Help Wanted
After a decade in his career, Steven Popik has decided on a career change, but to what? He is still figuring that out. Join him as he interviews industry professionals about their jobs and career journeys to try and discover his next career together.
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Welcome back to Help Wanted Steven's Office Hours. In this episode, I share some things I have learned from interviewing these professionals, as well as some life updates.
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What does it take to recognize the best leaders in Canadian business?
In today’s episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with a woman who shines a spotlight on the leaders shaping Canada’s business landscape. Her perspective is a reminder that great leadership isn’t just about titles — it’s about impact.” Here is my interview with the Director of Programs at Caldwell, Michelle Jursa.
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<...Together we have learned about wine making, beer brewing, but what about hard liquor distilling?
Today's guest used all the knowledge they learned through years in hospitality, mixed with their fascination for bartending and shaken together with the entrepreneurial spirit to build an amazing distillery from scratch. Here is my interview with the owner of Nickel 9 Distillery, Chris Jacks.
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It seems that philosophy and business can be more intertwined than we think.
Today's guest has a more philosophical approach to how he and his brother operate the current number one winery in Ontario. Here is my interview with the Vice President of Sales for the Herny of Pelham winery, Daniel Speck.
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We have all thrown a party before in our lives, but imagine throwing a party with a budget of hundreds of thousands of dollars…
Today's guest is a master party thrower, throwing parties for some very large companies, taking months to plan these events. And yet she has learned how to remain calm and strong-minded through all these pressures. Here is my interview with corporate event planner, Erica Pennie.
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I had the chance to speak with a sommelier who has taken her love of wine far beyond the restaurant floor.
Not only is she an expert in pairing flavours, but she’s also created her own private chef and sommelier experience, bringing people together through food, wine, and storytelling. Here is my interview with Sommlier, Rebecca Meir.
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Today's guest will shock you in more ways than one…
Welcome back to Help Wanted, the podcast where I interview industry professionals about their jobs and career journeys. All in my quest to discover my next career.
I feel so lucky to be able to interview today's guest because they share a wealth of knowledge from their industry, but also from their life. Everyone, pull out a notepad and pen and take notes because here is ...
Today's guest is a prime example of how hard work and perseverance can take you anywhere in life.
Everyone has dreams and aspirations, but what we don’t often discuss is how these dreams and aspirations can change and evolve as we change and grow. Today’s guest had a goal of being a high school principal, then his dream changed when he started coaching hockey. Here is my interview with Assistant Coach to the Boston Bruins, Ste...
Have you ever thought about just running with your passions and not caring how crazy it sounds?
I sat down with a podcast producer who reminded me that chasing your passions can lead to incredible opportunities — if you’re willing to believe in yourself. He opened up about his own battles with imposter syndrome and how he learned to quiet that voice of doubt by focusing on what he loves most. Podcasting and storytelling. Here is my ...
The career journey of today's guest sounds like the plot of a movie, and in this case, it literally is.
Today’s guest is a veterinarian who doesn’t just treat cats and dogs. He runs his own clinic, travels the world to rescue animals in crisis zones, and somehow found time to star in a documentary along the way. Basically, he's a real-life action hero in scrubs. Here is my interview with veterinarian Dr. Cliff Redford.
“Quality is our family tradition,” that's the Molinaros' way.
On my way to interview today's guest, I could smell the pizza about a block away. Their huge facility is a family-owned company making hundreds of pizzas and pizza dough every single day that you have most likely tried.
Here is my interview with the President of Molinaro’s Fine Italian Foods, Vince Molinaro.
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...You can either choose to spiral upwards or downwards. I learned that from today's guest and much more.
Today's guest has a lot of wisdom to share from her career as an engineer, specifically working in nuclear power, but she also shares her motivating perspective on life.
Here is my interview with retired Engineer, Julia Edey.
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Water, Barley, Hops, and Yeast, the four main ingredients in beer.
Exploration, passion, and taking risks, the three main ingredients to discovering your lifestyle purpose.
Whether you drink beer or not, today’s guest has a job that instantly makes everyone want to ask a million questions. And today I have some answers. All the way from Great Lakes Brewery, here is my Interview with Troy Burtch.
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Who would have thought that talking about death could make you feel more alive?
Today’s guest works in a field most of us avoid thinking about… until we have to. He’s a funeral director, which means he’s part event planner of funerals and somehow still manages to find humour and humanity in one of life’s most difficult moments.
Here’s my interview with funeral director Brad Jones.
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...Wine, to some, is just a drink, but to others, it’s history, geography, chemistry, and emotion bottled into one experience.
Today’s guest is someone who speaks about wine the way an artist talks about a brush stroke. But don’t let the romantic way she speaks about wine fool you; she is also a sharp businesswoman, turning her deep knowledge of wine into a thriving career.
Here’s my interview with sommelier Renée Sferrazza.
If you think you can’t dance, think again! Today's guest is not just a salsa instructor. No matter what level you think you are at dancing salsa, Alesk has built a school where everyone belongs. Here is my interview with Salsa Instructor Alesk Saiyan
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Today is my birthday, (*hold for applause*) and I decided to put myself in the hot seat and answer my interview questions for you.
I hope to keep this tradition up every year and see where my life is every year.
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Everyone who wears glasses has worked with an optician, but what is an optician?
The best way the job of an optician was described to me was, “An optician is to an eye doctor, what a pharmacist is to a doctor,” but the job gets even more interesting when you realize it's a crossover between health science and math, but also fashion. Here is my interview with Optician and owner of Eye Candy Optical, Foti Siomos.
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What exactly is an Osteopath??
Osteopaths are such an interesting and underrated profession. I still have a hard time fully explaining what an osteopath does so I will let my guest explain it better. Here is my interview with the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, Katharine McLarty.
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Before most of us even wake up, today's guest has been up for hours and is already reporting on the new and current events happening in Ontario. Here is my interview with Morning Live Reporter, Simone Gavros.
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