Education is Life; Career is a Compelling Passion. Bring 20+ years of teaching, training, coaching, mentoring, and career design experience.I use the New Career Management Paradigm, which focuses on developing a set of meta-competencies applicable to all facets of life and work. Current position: Professor, Career Development, Conestoga College (Part-time) | International Student Advisor & Career Specialist, EduFirst Education Consultants.Courses teaching: Career Management, Career Discovery.Willing to Teach: In-person, Evening, Part-time, Toronto.Areas of specialization: Career Discovery, Career Management, Career Success, Career Design, ATS-resume writing, Job search strategy, Labour market research, LinkedIn optimization (my optimization score is 100%), Personal branding & networking, Interview preparation, and Coaching.Recent Professional Development: Mental Health First Aid Certification, Skills in Teaching with Active Learning for Internationally Trained Educators, and Talk to Your Students About AI.Ongoing Learning: Empowered Educators and Academic Integrity @ Conestoga.Certifications: Strong Interest Inventory (SII) with Psychometric Canada, Career Educator, Mental Health First Aid, Career & Academic Advising, Certified Career Strategist, ATS Resumes Certificate, Theory and Practice of Academic Advising, Crisis Intervention Training, Guided Pathways: Integrating Essential Skills, and E-Learning. Education: MA in Journalism, Cardiff University, UK.Personality types: 1. Strong Interest Inventory- SAE – Social (helpful, service-oriented), Artistic (self-expressive, idea-oriented), Enterprising (result-oriented, persuasive). 2. MBTI- ISTJ (Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging). 3. CliftonStrengths - Activator, Strategic with Connectedness, and Responsible.Major Awards: British Chevening Scholarship | Australian Leadership Award | Ford Foundation-Asain Scholarship Foundation Fellowship.Visiting Fellow: Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, University Kebangsaan Malaysian.My favourite career theorists: John Holland, Donald Super, Mark Savickas, Anne Roe, John Krumboltz, and Linda Gottfredson.Favorite career books: Career Development Practice in Canada: Perspective, Principles, and Professionalism, edited by Blythe C. Shepard and Priya S. Mani | Career Counselling: A Holistic Approach by Veron G. Zunker | Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-lived Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans | Career Counselling by Mark S. Savickas.Volunteering now: Together Project. Supporting a refugee family settling in Canada.