The Career Guy

About The Career Guy

The Career Guy Podcast is a repository of interviews where the guests are sharing their stories regarding their careers. Listeners will get insight to the various careers that others have letting them make better choices of their careers.

Publisher

Mickey Horvath

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Apr 2021

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

64 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   Self-Discovery and Growth

   This episode is with Sean Grabowski, owner and director of Keepers Digital Marketing. Sean completed his undergraduate studies in Management and Organizational Studies at Western University. He has completed the Landmark Personal Development Curriculum. He has an array of licenses and certifications from Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. This is a fruitful discussion about Sean’s life. We cover his growth both personally and professionally. We talk about his early years growing up in Ontario and his passion for snowboarding. The desire to pursue this professionally and an inside look into this sport are discussed. We cover his relationship with his parents and university years. More importantly, his story takes a turn when he reveals an injury that changes his trajectory. The conversation explores his courageous adventures, including travel, mindfulness, working odd jobs, and thinking about his future. We cover the stepping stones he took in building his career in the corporate world. Sean discusses his interest in marketing, specifically paid advertising, and how he mastered this area. We cover his career start and the businesses he worked for, including Meta Ad Agency in Toronto. Leading teams for paid ads for Rogers and Fido and managed ads for brands such as Crave, The Weather Network, and Desjardins is also discussed. We explore his transition from employee to freelancer and founder of Keepers Digital. We look at the firm’s services, its client relationships, and what clients can expect, offering an inside look at both the company and the industry. We cover Sean’s leadership development and his ability to build this enterprise from a solo entrepreneur to a current team of 10+ ad specialists. This interview will benefit listeners who are interested in a career in marketing, specifically paid advertising. It caters to audiences interested in freelancing and entrepreneurship. We cover snowboarding and the evolution of this sport. People interested in coaching will benefit from this episode as Sean shares his experience using coaches. Above all, and more importantly, it's about career development and growth. Sean shares his remarkable journey from growing up in a small city in Ontario to embracing a lifestyle that includes living in the mountains and entrepreneurship. It is an inspiring story of honesty, integrity, and adventure leading to self-discovery. It’s about how we can overcome stuff and do some remarkable things with our lives. It is about becoming the better version of ourselves and inspiring others. This is about growing and becoming a leader, like Sean. Links Keepers Digital: https://keepersdigital.com/en-ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seangrabowski-keepersdigital/ Clutch reviews: https://clutch.co/profile/keepers-digital-marketing

2. 

   31 Aug 2026

   A Perfect Career

   This episode features Charolette Player and her meaningful and rewarding career as an educator. Her positions include elementary school teacher and principal at Mother Teresa and St. Teresa of Calcutta, situated in inner Edmonton. Her administrative roles with the Edmonton Catholic School Board consisted of Language Arts consultant and Staffing Manager. She has been an active member of the Big Brothers and Sisters program and is now an author of children's books. Her current release is “Martha Cream Cheese – A very special day!” Charolette has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta. In this interview, we cover her education at this institution and what led her to pursue a career in this field. She describes the courses and her first teaching experiences. She illustrates how she evolved as a teacher, exchanging her nervousness for excitement, knowing the influence she had on young minds. We cover her decision to move on and pursue other challenges in this profession as a Language Arts Consultant. We address what this position entails, including responsibilities, duties, and, more importantly, how she grew professionally and personally. The conversation segues into an overview of curriculum design. It is a general overview of how and why learning or study resources are developed. With Charolette’s ambition for continued growth, we cover the next phase of her career as principal at Mother Teresa and St. Teresa of Calcutta in inner-city Edmonton. She describes her roles as an administrator but, more importantly, as a leader in the school and the surrounding community. We cover the various programs she initiated, including “The Paired Reading Program” and her involvement with Big Brothers and Sisters in this endeavor. Her desire to further develop her career with her next move into the Staffing Manager role is discussed. She covers what this position encompassed, and her innovation to ensure good hires are placed. We discuss her decision to step down, leave a rewarding career, and enter retirement, and what that was like. In retirement, Charolette discovered and pursued her passion for books and writing. We delve into her creativity, experiences, and passion, and unravel how her book “Martha Cream Cheese” came to be. She talks about all the steps in this process, including working with her publisher, “HummingByrd House”. This interview will interest anyone who may want to pursue a career in education. Listeners who have a career in this field and are considering advancement will be interested, as Charolette is an example and has sound advice. Parents will be intrigued, as there are many fruitful discussions on what they can do to assist in a child's education. Authors and would-be writers will find the session informative: the process of becoming a writer, getting a book published, and the benefits of a publisher are discussed. Audience members considering retirement or already retired can find this conversation beneficial, as Charolette is an example of how someone can still grow in this phase of life. It is about finding our passion and purpose and being willing to pursue that endeavour. It is not easy, but that is how we all can grow, and that is what having a perfect career is all about. https://www.hummingbyrdhouse.ca/

3. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Leaving a Mark in this World

   This episode walks through Elizabeth Bachman's remarkable career. From the world of opera to businesswomen, keynote speaker, communications coach, and leader. Elizabeth is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where she majored in Theater and French. She is a Certified Public Speaker and Presentation Skills Trainer through the Public Speaker Association and Thrive Academy. Elizabeth shares how her early family life and love of the arts and languages set the foundation for a career in the arts. Her experiences in university with the intent to pursue acting, and how that changed to directing, are covered. We talk about her early post-graduate years, including her move to New York City, where she developed her career in opera. There are many conversations stemming from the various roles she had in this industry, all leading to becoming a director. In this role, Elizabeth takes the listener behind the scenes of an opera production. She offers insight into the creative, economic, and business side of this industry. She shares her personal development as a mentor, teacher, and business person. Her move across the country to San Francisco highlights the differences between living on the two coasts. She talks about her motivation to start and run her own opera company, the Tyrolean Opera Program, or TOP Opera, in Austria. We talk extensively about this opera company she started and built in Austria. The various roles in this position include working with performers and locals to build a community to support this venture. We talk about reinventing herself, her new skills in public speaking, with a focus on fundraising. Eventually, burnout leads to her career change. This is where she talks about taking her new skill, public speaking, and starting her firm, “Strategic Speaking for RESULTS”. The foundation of Elizabeth's business is to help women and minorities be heard. We cover how she works with clients. She provides examples from her portfolio of workplace communication issues. She highlights tools to tell better stories that capture an audience. Her mastermind program, called “The Visible and Valued Leadership Program,” and what it entails is discussed. This interview will interest listeners with a career in the arts, especially opera. It will appeal to others who may want to pursue such a career or are interested in this industry. We cover career change and communication, how to be heard, how to present oneself, and how to listen better. This episode is about leadership as well. It is how Elizabeth's mission to leave a mark in the world developed from her past experiences. She is an example of how we can all do better through giving everybody space and room to be heard. It is about growing, learning, and following our passion with our eyes and ears wide open. It is in learning how to pass this on, a quality of leaders that Elizabeth embodies. https://elizabethbachman.com/

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Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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70

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Engagement

60

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