The Unemployment Roadshow
Helen Stortini
- Location
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Company
- www.unemploymentroadshow.com/
- Bio
- www.unemploymentroadshow.com
I've decided it’s time to find the holy grail of employment: my dream job. I'm tired of stumbling from one job to the next–like I'm in a career bouncy castle. Instead, I'm going to start looking where I leap. Hence the commencement of the Unemployment Roadshow–it’s kind of like bring your daughter to work day, but it’s bring your unemployed 33-year-old friend instead. It’s an opportunity for me to test drive careers, but also to explore the myriad of work (be it weird, wonderful, or ordinary) that people do everyday. And to find out what it is that makes people truly enjoy the work that they do.
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Desk Job
February 20, 2010 04:24PM - Benefits for “Insured
Participants”
January 22, 2010 08:35PM - I know Kung Fu
January 15, 2010 02:24PM - Foreign (and not so foreign)
correspondents
January 08, 2010 09:32PM - Roadshow on the Early Edition
January 06, 2010 01:43PM
Helen Stortini's Links
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The Desk Job
Roadshow Stop: Growing Chefs!
Roadshow Mentor: Helen Stortini, Executive Director
After University, wayward and unsure of how to get a real job, I decided to go treeplanting in Northern Ontario. It was hell. I would spend 10 hours each day clawing my… Read full post »
Benefits for “Insured Participants”
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100% unrelated photoI thought today on the Roadshow, I would post a few handy resources for my fellow unemployed. These things are really only helpful if you are an “Insured Participant” meaning you’re currently collecting Employment Insurance or have collected it i
I know Kung Fu
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Roadshow stop: Kung Fu Instructor
Roadshow mentor: Sifu Ralph Haenel, Wing Tsun Kung Fu
Vancouver
The air in the narrow studio was sticky from sweat and laboured breathing. Slightly worn from an intense round of sparring,… Read full post »
Foreign (and not so foreign) correspondents
The
Roadshow now has an Australian Foreign CorrespondentOne of the unexpected results of my Roadshow has been the significant amount of empathy I’ve received. I guess this isn’t too suprising given that Canada’s unemployment rate is 8.5%. (And that 8.5% doesn’t
Roadshow on the Early Edition
On Monday morning, the Roadshow made an appearance on CBC’s Early Edition. If you weren’t up Monday morning at 6:21am, have a listen.
Associate Producer Rob Easton tagged along for the Roadshow stop as a dog walker. If you missed the piece on dog walking, you can read it here.… Read full post »
My high school dreams of a carbon-based utopia
Roadshow stop: Carbon Project Solutions
Roadshow mentor: Joseph Pallant
Joseph Pallant, President and CEO, Carbon Project Solutions
Of the few things that stand out from my high school education is a video that I watched in my OAC World Issues Geography class. (My reference
Boozy Poolside Lunches
Brightlight Pictures is located at the Bridge
StudioRoadshow stop: Film Executive
Roadshow mentor: Liz Levine, Brightlight Pictures Inc.
It’s pretty obvious from some of my previous posts that I watch too many movies. Or, more accurately, I’m prone to conjure unrealistic fantasi… Read full post »
Your Choice
Roadshow Stop: Dog Walker
Roadshow Mentor: Laura Davies, Creature Comforts
You only need walk a few blocks on Vancouver’s 4th Ave or in Yaletown to see evidence of our society’s dog devotion–bakeries, spas, stylists, couture–all dedicated to the canine. Dog&r
Intentional Exercise
Roadshow stop: Personal Trainer
Roadshow mentor: Steve McMinn
Irv’s pull-ups. He barely needs my assistance.
My pull-ups. Steve is doing most of the ‘heavy’
lifting here.
Pull-ups are harder for women than men. It’s how we’re
built. However, I am n
The Computer-Inclined
Roadshow stop: Nitobi Software
The lights were low and the place was filled with the constant accumulative hum of high powered computers. In the entrance way sat a Foosball table, the
The Book Publisher's Elephant
Roadshow stop: University of Texas Press
Roadshow mentor: Casey Kittrell, Acquisitions Editor
When I worked at Whitecap Books, my favourite days were the ones a new shipment of books arrived from the printers. The Marketing and Sales Manager would circulate the office dropping off a copy for everyone… Read full post »
Wood If
Roadshow stop: Set of Wood If
Roadshow role: Swing
Low-flying
helicopters in ChicagoThere were military trucks everywhere. Police cars. Ambulances. There were even two tanks parked on the Clark St. Bridge. It was downtown Chicago, August 2007. Crowds of people lined the banks of the Chicago…
The Underground Supper
My Mentor: Robin*
Details: The Garden ParTy underground supper club
With the commencement of the Roadshow, I’ve had to put one of my favourite past times–dining out–on hiatus. I’m not alone in this–for many, economic belt-tightening means slashing non-essential expe
My Career Zodiac Sign
I’m on the Unemployment Roadshow because I have no idea what I want. Embarrassing to admit, but true. But sticking to the search is tough. I have to continually resist temptation to find a job for the sake of having one–even if it’s totally wrong for
The Stock Market
“My money’s on the red shorts. Who’s in?” Ryan asked as he slammed $0.50 onto Laurence’s desk.
Laurence jumped from his office chair and reached into his jean pocket.
“I’ll take a piece of that,” he replied. “Even odds on the white shorts.&rd
The Pedestrian Revolution: Transportation Planning
My mentor: Jason Potter
My mentor’s details: Transportation Planner, Bunt and
Associates
A few years ago, I wrote a souvenir coffee table book on Los Angeles. In the course of my research, I was amazed by the amount of traffic factoids that I came across. I
My report on business (in Vancouver)
I imagined a lot of smoke and whiskey. And way more yelling. I obviously watch too many movies, because before experiencing it first hand, my fantasy of
Lookin' Good
My Mentor: Kyla Day
My Mentor’s details: Freelance Designer and Developer
Looking good isn’t easy. Sure, there are a few natural beauties that can spring out of bed perfectly quaffed–every strand of hair in place, looking dewy fresh with breath smelling like hibiscus and roses. But
Life on the Line
My mentor: Kristine Kittrell
My mentor’s details: A chef with 10-years experience in the
kitchen. Also happens to be my sister
Office/Organization/Business: A four diamond restaurant in Austin,
Texas
Catch phrase: colourful language, but heard with frequency
“F*ck a duck.”
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The Unemployment Roadshow commences
Early retirement.
September 15, 2009
Early retirement. Funemployment. Work holiday. It has many monikers–my favourite being Freedom 35–and I joined its ranks on April 1st. (No fooling.) At first I was shocked, horrified, tearful. I
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