Career myths convince people they get one shot at everything: wrong major, wrong first job, and that's the whole story decided. Candy Ho, a CERIC board member, makes the case that a summer job is closer to free training than a paycheque, and stacking the right experience early can change what happens next.
Retail floors and customer service counters turn out to teach the stuff no course does: staying calm under pressure, solving problems on the spot, reading people fast. CERIC's free Career Mythbuster tool, live since last November, offers a way to test whether one wrong move really does end a career path before it starts.
There's a case for volunteering too, not as time given away but as another form of unpaid education, plus a couple of career fantasies that never quite happened for either person in the room.
Topics: career myths, summer jobs, CERIC, transferable skills, career mythbuster tool
GUEST: Candy Ho | http://careermythbuster.ca/
Originally aired on2026-07-08
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