Catherine Goulet

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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]

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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]

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References

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  2. "Calgary-based startup zenGOT lets you outsource errands to other people". MobileSyrup. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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  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.
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