Episode 75: COVID is a Jerk! (Guardian Edition)

Our latest episode is the 3rd in our DBAJAW Guardian series… our series of episodes focusing on the concerns and perspectives of future business and HR professionals. We call them the guardians because they are the next generation that will strive to keep the jerkiness down at work.

This conversation’s guest co-host, Nura Salous, is a current student at Concordia University of Edmonton, she loves pasta, and due to the time difference, she made the HUGE effort to record with us at 6am her time! Thank you, Nura!!

While we have talked a lot about COVID-19 and how the global pandemic has impacted our working lives, with Nura we tackle it from the perspective of a university student.

Key Takeaways:

• Necessity forced the building of some new skills -- learning how to cope with uncertainty and how to adapt to change.

• The resilience we develop during this time will translate well into workplaces! We’ll face challenges every day, just like now, and be able to tackle them with more confidence. 

• The pandemic experience makes us realize the day-to-day things we took for granted that now we miss -- even walking in the freezing cold to class!