Steps to Success at the YWCA Thompson will kick off Career and Workplace Development Month with an event on November 1st.

It’s called “Men can be sensitive - Women can be strong” and is aimed at dispelling common gender myths in the workplace.

Cat Cogle, Program Coordinator for Essential Skills has more.

“We see a lot of people with the idea that some jobs are designed just for specific genders. Women are nurses, men are pilots. We are kind of conditioned along those lines and we are just trying to break that down. There is no gender in careers, you can be anything you want to be.”

Drop by to try out the various myth-busting stations and learn more about how to move forward in a career that interests you.

This free event runs from 1 to 3 pm in the Steps to Success classroom in the basement at the YWCA at 39 Nickel Road.

Hear more from Cogle. Catch the full interview on Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.