Jacquie Digeso, MA

Principal, CareerWorks Consulting

Before founding CareerWorks Consulting, Jacquie Digeso was the long-time Manager of Assessment Services for University of British Columbia Extended Learning.

Jacquie brings over 25 years of leadership and counselling experience to vocational assessment development and career development programming. Her past and present clients hail from a variety of sectors, including high school and post-secondary educational institutions, federal government, law, healthcare and engineering, as well as local and international business.

Jacquie has served on the boards of the former UBC Women’s Resource Centre Society and the Parent Auxiliary of West Point Grey Academy.

Linda J. Alexander BA, MA, CEC, PCC

Career Coach, CareerWorks Consulting

Linda is a PCC-ICF credentialed Coach and former Director of Career Services at the University of British Columbia. With over 20 years experience, Linda has held senior roles in industry and post-secondary settings and her work crosses various sectors, including not-for-profit and public sectors and the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC). Her broad and diverse background includes coaching, training and teaching, human resources, outplacement, workplace readiness and career development.

Linda has lived and worked in the UK, France, Australia and China. She views coaching as a collaborative partnership designed to fuse clients’ passion, creativity and possibilities with purpose, action and performance. At CareerWorks, Linda offers coaching, leadership development, people skills workshops and career development services.

Linda’s areas of consulting:

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Emotions & Behaviours at Work (EBW)
DiSC for the Workplace
Executive Coaching
Leadership Development Package

Louisa Beaufort-Balik, M.Ed, CCC

Career Counsellor, CareerWorks Consulting

Louisa is a graduate of UBC’s Counselling Psychology program and was a consultant with UBC Extended Learning Life and Career Programs for many years . She also worked as an employment advisor at Employment Training Division and North Shore Continuing Education, where she provided career and employment counselling services to adults, youth and recent immigrants. Louisa’s own experience in making a major career transition from engineering to career counselling has helped her guide thousands of clients through their own career decision-making processes.

Louisa’s areas of consulting:

Adult vocational assessments
High school and post-secondary vocational assessments
Post-secondary with Emotional Intelligence
Life and career planning
Emotional Intelligence (EQi2®-Inventory)

Susan Curtis, M.Ed, RCC

Career Counsellor, CareerWorks Consulting

Susan is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, BC Association of Clinical Counsellors with a Master of Education, Counselling Psychology, McGill University. She has worked for 20-plus years in private practice and with both UBC Extended Learning and several Employee Assistance Programs including Vancouver Coastal Health. She holds the professional designation of Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP), and has designed and delivered hundreds of workshops at UBC.

Susan uses her counselling skills and expertise to support individuals, young adults and couples in creating a meaningful life, filled with purpose. While she understands that transitions can be challenging, she knows that it is through our transitions that we can experience growth and a clearer sense of direction.

Susan’s areas of consulting:

Adult vocational assessments
High school and post-secondary vocational assessments
Post-secondary with Emotional Intelligence
Life and career planning
Emotional Intelligence (EQi2®-Inventory)

Svjetlana Pantovic BA, CCDP

Career Counsellor, CareerWorks Consulting

Svjetlana is a Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant with a psychology background and over 15 years of experience in career counselling, workshop facilitation and program development with UBC, WorkBC and WorkSafe BC. She has worked extensively with a diverse clientele that includes local and international high school students, postdoctoral fellows, as well as unemployed and multi-barriered adults and injured professional and technical workers.

Svetlana’s counselling is well grounded in a solution-focused and hope-centred approach helping both youth and adults successfully transition cultural, academic and career change.

Svjetlana’s areas of consulting:

Adult career assessments
High school and post-secondary vocational assessments
MBTI® career assessment
Life and career planning