Today a Career Coach in private practice, Ruth Louden worked 18 years with the University of Toronto Scarborough, managing co-operative education, career development and employment transition services and coaching university students. Prior to joining the University, she worked for 10 years in human resources consulting. She holds a Master of Education from the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) specializing in Career and Work and a Master in Environmental Studies from York University specializing in Quality of Work Life.
At 68, you would think that my decades of experience helping others envision their future pathways would make me an expert in my own career development. And yet, at the...