Zicklin GCMC Podcast

As you're starting the new year and thinking ahead, you can make great strides in your career this year. In this episode, Eileen Marray (MS Finance '18) shares her story as an international student who didn't have any professional experience in the United States. In a matter of a few months, Eileen was able to gain focus and land an internship in her field, which combined with relevant skills she gained as a student, led to other internships and a full-time role at a big bank.

Episode hosted by Tanuja from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanujaramchal/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, we chat with Nina Potepan (MSA '21) about making a career change and learning from an "unsuccessful" job/internship search to succeed in the next. Subtopics include:

• Working through a career change and becoming a good storyteller
• Standing out as a candidate when you do not have direct experience
• Staying motivated and growing from an "unsuccessful" recruitment season
• Understanding the difference between interviews with recruiters and hiring managers
• Asking smart and relevant questions during interviews
• Using interviews that don't work out as lessons learned for the next opportunity

Episode hosted by Stefano from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsverdesoto/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, Maribel Lara (MBA ’09), Senior Vice President and Head of Consulting at The Sasha Group, A VaynerX Company, speaks about what she calls “the pivot” that people can experience in their lives.* Students can put a lot of pressure on themselves about their first job out of their graduate program. When there’s that much pressure, it can oftentimes increase the chances of being disappointed.

Maribel talks about how she focused on the things she enjoyed working on, the things she wanted to learn and the work culture she wanted to guide her in her search.

Episode hosted by Justyn from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justyndm/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

• A pivot is a basketball term where a player keeps one foot in place while moving the other to be able to stop dribbling the ball so that the player can re-position.

In this episode, we chat with Kevin Yuey (MBA '20) on building skills outside the classroom, including emotional intelligence, communication, and time management... right before Thanksgiving! Subtopics include:

• Managing multiple responsibilities and finding time for them
• Taking action and battling fears of failure, seeing them as lessons learned
• Communicating efficiently and managing people's emotions
• Understanding different communication channels, including in-person and email
• Writing clear, thoughtful, and appropriate emails at work
• Understanding people's perceptions, including how people interpret what you say
• Acknowledging the right time and environment for certain work conversations

Episode hosted by Stefano from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsverdesoto/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, Jennifer Arisumi (MSA '21) shares how she went from a negative mindset, believing that she had nothing to offer employers, to accepting three internships in her first semester. Subtopics include:

• The importance of framing your message to match roles/industries
• How to effectively connect with professionals
• Why the biggest/most popular firms are not always best
• How a disastrous interview experience became a wake-up call
• The power of a support network and asking for help
• The advantage of being a student in networking and at the workplace

Episode hosted by Tanuja from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanujaramchal/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, we talk with Sue Huang (MSA '19) about positivity and staying motivated, especially after OCR, but also in life. Subtopics include:

• Making difficult career decisions and looking at the big picture
• Seeking support from close friends and mentors
• Understanding and accepting things outside of your control
• Setting a daily routine to stay on track
• Reflecting on your accomplishments and setting measurable goals
• Keeping an open mind to new opportunities you hadn't considered
• Using free time for things outside your day-to-day
• Job searching after OCR

Episode hosted by Stefano from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsverdesoto/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, we talk with Ingrid Qian (MS IS '20) about her experience during her first-ever OCR. Subtopics include:

• How OCR knowledge and experiences can translate outside OCR
• Preparing for events, including career fairs, and doing research on employers
• Resume and application tips, including making your resume stand out
• Interview preparation and techniques, including first-round and second-round interviews
• Managing multiple job/internship offers and communicating with employers

Episode hosted by Stefano from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsverdesoto/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

In this episode, we talk with Sol Adler (MSA '19) about his experiences with networking before, during, and after OCR. Subtopics include:

• Preparing for conversations and networking events
• Understanding how networking takes time and practice
• Becoming an interesting person to feel confident and have things to talk about
• Starting conversations and putting yourself out there
• Being yourself and realizing the role networking plays in your career and life

Episode hosted by Stefano from the GCMC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsverdesoto/). To connect with Sol, find him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sol-adler/). To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

Hiring managers talk all the time that they want “curious” people on their teams. If you even Google “importance of curiosity,” you’ll get pages of results from places like Harvard, videos of thought-leaders like Bill Gates, and articles from psychology blogs about why it’s important for individuals to “be curiosity.”

Many of us have a sense of what “having curiosity” means, but what is curiosity and how can you make sure you are and stay curious?

In this episode, we speak with Zicklin alumna Elyse Kane (MBA ’87), who was most recently Vice President, Insights and Analytics, North America at Colgate Palmolive. With a professional background in consumer research as well as experimental psychology, Elyse discusses curiosity with us, including:

• Why hiring managers want curious people on their teams
• Why it is so important to be curious – both for individuals themselves and for teams at work
• How curiosity is tied to making the world a better place
• Ways individuals can flex and maintain their curiosity

This episode is hosted by Justyn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justyndm/) from the GCMC. To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!

Pat Hedley has three decades of global private equity experience at General Atlantic, and now works with entrepreneurs and mid-sized growth company CEOs to help them accelerate revenue growth, expand their strategic network and maximize their company value. She is also the author of Meet 100 People, A How to Guide to the Career and Life Edge Everyone's Missing, encouraging everyone to meet people and build valuable life-long relationships.

In this episode, we walk with Pat about what meeting people and building valuable life-long relationships entails, a part of what is involved in networking, including:

• Understanding Yourself: Knowing who you are at the core of making connections
• Real Relationship-building: What it really means to establish relationships that are meaningful
• Focus on the Long-term: Not discounting connections you think won’t help you
• Can’t Lose Attitude: Getting past feeling intimidated to connect with people

This episode is hosted by Justyn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justyndm/) from the GCMC. To connect with the GCMC, email us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment. Thank you for listening!