Caroline Burgess, Author at CareerWise

Caroline Burgess

Caroline Burgess, CCDP, has spent her entire career in STEM. Trained as an engineer, educator and career consultant, she has experience and contacts in industry, research and government. She has been a mentor or coach to emerging adults pursuing careers in STEM since 2004.

A young student wearing pink is working on a touchscreen making changes to a 3d printed toy in a summer school tech class.

Do we really need to ‘fix’ the STEM gender gap?

Caroline Burgess5 years ago

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I graduated with a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1981. Women made up less than 10% of that class and one of them was Anne...

Michelle Obama’s Becoming has useful lessons for career development professionals

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Michelle Obama’s Becoming has useful lessons for career development professionals

Caroline Burgess6 years ago

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I have admired Michelle Obama for a long time – the epitome of grace under pressure in my view – and I was looking forward to reading her memoir Becoming...