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Find out how WCS is helping people in the House of Corrections gain valuable workplace skills for their future careers.

Career interview with a Fire Battalion Chief and Captain. They explain the unique team dynamic that surrounds firefighting. How to overcome the challenging application process and the essential step to navigating the process.

Joel Dickinson started off his professional journey in the many of us do, apathetic. He dropped out of school and wound up taking a job in road construction. While Joel liked the work he began to wonder about his desire to pursue it long term. Ten years after dropping out Joel went back to school and chased down a dream. Here's his story.

In his book, "Diversity: Leaders Not Labels," renowned businessman, educator and author Stedman Graham discusses how in the global economy of the 21st century, diversity has become a defining quality of business. Find out how you can apply Graham's principles to your life and your career. More than ever before, maintaining individuality while accepting others' uniqueness is key to personal and professional success.

I recently started a short video on first jobs based on the interviews done on the Pursue the Passion Tour. What I was surprised to find was that most of our interviewees didn't generally succeed their first time out. Their first jobs were primarily obstacles or learning experiences that simply contributed to the overall journey. With that said the video quickly became a compilation of stories about obstacles. Here are some of the professionals we interviewed speaking about the "hiccups" e

One of the hardest aspects of zeroing in on a career that we can be passionate about is simply discovering where our interests lie. Throughout the course of the Pursue the Passion Tour we found that almost everyone we interviewed was able to link their current career with a childhood interest. Here is a short compilation of their stories.

Pursue the Passion Interviewed Tommy Thwaits in Denver, Colorado in front of a live student audience. Tommy is the owner of Coda Coffee, a coffee wholesale co. that he owns and operates with his brother Tim. In this video Tommy speaks about his journey in the coffee industry and the risks he took to preserve his passion.

David Rensin started writing because, in his words, he had a passion for, “wanting to meet girls and go to concerts for free.” This simple desire manifested itself into a fairly diverse and acclaimed writing career. David explained to us that he used writing as an excuse to travel and learn about the things that interest him most. In this interview hear his take on being a free lance writer and one’s ability to change their whole life with a single action.

The boys of Pursue the Passion spent 4 months traveling across the country chasing a quality that is largely ambiguous and undefined. It’s a lovely sentiment and a noble cause. But, what exactly is passion? In this video that question is answered directly from those interviewed on the Pursue the Passion Tour.

Josh Olson is a self-proclaimed, “late bloomer”. He struggled most of his professional life as a screenwriter for b-level action movies until Paramount Picture bought his first studio script for, in his words, “life altering sums of money.” While that script was never actually produced he was soon brought on to write the screen adaptation for the story “A History of Violence”. Hear Josh speak about the nature of being an artist and writer and what it is that separates those who have it… and t

Christopher Barr started his career as a photojournalist. Finding it both exciting and dangerous it took him around the world in his early twenties, visiting places like Thailand and the Amazon Rainforest. After a particularly perilous trip through Brazil he decided that a safer form of Photography was in his future. He began taking portraits in the LA area and quickly became one of the county’s premiere celebrity photographers. Here his story and why he believes it was so important that he

Watch this video for a brief description of the Pursue the Passion project. Find out what it was that sent the four members of the Pursue the Passion Tour around the country and what they hoped to accomplish through their project; 4 months, 16,000 miles and over 200 interviews in the making.

Josh Olson wrote the screenplay for the Oscar nominated "A History of Violence" and more recently one of five animated Batman shorts on the DVD "Gotham Knights". He speaks about being an aspiring writer and the nature of the creative process.

Steven Cody, the Founder of Peppercom Communications speaks about the entrepreneurial experience and the importance of failure in ones professional growth. Cody also stresses the importance of a work/life balance.

Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters speaks about his passion for music and more specifically the Banjo. Pandolfi makes reference to the courage and blind ambition that accompanies youth when considering his success and the importance of true creativity in ones work.

Ray Karam began his career journey working as a teacher only to reconnect with a childhood calling; the dairy business. Employing scientific aptitude, strong mentorship and blind passion Ray worked his way into his dream job. As Senior Tastemaster for Cold Stone Creamery Ray gets to be creative in his work, developing new flavors for the brand and eating ice cream every day. "Always give your employer more than they ask for." says Ray. "I'm thinking about this business, I'm trying to make th

Jennifer Wielgosh, Director of Relations for First Realty GMAC, explains the benefits of being in real estate when you have to balance work with a family.