REGINA — For Heidi Wakaluk, retirement didn’t feel like a reward. It felt like a rut.

“I was bored, watching too much TV and letting myself go,” says Wakaluk, who had spent years in the private sector before stepping back from full-time work. “By 58, I couldn’t get a job. I felt defeated.”

That changed when she saw a Facebook post about a Saskatchewan Polytechnic workforce development program designed to help adults re-enter the workforce. She clicked, attended an information session, applied and found herself on a path that would reignite her confidence and career.

“It gave me direction, routine, conversation,” she says. “I didn’t want to be recorded on video while practicing for future job interviews, that made me uncomfortable, but in the end, it helped me a lot.”

Her work placement

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