TOKTW report
My host: Simone Dive. relation to me: stepmother
Interview
- What Is your job title ?
She is the Executive Director at Foundations for Social Change
2.What is your job description
This job is equivalent to CEO for corporations, but she works for a nonprofit, so it is called ED (Executive director), Tackles homelessness in Canada.
3.What are the duties or tasks that you perform at your job
Raise money through fundraising, lead a team of employees and volunteers, develop social programs to tackle homelessness and execute research
4.What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas
A.Training: research, UX Design, leadership development, finance, innovation
B.Education: High school, Certificate in personnel, certificate in marketing, Sauder business development program, Online management
C.Experience: 15 years working in multiple different industries and learning multiple things from various roles.
D.Skills and attributes: people management, leadership skills, soft manipulation, sales, finance, communication, marketing etc.
- what are some things you like about the job
“I love helping humanity and how challenging it is”
- what are some of the things you dislike about the job
Dislikes the lack of time in a workday and does not like admin tasks
- how do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years
The organization will grow a lot because the problem around homelessness will get worse unfortunately over time. Intend on retiring in 5 years and possibly becoming a board member in my part time retirement instead of staying heading up the organization.
Student reflections
Give 3 reasons why you would like this job
1.I like the idea that they are fighting homelessness and working for the greater good
2.I feel like working in a non-profit organization will teach you a lot and could give someone knowledge that they could then use outside of work
3.I like to challenge myself and according to my stepmom the job presents a new challenge everyday
Give 3 reasons why you would not like this job
1.There is constant multitasking that sometimes makes it hard to focus on one thing
2.I am not a very persuasive person, and it seems like this job requires a lot of that
3.This job requires you to be in an office a lot of the time and this could be inconvenient to have to commute to work most days.
Is this job for you? Why or why not
I think that this job is for me because I have always been keen on helping the world and working for the greater good of humanity and this job offers a way to do that while using the skills that I am best at. Such as working collaboratively with others, problem solving and money management.
Explain the value of the TOKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post-secondary (after high school) plans (education? training? travel? work?).
I think that the TOKTW experience is valuable to me because it gives me a sneak peek into a possible future career. For quite a while I have been pondering the idea of working in a job similar to this one and this experience has given me insight on what I need to be successful in this kind of job/setting