CAREERS
BUSINESS INSURANCE MATTERS
Work is a Privilege
BY LINDA COLGAN
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here is a great difference between a job and a career. A job is something that starts and ends at a specific time and during that time the employee must commit to the job requirements and fulfill them with efficiency. In lieu of such, a financial compensation is rewarded. I say reward as I see a job or a career, a distinct privilege to have. In my opinion a career demands a higher level of passion and commitment. This voids the opportunity to leave your position at a dedicated time daily and as such commands that time
is not equally balanced between home and work on a regular basis. Both a job and career provide purpose and meaning. Both are providers of opportunity and a lifestyle. Some will commit to their positions with all their energy and rise above expectation while some are satisfied with achieving what is expected. During our work life we have purpose. We weave with different personalities and interact on levels we are not exposed to in our private lives. Our work life provides the chance to network with people. In many situations people choose to socially interact after hours, thus developing friendships that would not have been possible otherwise if they did not work. Regardless, working provides people the chance to associate with others or even develop close working relationships that are forged during working hours. Each relationship is important.
It is a blessing when we find people who are not only work associates but educators. Educators in the sense that they make us better people, they are role models. These people seamlessly contribute to those who are willing to learn. Educators are passionate about who they are and always strive to know more and be worldly about affairs that affect their environment and a multitude of other subjects. It can be overwhelming, but work is also a privilege – to have networking opportunities, daily interaction with others, the ability to learn, the chance to advance in our personalities and aspirations of life and to be paid for it. Linda Colgan has been an Insurance Broker in the transportation industry since 1986 and is Senior Account Executive with Bryson & Associates Insurance Brokers Ltd. To contact Linda call 416.809.3103 or feel free to email Linda at lcolgan@ brysoninsurance.ca.
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BWS MANUFACTURING
BWS Turns 50 in 2017!
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t seems hard to believe that BWS started in the manor that it did, in the small village of Centreville, New Brunswick and has grown exponentially over time. This was a single person operation in its inception, but no longer is that the truth. From small, humble beginnings in an effort to provide a service to the local area, Bernie’s Welding Shop was born. Burney McDougall started by making small custom projects for farm and forestry. Gradually, projects like outfitting trucks with plows and dump bodies came to the fruition. With this, a barrage of pro-
jects started to come to the, once small, company. Fleets, farmers and government looked to Burney’s to have their skilled laborers help to provide a solution to a challenge being posed in their day to day work life. In 1984, the name was amended to BWS Manufacturing Ltd. The factory was purchased from Burney McDougall by his son, Randall in 1993. BWS has housed hundreds of projects for almost every sector of transportation industry over the last 50 years. Through- o u t the com-
pany’s history, it has remained intuitive, innovative and willing to find the solutions to challenges others shy away from. BWS has stayed on top and growing through 50 years, proving the tag-line ‘Different by Design’, a mantra within the company. BWS strives to build products to go to work and stay at work. Quality and the willingness to evolve with a constantly changing environment have been instrumental in their success. When others say it can’t be done, BWS has said, “Let’s do it!” This attitude of innovation has been a giant catalyst for the BWS family and will propel them through the next 50 years. For more information about BWS see their web site at www.bwstrailers. com.
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