Meet Courtney: Case Manager

In this episode, Devon and Sarah-Jane chatted with Courtney Brooks, Case Manager, Employment and Social Services for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.As usual, talking about someone's career journey led to some great nuggets of information.Here are some of the highlights:Using transfer credits to choose a university program so that it takes less time and costs lessFinding the balance of competency at work and being challenged enough to land in the sweet spot of job satisfactionUsing skills in ways you didn't expect - like using teaching, coaching and mentoring skills in a case management capacity, perhapsThe struggles parents have to understand their kids' education options when the options are so different and more varied than they used to beUnderstanding that evolving as a person might make you better equipped to take on your dream role later in life, rather than landing in it as quickly as possible.The disconnect between high school courses and real workEnjoy!