What new team members are saying about Hearing & Speech
Between December 2024 and April 2025, Hearing & Speech Nova Scotia (HSNS) welcomed new team members across the province who bring fresh insight, personal motivation, and a shared commitment to supporting communication health across the province.
To better understand what draws professionals to join HSNS, we asked recent hires to share their impressions and experiences. Their feedback highlights what makes HSNS a valued place to work: a supportive culture, mission-driven work, learning opportunities, and healthy work-life balance.
The quotes below reflect their authentic voices and lived perspectives. We’re proud to share what they had to say, and are grateful for what they bring to our organization every day.
Workplace culture & team environment
“Hearing and Speech has a welcoming and inclusive workplace culture, which fosters my success in the workplace. However, it’s the people that drew me in and keep me here. I love our team!”
“On the first day, I was greeted by fellow colleagues and a manager with a warm welcome.”
“I had the opportunity to work with HSNS as an intern in the past, and my familiarity drew me to the organization. I loved my placement here and felt welcome to come back! I think having lots of students draws interest to the organization. I appreciate their relationship with Dalhousie's programs.”
"My reasoning for joining Hearing and Speech is that I was told by an employee about how much she loved working here because of the work atmosphere, how her coworkers treated her and worked well together, and how supportive management was.”
Mission-driven work & community impact
“I wanted to be a part of the provision of publicly funded SLP services in the province.”
“Personally, this job was close to home for me and I was eager to support my own community and improve access to public health services for an underserved population.”
“What attracted me to apply for a position at HSNS was the opportunity to work in the public sector with both an adult and pediatric population. The ability to work with children, identify hearing loss early, and implement timely interventions can be incredibly meaningful for families and professionally rewarding. HSNS offers a broad scope of practice, opportunities for specialization and professional growth, and the chance to collaborate with an experienced multi-disciplinary team.”
Work-life balance & flexibility
“The flexibility in the work schedule appealed to me.”
“I do wish I had known about this job opportunity sooner. I would have loved to take advantage of the great work life balance sooner.”
“I discovered this job opportunity because my daughter is newly diagnosed with hearing loss. During one of her appointments, I spoke with the audiologist about my search for an 8am-4pm job to better accommodate her hearing appointments and 3 kids to be part of the memories, not hearing about the stories afterwards. She (Andrea) recommended that I consider looking at the job posting at Hearing and Speech. I am very thankful for her suggestion. I genuinely love this opportunity to grow, learn and help others. I see how both doing newborn hearing screening and assisting the audiologist and speech therapists will give me valuable experiences that will allow me to contribute to the community while also developing my own skills to use personally.”
Professional development & learning
“I appreciate the mentorship and continuing education opportunities that are provided/supported by the organization.”
“I was aware I would have lots of support and opportunities early on in the position (e.g., access to mentorship and observation of experts in particular clinical areas). This component actually exceeded my expectations!”
“What first drew me to applying for a position with Hearing & Speech Nova Scotia were the many opportunities for professional growth through continuing education, the varied caseload/work duties, and having a benefits package that started on date of employment.”
Compensation & job security
“The security of a full-time permanent position as a new graduate was very hard to beat.”
“HSNS offers a competitive salary as well as benefits and pension plans.”
"At the time of the posting, I was looking for a job that had better pay, benefits and a pension plan. The cost of living is going up and I was looking for a company that had a pension plan down the road for when I retire, so I could retire comfortably."