Jamie Gauthier is an Investment Advisor and Financial Planner at RBC Dominion Securities and has developed a career in the field of wealth management over the past 9 years. In an interview, Jamie revealed strategies for new MBA grads lacking substantial industry experience to enter the field of wealth management.
Jamie started [...]
Recently retired GM of Lafarge operations in Western Canada, Don Hubbard, currently serves as a consultant for Lafarge, is Chair of the Board of Directors for the Vancouver Island Health Authority and is a partner in a company he helped found, RCR Mining. In the following page, Mr. Hubbard shares wisdom from his 45 [...]
By Sebastian Pavlovec, MBA/MScIB Candidate
Interview with Frank O’Dea, Co-Founder of Second Cup 1. Personal Career Path
Frank O’Dea’s life went off the rails in his early teens. Within a few years, he was living in 50-cent-a-night flop houses in Toronto’s bowery district where simply surviving was a challenge. Against all odds, [...]
Written By Dana Worbets, MBA Candidate at Vancouver Island University
I have chosen to use my internship as an opportunity to embark on a career in water resource management because government and industry alike will require better management in order to sustain our water resources. Much of the data that our water resource management [...]
Although this video is about pitching a business idea to VCs, there is excellent value here is presentations overall, and can even be related to marketing yourself in job search. See for yourself.
By Danielle Gruneau
My initial area of interest after finishing my MBA classroom requirements was the real estate industry. I come from a fairly diverse background of a fine arts degree combined with an MBA. I have had various jobs through my undergraduate degree, mostly in the restaurant industry. I have always been interested in [...]
By Josh Leigh, MBA Candidate, Vancouver Island University
Tim Manning is the Regional Vice-President, Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Bank. He is a tall distinguished looking gentleman who greets me with a friendly but firm handshake. Mr. Manning started his career with RBC 25 years ago through a branch administration training program. Starting his [...]
A great job is never guaranteed. If you are working on your MBA or have recently graduated with an MBA, you’ll soon find out that the MBA credential itself does not contain any magic in it that provides instant job search results.
I recently spoke to Sebastian, an MBA grad of 2004, to get his [...]
Have you ever been to a Careerfair, waited an hour in line to meet the banking representative just to be told, “visit our website and apply online.” If so, I bet you were frustrated. It might seem there’s no humanity in banks these days.
And yet an MBA student from VIU recently networked himself into [...]
Business consulting is about helping companies improve their condition, from good to excellent, or from struggling to stable. Consulting offers variety, diverse learning opportunities and interesting challenges. The approach and techniques for consulting could be the same from project to project, but their application varies.
A good consultant ought to have these essential traits: solid [...]
