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New Skills On The Block: Bringing The Right Stuff For Success - Episode 02
What does it take to find success? Whether you’re a job seeker, employee, employer, or part of a community group, it often comes down to the unique combination of skills available to meet your goals.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
· About the essential skills everyone benefit from developing – including the Skills for Success
· The value collaboration brings to a community
· How interpersonal skills impact employment success
What does it take to find success? Whether you’re a job seeker, employee, employer, or part of a community group, it often comes down to the unique combination of skills available to meet your goals.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
About the essential skills everyone benefit from developing – including the Skills for Success
The value collaboration brings to a community
How interpersonal skills impact employment success
Links
Learn more about the research: www.freereinassociates.ca/diversity-disconnect
Find resources for employment success at Diversity At Work
Learn more about Free Rein Associates
Learn more about Life Strategies
Learn more about the Skills for Success
With Guests
Madeliene Warkentin
Emily White
Cassie Taylor
Desiree Carlson
Staring:
Megan te Boekhorst as Jordan
Diana King as Shane
Peter Bailey as George
Harmony Toth as Alex
Hosted by Mallory Tomlinson
Produced by Megan te Boekhorst
Audio Engineer: Tim McAlpine of CoWork’s Studio C
Funded by the Government of Canada
Success Factors Examined:
Communication
Collaboration
Interpersonal Skills
Introducing The Diversity Disconnect Podcast: Episode 01
After hearing from the diverse residents of Agassiz, Hope, Princeton, Merritt, and Ashcroft, the Diversity Disconnect research team identified 20 factors that influence employment success. Whether you’re a job seeker or employee from an underrepresented group, an employer small or large, or a member of a small, rural community, it’s important to understand how these factors impact your life and the lives of those around you. Empowering yourself with this knowledge will help to improve your local economy, foster inclusive workplaces for all, and spark change for people with diverse abilities and Indigenous Peoples.
From Free Rein Associates and Life Strategies comes the Diversity Disconnect Podcast. Tasked with exploring the helping and hindering factors in job acquisition and employment maintenance for underrepresented groups, the research team spent six months engaging with five rural B.C. communities. They sought to hear stories of employment success, challenges, and ideas for change from job seekers, employees, employers, and support workers.
This limited series explores the findings of the Diversity Disconnect research and examines the 20 factors that influence employment success. You’ll hear from the research team directly, and you’ll hear real quotes from the research participants they spoke with.
Rural Employer Seeks Perfect Employee Match
After hearing from the diverse residents of Agassiz, Hope, Princeton, Merritt, and Ashcroft, the Diversity Disconnect research team identified 20 factors that influence employment success. Whether you’re a job seeker or employee from an underrepresented group, an employer small or large, or a member of a small, rural community, it’s important to understand how these factors impact your life and the lives of those around you. Empowering yourself with this knowledge will help to improve your local economy, foster inclusive workplaces for all, and spark change for people with diverse abilities and Indigenous Peoples.
In this episode, meet the Diversity Disconnect team: Madeleine, Emily, Cassie, and Desiree. You’ll also be introduced to Jordan, Shane, George, and Alex, the four characters who represent the research participants of Diversity Disconnect.
We’ll also introduce five of the 20 factors that impact workplace success and how they impact employment and the success of rural communities.
Links
Learn more about the research: www.freereinassociates.ca/diversity-disconnect
Canada – A learning nation: A skilled, agile workforce ready to shape the future
Find resources for employment success at Diversity At Work
Learn more about Free Rein Associates
Learn more about Life Strategies
Learn more about the Skills for Success
With Guests
Madeliene Warkentin
Emily White
Cassie Taylor
Desiree Carlson
Staring:
Megan te Boekhorst as Jordan
Diana King as Shane
Peter Bailey as George
Harmony Toth as Alex
Hosted by Mallory Tomlinson
Produced by Megan te Boekhorst
Audio Engineer: Tim McAlpine of CoWork’s Studio C
Success Factors Examined
Opportunities
Training/Learning
Accessibility/Accommodation
Flexibility
Connections