Hidden Strengths (the Skills You Might Overlook, but Employers Won’t)
Feb. 10 | 12 to 1:15 p.m., MT | Online (Zoom) | Free
When applying for a job, many of us underestimate our value because we focus only on formal job titles or technical experience. In this interactive webinar, you'll learn how to identify the transferable skills you've developed through work, education, volunteer roles and life experiences — skills that employers actively seek, but candidates often overlook.
Whether you’re changing careers, entering the workforce or aiming to strengthen your job applications, this session will help you present a more complete and compelling picture of your capabilities.
Pauline Greenidge, MEd’25 (she/her)
Founder, Upward HR
Pauline is a workplace consultant, leadership coach and instructor with UCalgary Continuing Education. As founder and principal of Upward HR, she partners with leaders and teams to strengthen communication, collaboration and workplace effectiveness through leadership development, skills training and coaching. Pauline is also the author of A Grand Dinner Party: Setting the Table for Employee Engagement Through Mergers and Acquisitions, and has been recognized with the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for her contributions to multiculturalism.
About the moderator
Jill Nikiforuk, BA'91 (she/her)
Career Development Specialist, Alumni Engagement, UCalgary
Jill Nikiforuk is a career coach whose passion for empowering others has lasted throughout her 20 years of experience in post-secondary, government, library and private-practice settings. In her work with UCalgary Alumni Engagement, Jill facilitates workshops and provides one-on-one career coaching, finding joy in guiding alumni of all ages and career stages — whether they're planning their next steps, making bold pivots or navigating a job search. She has a bachelor's degree in communication studies from UCalgary, a master’s degree in counselling psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu, and a certificate in career development from UCalgary.
Check out the full Grow Your Career: Get Hired! series.