Interview w/ Christopher Law - HR Business Partner at Canadian Bearings Ltd.

1. Where do you work now and what are your main responsibilities?

I am currently working for Canadian Bearings Ltd. I am mainly responsible for payroll and benefits, employee relations, recruitment, terminations, communications and organizational effectiveness.   

2. Did you always see yourself choosing the HR stream? What was/is it about HR that (eventually) grew on you?

I was originally in the accounting/finance stream but I always had an interest in human psychology as well. I ended up taking an introduction to HR course and I loved it. (I never looked back.)  I really liked to variety of tasks you could do within HR. It offered opportunities to help people through training, coaching managers to do their job more effectively, it really offered a lot of room to learn and develop new skills which made it very appealing to me because I love learning. 

3. What advice would you give management students, interested in a career in Human Resources?

If you are fortunate enough to be in the coop program try different HR jobs at different companies, really get a taste of different roles and companies.  Even if you are not in coop, you should try hard to find summer jobs that incorporate some aspects of HR, even shadowing someone in HR for a day a week at your summer job will give you some good exposure.  Join your local HRPA association as a student delegate, attend networking sessions and build your network now!
 
4. What was your favorite course at UTSC?

I would say my favorite course was probably Recruitment & Selection with David Zweig. It was fun to create an entire recruitment system from beginning to end.  It was a very practical course.

5. What do you miss most about your time at UTSC?

I miss the relationships I made with my fellow classmates and professors.  I also miss being around so many like minded individuals who are there for greater learning.  I also miss the social aspect of being a student and being able to participate in various school associations. 

Cornell Jones   

Interview w/ Joane Mui - Senior Audit Manager at KPMG

1. Where do you work now and what are your main responsibilities? 

I am currently working as a senior audit manager at KPMG Enterprise practice. The Enterprise practice mainly works with private companies and not-for-profit organizations. I work with my clients to get through their annual audits, as well as assisting them with transactions as they happen during the year.

My main responsibilities are to oversee my audit engagement teams from planning to completion of the audits that run during the year, and work with my clients year round as a main point of contact. I am also a UFE manager at KPMG Enterprise. I work with the CA exam writers of my group to ensure they are getting the support and resources needed to sail through the process.
 
2. What advice would you give management students pursuing a career in Accounting?  

Start building your network as early as you can. Leverage from your professors, the UTSC Management Alumni Association to start building this network. Interact with these individuals as much as you can to start building meaningful relationships.

Always be humble yet hungry for knowledge. Be very open minded and strive to continuously improve. There is so much to learn out there, whether technical or soft skills, to better yourself as a professional. 

3. What do you miss most about your time at UTSC?

My time living on residence. I really enjoyed spending quality time with my friends who were also living on campus. It really strengthened many long-lasting friendships for me. UTSC feels like home to me since I was living on campus for a few years.

Cornell Jones

Say Your Peice! Become a Blogger.

Do you have something interesting to share with your fellow management students? Are you interested in writing for the Department of Management? Do you have an article, website, video, audio podcast or simply a special topic in mind that management students would benefit from reading?

The Department wants to hear from you! We are currently looking for new student bloggers! It could be one idea or it could be many ideas, you could share one or you can share all. All blog posts will be written by management students and for management students.

For more information, please contact Cornell Jones, the Communications Coordinator, at cornell.jones@mail.utoronto.ca or Sheri Browne, the Co-Curricular Coordinator at sbrowne@utsc.utoronto.ca  with the following information:

1. Full Name 
2. Student Number
3. Program of Study 
4. Email and Telephone Number 
5. Along with one of the following for consideration to be posted: A written ranging from 50 – 400 words or an Audio/Video! 

Sheri Browne