Catherine Goulet is an author, publishing entrepreneur, and careers expert from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1] She is co-founder of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, a literary awards program for independently-published books, co-founder of career guides publisher FabJob alongside her sister Tag and founder of zenGOT, a platform which connects customers and service providers.[2]

Career

Goulet is co-founder and chairperson of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, a literary awards program for independently published books. She has said that one of her goals is to make the awards "the Sundance of indie books".[3][4][5] Goulet herself is author of more than four books focused on breaking into different careers and she has written on work-related topics for international press titles including Metro News and CNN.[6][7][8]

Alongside her sister Tag, Goulet co-authored a book called Dream Careers which reached number #1 on Amazon's career and business list, and attracted the attention of ABC, Oprah Winfrey, Woman's Day and The Wall Street Journal.[9]

Personal life

Goulet, who is Metis, is the daughter of best-selling author Terry Goulet and George R. D. Goulet,[10] a notable historian and author, and the sister of Tag Goulet, her business partner at FabJob.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Want to be happier? Buy yourself some time". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Calgary-based startup zenGOT lets you outsource errands to other people". MobileSyrup. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "2015 Indie Book Award Winners Announced". PR Newswire. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Star Prairie author honored with Next Generation Indie Book award". New Richmond News. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Tag Goulet (6 November 2007). "Why bad employees don't get fired". CNN. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Tag and Catherine Goulet (28 February 2005). "Answering the 'biggest weakness' question in interviews" (PDF). Metro News. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Goodreads. "Books by Catherine Goulet". Goodreads. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Leslie Strudwick. "Tag Goulet's career is absolutely fabulous". University of Calgary. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Gabriel Dumont Institute's Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture". Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "About Us". FabJob. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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