While my course at George Brown College does not start until September, I am taking charge of my learning now.
Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper are career development consultants who founded Amazing If. Their take is that careers should not go up a ladder – that is too limiting. Instead they opt for what they call a “squiggly” approach.
I would argue that my career so far has been neither up a ladder or “squiggly”. Instead it has been flatlined – my day jobs have long been administrative and safe, working for libraries, government and schools. They never reflected my real life, be they consulting, public speaking, media presenting, and facilitating workshops – all opportunities to teach and reach people.
Who knows? Eventually Tupper and Ellis may have a place for me. Or better yet, I will create a place for myself.
Kristine Maitland 