Stars of Tomorrow | Episode 6 - How Experience Can Outshine Age

Co-hosts Kevin Nah and Heather Cannon discuss mentorships and share their personal stories.

Chapters

  • 00:05 Introductions

  • 00:39 Does Age Define Experience? (see Useful Links below)

  • 03:01 Kevin explains his work experience as a young person.

  • 05:58 Heather shares her work experience as a young person.

  • 09:03 Getting your foot in the door.

  • 11:19 Always be learning and adaptable to change

  • 13:06 Transferable Skills (see Useful Links below)

  • 18:08 Do you need to certify your skills?

  • 21:09 Theoretical versus practical

  • 25:07 Know your value and worth

  • 28:51 Soft skills and hard skills

  • 30:26 Example of self-learning a skill

  • 37:23 Announcements

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