Federal Youth Network/Career Boot Camp/Speakers2021

French / français

DAY 1: JANUARY 18, 2022

DEMYSTIFYING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE GC HIRING PROCESS (Bilingual)

Name	Biography
Lynne Lariviere

STAND-OUT RESUME FORMATS AND TECHNIQUES (English)

Name	Biography
Alexandria Sacca
Ericka Stephens Rennie

DAY 2: JANUARY 19, 2022

WHEN DEMONSTRATING YOUR EXPERIENCE, K.I.S.S. (KEEP IT SIMPLE S'IL-VOUS-PLAIT) (English)

Name	Biography
Holly Palen

STRATEGICALLY BUILDING YOUR CAREER IN THE GC (Bilingual)

Name	Biography
Isabelle Racine
Natasha Cote-Khan	Natasha is a regional Free Agent located in London Ontario where she has been working from home since March 2019. Natasha is currently on assignment at Transport Canada where she is a Senior Communications Advisor. Her areas of focus are UX and HCD design, Future of Work, Communications, Program Management and Events. Working off the “side of her desk” with FlexGC since their launch in February 2020, Natasha has had the opportunity to liaise with multiple stakeholders and colleagues across the Government of Canada to support and share new tips and ideas of working from home. With 6 children at home during the multiple pandemic lock downs, Natasha has been a passionate advocate for almost 3 years sharing her insights and teachings on how to manage working from home while maintaining good team culture and cohesion at work, and sharing how she balances her work expectations and her family.

APPLYING TIKTOK PRINCIPLES TO INTERVIEW STORYTELLING (English)

Name	Biography
Sidra Mahmood

DAY 3: January 25, 2022

NOT DONE YET...EQUIP YOURSELF FOR BEYOND THE PROCESS (English)

Name	Biography
Caleigh Miller

INFLUENCING YOUR REPUTATION (English)

Name	Biography

WEIGHING VARIABLES OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS (English)

Name	Biography
Steph Percival (she/her/elle)	After nearly 5 years as one of Canada's Free Agents, Steph Percival recently joined the Canada Revenue Agency's Research and Innovation Lab as a Senior Analyst. Steph has been fortunate to experience the public service through a variety of career opportunities in her 13 years as a public servant: in policy, communications, human resources, innovation, learning, client service and more. Reflecting on these experiences has helped her understand what she needs to thrive in her work. For her, she's happiest in roles where she can be creative, have autonomy, contribute to a bigger picture, and empower other public servants. Steph remains an active part of the public service community while she's on maternity leave with her second baby boy.

DAY 4: January 26, 2022

NURTURING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM (English)

Name	Biography

STRATEGICALLY BUILDING YOUR LEARNING PLAN TO CONNECT TO NEEDS (English)

Name	Biography
Helen Daniels (she/her/elle)	Helen joined the GC in 2010 after 20 years working in non-profit, education, and private sectors.  The transition was HARD.  Since then she’s held 7 roles in 5 different departments (including 3 years with Canada’s Free Agents as a Talent Manager and Free Agent) and has now happily landed at CRA where she’s helping with the digital transformation of HR.  She’s a learning nerd, coach, and evangelist for employee experience and effective talent management, she’s also a part-time instructor for Positive Spaces. Her personal experiences with mobility across the GC coupled with lessons learned from trying to modernize HR have taught her a lot about how to navigate a government career.  Helen loves helping people find their flow state at work. Tweet at her via @freethetalent

DAY 5: January 28, 2022

CBC POWER PANEL: ASK US ANYTHING (bilingual)

Name	Biography