a SWOT analysis.
This is the second in our four part mini series on starting your own business. This episode discusses steps to create a business plan.
This is the first in our four part mini series on starting your own business. This episode discusses steps to take prior to beginning your business plan.
This month's live panel features Arts alumni Kelly Mellings, Xinting Zhao and Fiwanda Mithrush discussing owning an art's related business, quitting your day job and working in the music, publishing, arts admin and literature fields.
Listen to this inspiring panel of U of A alumni who have turned their passion for sports into dynamic careers. Hear from: Natasha Staniszewski, '00 BCom – Former TSN SportsCentre anchor and current media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders Alysia Rissling, '11 BSc (Kinesiology) – Former Canadian Olympic bobsledder and current Director of Business Development for the WHL and CHL Andrea Oh, '98 BPE – Former Pandas Varsity Athlete, community innovator, and leader in fostering collabo...
Ross Prusakowski is the Deputy Chief Economist & Director with Export Development Canada. In this episode, Ross discusses how he moved along his career path from his days at The Gateway to now. Ross explains how he and his team manage work life balance and varying news sources and events as they manage Canada's topics and relationships in this busy and ever changing world. If you live in the Ottawa area, you may want to join us for Ross' talk to Ottawa Alumni on March 18. Click here for more...
Fraud Awareness: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about how to protect yourself from fraud brought to you by TD Insurance. This episode includes some tips and tools to protect yourself from fraud and what happens when you report a fraud. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kev...
Our panelists this month discuss their career paths and experiences overcoming common dilemmas that face us as we start our careers and give pointers on how to thrive as you transition from being a student to looking for work and the workforce. The panelists are ASSET volunteers and will provide tips on self care and resilience. The Alumni Student Support & Engagement Team (ASSET) is a group of alumni that are here to support students. With a diverse offering of skills, talents and experienc...
Fraud Awareness: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about how to protect yourself from fraud brought to you by TD Insurance. This episode includes scams that target international students and those who are new to Canada.
AlumLab teamed up with the What The Job? (WTJ?) podcast to bring you a live episode recording Jennifer Jenkins '95 BEd interviewed three amazing alumni on the topic of carving out unique career paths in the bio/life sciences with a focus on consulting. Panelists: Janelle Jiminez, ‘11 BSc, ‘16 MSc, ‘22 MBA Sarah Treit, ‘06 BSc, ‘15 PhD FoMD Nakita Rubuliak, '19 BSc WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Associ...
Fraud Awareness: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about how to protect yourself from fraud brought to you by TD Insurance. This episode includes Phishing, AI and frauds and scams that specifically impact Canadian students/alumni.
Aziz, VP Business Development for Kassian Interior Design and Planning, has been practicing architecture around the world for 30 years. He is also the Chair of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and a member of the University of Alberta's Alumni Council. In this podcast, he discusses how the architecture improves the human experience, his belief in service not just in his own profession and shares his stories of coming to Canada and studying at the University of Alberta. WTJ? is sponsored by TD In...
Fraud Awareness: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about how to protect yourself from fraud brought to you by TD Insurance. This episode includes fraud statistics and reporting. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:...
Adam Pinkoski ('16 BKin) Asst. Director of Performance Science for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers speaks about the limitless possibilities of his relatively new field and how he came to work with this incredible group of athletes. His journey took him from teaching to industrial research. Adam also explores persistence in times of unknown and his thoughts on being the youngest instructor at the UofA to deliver a last lecture. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta....
AlumLab teamed up with the What The Job? (WTJ?) podcast to bring you a live episode recording and networking event where WTJ? podcast host Matt Rea, '13 PhD, will interview three amazing alumni on the topic of carving out unique career paths in the bio/life sciences with a focus on entrepreneurship. Featuring: Sheetal Walsh, '94 BA: Venture capital guru with a global outlook. CEO of U of A Innovation Fund, driving spin-outs and IP commercialization. Philanthropist empowering vulnerable women thr...
Christine Gertz from the University of Alberta's Career Centre discusses great uses for Linkedin and Silver medal applicants. Silver medal applicants are job candidates who have "everything": great skills, strong resume, appear to have a good interview but don't get a job offer and this issue keeps happening again and again when they are job searching. Here is an article Christine and her former colleague Justin Pritchard wrote about silver medalists: https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/r...
Tyree McCrackin from the University of Alberta's Career Centre speaks about the magic of saying "yes!" and letting go of the transactional model for networking.
Podcast recording in front of a live audience with a panel speaking about how to handle stress as you start your career journey featuring: Pegah Salari ('08 MBA), John Fontaine ('08 BA, '09 MA, '20 PhD), Aggie Mikulski ('91 BCom, '14 MBA) and Phil Wong ('85 BSc). WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: alumcar@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kev...
Marek Komar from the University of Alberta's Career Centre speaks about generalization vs specialization in your career and your identity at work. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kevin M acLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by...
Join Craig Wilson '89 Augustana (CLC), the award-winning Senior Editor of CBS Weekend News, as he shares his journey from growing up in Medicine Hat to attending Augustana University, where he laid the foundation for his dynamic career in news reporting and production. In this episode, Craig discusses the state of news in North America, the importance of safeguarding accuracy in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Throughout the conversation, Craig's deep love and support for his Alma Mater, Aug...
Finances 101: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about finances brought to you by TD Insurance. This episode includes some tips on creating some savings for yourself. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribut...
Nakita Valerio is a community organizer, has been an entrepreneur, ran a school in Morocco, has been the head of an independent research institute and now she is a Religious Studies PhD student. Nakita is clear that she wants to be of service to others and her community; Being truly open to the people she meets and her experiences has led her through a very diverse career journey. In this podcast we discuss how to get involved in a new community even though you may feel awkward, exploring your s...
Finances 101: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about finances brought to you by TD Insurance. This episode includes some tips on managing debt. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creat...
In the episode Elan MacDonald (VP External Relations at the University of Alberta) discusses her career and key moments in her career that helped build the skills in order for her to become a leader. She shares five foundational lessons she's learned throughout her career that have guided and formed her leadership. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jen...
Finances 101: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about finances brought to you by TD Insurance.This episode includes some tips on using credit. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativ...
Pegah Salari, member of Alumni Council and Chair of the Career Services Committee, shares lessons she's learned about networking, notably about the importance of not tying your entire network and identity to your current job. She also discusses her career in sales, what she loves about it, what surprised her, the importance of mentorship (even if a mentor disappoints you) and trusting your gut. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a Univ...
Finances 101: a series of mini episodes where we provide tips to young grads about finances brought to you by TD Insurance.This episode includes some tips on budgeting. WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: wtj@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativeco...
Joel Huculak and Jennifer Keith speak further at our live recording about their entrepreneurship journeys.
Learn about the wonderful careers of these two stars from Bear Grease, the hit musical- including how they came to the acting profession, their tips for staying grounded and adjusting to life on campus. If you would like to see Bear Grease performed near you, please visit: https://beargreaselive.com/ WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance. Got a question? Email us at: alumcar@ualberta.ca What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast Hosted by: Matt Rea Produced by: Jennifer Jenki...
