Take risks to transition into a new career

Jenn Sadai is a Purchaser with nearly twenty years of buying experience. Jenn is currently responsible for the sourcing and inventory management of plumbing,...

Layoff made her vulnerable so she found a recession-proof career

Jessica Van Rooyen was laid off from a job that she had hoped to retire from and realized that her lack of transferrable skills...

Rick Thurston of WFS Ltd with his exhibitor booth at Build a Dream Windsor.

What the future workforce could look like if we had the right conversations

“I continue to be positive about what the future looks like if we have the right conversations in the right way,” says WFS Ltd‘s...

DREAM MAKER SPOTLIGHT: Maddy Paulson

Q&A with Maddy Level 2 Welding Apprentice, Maddy Paulson was recently apart of our #DreamBig Career Discovery Expo with Kawartha Pine Ridge District School...

From corporate to contractor, Katie Herbert discusses taking a leap into entrepreneurship & renos

Katie Herbert says that she doesn’t have a job title. “I’m still kind of figuring out,” says the renovation expert, residential design guru, and...

Tools of the Trade podcast advice for construction sites (and trades workers)

With construction being listed as an essential service during the COVID-19 outbreak, building will continue. That means work sites will still be bustling...

The Ecosystem of the Healthcare Industry

The COVID-19 breakout has caused anxiety and fear, but also has highlighted essential services that each community requires to carry on. Healthcare branches off in...

Female mechanic determined to follow her dream

Christel Nelson shared her journey with us because she wants it to be easier for other women to enter the automotive industry. From the...

What does an Inclusive Workplace actually mean?

We often hear that in order to expand the talent pool, business must become accommodating of a diverse workforce, but what is required beyond adding a second bathroom? Most...

Build a Dream receives federal investment to attract young women to skilled trades

The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour, was in Windsor on February 13, 2020, to make an announcement on behalf of the Honourable Carla...

5 Tips to Make Your Shop Floor More Inclusive

If you struggle to recruit women or other under-represented groups to your company, it might be time to take a new approach. To change...

Beginning a welding career in Canada

Build a Dream encourages and inspires young women to consider career paths where women are underrepresented. Welding is most definitely among them! When parents...

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