Career Minded

For people in my situation—moving here and being worried that their English would not be good enough, Direction Emploi is there to help you find jobs when moving to an English-speaking province, to help you at the start: finding job opportunities, resume help, translating things—anything to help you. They have small classes, such as how […]

I’m an electrician. I took the electrical construction program at the NSCC and now I apprentice with Expert Electric & Alarm in Dartmouth. I’m writing my red seal interprovincial exam at the end of October, which will make me fully certified to work anywhere in Canada. Becoming an electrician is a long process, but if […]

I’m a primary care paramedic. I work for the HRM division of Emergency Health Services, a privately-owned company responsible for managing ground ambulance, medical communications centre and air medical transport operations all over Nova Scotia. The best part of my job is the adrenaline rush I get from dealing with life and death every day. […]

I work as a managing partner of a successful web design company. I studied commerce at Saint Mary’s, and I started my own business while I was still a student. I’ve always been really independent—I moved out of my parents’ house when I was 16—and learning the ropes of starting a business on my own […]

I’ve always been interested in the issues seniors face in my community. My mother was a home support worker for the provincial home-care program when I was growing up, and during high school I volunteered at a long-term care facility. While I was doing my undergrad at Dal, I worked as a summer student in […]

It’s always nice when you can go to school for training in the job you want. And when you can get that education and start that career all in one awesome city like Halifax? Double nice. We talked to six people who are living that dream to find out how they did it. Click the […]

I love my job because it’s full of opportunities for real change, and little by little, what I do helps ensure a sustainable future for Nova Scotia. I’m really excited by the possibilities for reshaping the public service as more young people join in, and I love knowing my education was totally worth it. I […]

I spend all day (and sometimes all night) in front of my computer, but I’ve never been happier with my work. I took the animation program at the Centre for Arts and Technology, and now I’m a character rigger for DHX Media. In the animation production pipeline, the character rigger works on putting controls on […]