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n August 2025, Justis Pederson 
pressed record on the first episode of 
Careers Under Construction. Over six 
months later, the veteran recruiter has 
built one of the industry’s most popular 
podcasts focused on careers, leadership 
and professional growth.
“We named it Careers Under 
Construction because everybody’s 
career is always under construction,” 
Pederson says. “You could be coming 
out of university with a lot of runway 
ahead of you, or you could be a 55- or 
60-year-old CEO. It doesn’t matter 
where you are on that curve. We’re all a 
work in progress.”
The podcast – available online and 
through mobile apps in video and audio 
form – is an extension of Pederson’s 
own career. As a longtime talent 
acquisition specialist and president 
and CEO of the Pederson Group, a 
construction and engineering recruiting 
firm based in Winnipeg, he has heard his 
share of stories. While recruitment is a 
recurring theme on the show, the core 
reason Pederson stepped behind the 
mic was to give leaders across industries 
a platform to reflect on the paths that 
shaped them.
“I wanted to hear from people who’ve 
reached a certain level of success and 
have them share the wins, the failures 
and everything in between,” he says. “It 
shows people what it actually takes to 
build a career.”
At its core, Careers Under Construction 
is about perspective. “Our goal is to 
give these stories a larger stage for 
everybody to hear,” Pederson explains. 
“We want people to learn about different 
career paths and understand that your 
chapter one can’t be compared to 
somebody else’s chapter 10.”
FOR OUR NEXT GUEST…
Careers Under Construction is recorded 
on site at the Pederson Group’s 
downtown Winnipeg headquarters, 
inside a dedicated podcast studio 
Pederson built within his former private 
office. From there, he has hosted a 
growing list of notable guests, including 
Dom Costantini, a WCA board member 
and the podcast’s first-ever guest, as 
well as business owners, executives and 
industry leaders from across  
North America.
“We have people from all different walks 
of life,” Pederson explains. “We’ve had 
people who’ve been in business for 
decades, like Mike Fata, who sold his 
company for approximately $400 million, 
and we’ve also had construction project 
A virtual stage for industry stories
CAREERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
By Matthew Bradford
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