WTJ? Live: Navigating Career Disruptions featuring the Career Centre

About this episode

Panelists discuss overcoming career disruptions and excelling in their fields.

These panelists have overcome a pandemic, restructuring, and other disruptions at various points in their careers. They discuss how they got through these challenges and excelled. Featuring alumni Sama Ahmed, Erik Einseidel and Cole Pearson

People in this episode

Guests: Sama Ahmed, Erik Einseidel, Cole Pearson

Topics covered

• career disruptions
• pandemic
• career development

Keywords

• career challenges
• resilience
• alumni

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Navigating Career Disruptions

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