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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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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Imagine walking into a facility and being surrounded by over 2000 snakes and other reptiles, because that’s what I had to do for this interview.
I feel like you have to be a little crazy to have this job and work with this many reptiles as well. Today’s guest truly inspired me with his career journey. The diversity of careers he has explored, all the trials life has thrown his way and yet he still stands today pursuing what he love...
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Allow me to tell you the story of my career journey and how I started the Help Wanted Podcast.
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When we are young, we are taught to run away from fire or danger, but today's guest runs into it. He also taught me a lot about how to take care of yourself, no matter your career or what life throws your way. Here is my interview with Fire Fighter, Paul Butler.
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necesitas ayuda? yo tambien. (Do you need help? Me too...)
Bienvenidos a se necesita ayuda (Welcome to Help Wanted)
Today's guest went from being a Professor of English in Argentina to a Professor of Spanish in Canada. Here is my interview with Director and Professor at Spanish4You Canada, Karina Marenales
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I decided to give real estate another try, and speaking with Alex NOLIS, he taught me about his approach to his career and his life, which is not what you would expect from a Real Estate Agent. If I could use two words to describe his approach, it would be Humble & Kind. Here is my interview with Real Estate Agent Alex Nolis.
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Today's guest is full of inspiring one-liners. One of my favourites was, “In sales it’s never no (spelled NO), it’s always known (spelt KNOW) as in we need to know more.” Knowing this opened my eyes to flip a negative situation and strive for greater things. Here is my interview with the Vice President of Advertising, Sales and Management for the TLN media group, Mario Masellis.
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...During and after this interview, I made a promise to my guest that I was going to follow in his footsteps in his honour. This podcaster never edits any of his interviews to allow the audience to be a part of this real and un-edited conversation.
Disclaimer: I did make one cut in the audio because we were rudely interrupted by a fire alarm, so I cut part of that out. While listening, double-check to make sure the alarm is comin...
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