Online Career Network

Many SMU alumni are fortunate to love their jobs. This program area allows alumni to share their insights and experiences with students and other alumni who are seeking knowledge about a particular professional field.

Individual alumni can sign up to be a part of the Career Network within their field of study. Students and alumni will be encouraged to contact career the members of this program for advice and direction on their career choices.

For graduating students, determining a career choice can be a very difficult question and many feel a lot of pressure to know what they want to do from the first day they walk onto the campus. A Career Network contact can act as a friendly voice in this time - someone who has been there, gone through the "what am I going to do with my future?" issues, and survived to tell their tale.

Serving as a Career Network contact does not require much time, but by doing so, an individual can be very helpful to the SMU community.

Some of the questions that may be asked can included:

• Why did you choose your particular line of work?
• What courses did you take at SMU that were relevant to your career?
• Did you know what career you were interested in when you started at SMU?
• What do you do in your job?
• Was it easy to find a job in your chosen career field?
• What are the various jobs that I can get with my degree?

Alumni from various educational and professional backgrounds are encouraged to become a part of this opportunity.

Please Note: This network is NOT a job-seeking servi ce.

ON-LINE MENTORS

Name	Degree	Grad Year	Interest/field/job title	E-mail
Khalid Alkhudair	BComm	2007		LV_128@hotmail.com
Lee-Anne Boudreau	BA	2001	Career Transition/Writing	leeanne7@sympatico.ca
Jon Bruhm	BA	2003	Journalism, Public Relations	jon.bruhm@gmail.com
Sarah Chiasson	MBA	2006	Finance	maclellan_sarah@hotmail.com
Patrick Crowley	BA	1972	Travel Industry	patrick.crowley@smu.ca
Jessica DeCoste	BComm	2005	Career & Recruitment Specialist	jessicadecoste@hotmail.com
Erin Dorey	BComm	2007	Residential Life Officer/Student Affairs & Services	erin.dorey@smu.ca
Marcel Dupupet	BComm	2004	Banking/Finance	marcel.dupupet@rbc.com
Paul Fitzgerald	MA, BA	2006, 1997	President and CEO of Salt & Pepper Media Inc.	paul@saltandpeppermediainc.com
Shelley Hessian	MBA, BComm	2007, 1984	Senior Advisor, Business Ventures	shessian@innovacorp.ca
Randi Jakoben	BA	1993	Sports/Entertainment/Hospitality	rjakobsen@mapleleafsports.com
Angela Kemp	BComm	2004	CB Richard Ellis Quality Coordinator	angela_kemp26@hotmail.com
Colin MacNeil	BComm	2005	Economics/Federal Government/ Policy Analyst	colinmacneil@hotmail.com
Greg Poirier	MBA	2003	Marketing (online & interactive) Manager of Alternative Content	gregpoirier2002@hotmail.com
Bryce Pulsifer	DipEng	2008	Diploma in Engineering	bryce.pulsifer@dal.ca
Ally Read	BA & BComm	2007	Education, Entrepreneurship	ally_read@hotmail.com
Kevin Schulz	BComm	2007
Jennifer Simpson	BComm	2006	Small Business Advisor	jenniferlsimpson@gmail.com
Matthew Spicer	BA HRM Certificate	2007	Corporate Labour Relations Officer	spicermg@gov.ns.ca
Meghan Van Gaal	BComm	2008	CA Student / Accounting	mvangaal@kpmg.ca
John Vo	BComm	2006	TD Canada Trust - Mortgage Specialist	john.vo@hotmail.com
Andrew Watters	MBA	2005	Reusable Energy/Engineering Electrical Engineer	a.watters@strumengineering.ca
Walter Weiss	DipEng	2008	Industrial Engineering	walter.weiss@dal.ca

If you would like to be an On-line Mentor please complete the SIGN-UP FORM and submit to the Alumni Office. You can complete and send back electronically or you can print and fax or mail to our office.

 

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