65 episodes

Curious about careers? Join Danae King, Communications & Marketing Manager at the Greene Center for Career Education + Connections and co-host Casey Ryu, a Senior at the University of Rochester, as they tackle all-things career related with an unfiltered lens through conversations with Rochester students, staff, and alumni!

Music: Acid Jazz - Kevin MacLeod

Careers Unfiltered Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 11 Ratings

Curious about careers? Join Danae King, Communications & Marketing Manager at the Greene Center for Career Education + Connections and co-host Casey Ryu, a Senior at the University of Rochester, as they tackle all-things career related with an unfiltered lens through conversations with Rochester students, staff, and alumni!

Music: Acid Jazz - Kevin MacLeod

    Meaningful Relationships along a Non-Linear Path, with Nick Colucci '81

    Meaningful Relationships along a Non-Linear Path, with Nick Colucci '81

    Nick Colucci is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Publicis North America and Executive Chairman of Publicis Health, a major healthcare communications company. He received his B.S. in Neuroscience in 1981 and was also a football player and a brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Nick then went on to complete his MBA from Loyola University Maryland in 1990.

    Take a listen to hear Nick share how careers and life are not linear and how his professional life took him down many different paths. He explains the importance of trying new things to discover your passions and how it takes time to find what brings you joy. He share the power of meaningful relationships with people you meet along the way, from undergrad to the present, and a different way to be a part of the healthcare industry from a marketing and communications perspective.

    • 35 min
    Transitioning from Undergrad to a Nursing PhD, with Yashika Sharma '18

    Transitioning from Undergrad to a Nursing PhD, with Yashika Sharma '18

    Yashika Sharma is currently a second year PhD student in nursing at Columbia University with a focus on cardiovascular health in minority groups. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 2018 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in computational biology and earned her Masters in nursing from Columbia University in 2020. She shares her experience as an international student navigating undergrad to graduate school and discovering which path to take in the medical field. As well as sharing some of her extracurricular activities and her work in on-campus labs and reminisced about some of her favorite study spots and places to check out in Rochester.

    • 24 min
    Turning Sports into a Career, with Oscar Lopez Hidalgo '13 '16MS

    Turning Sports into a Career, with Oscar Lopez Hidalgo '13 '16MS

    Oscar Lopez Hidalgo started playing squash when he was a kid in Mexico and fell in love with it. It influenced him to choose a college that offered squash and came to the University of Rochester where he earned his BS in Psychology in 2013. He completed his MS in Human Development from the Warner School of Education in 2016 and is now a Squash Professional at Genesee Valley Club and is also a volunteer Assistant Squash Coach at the U of R.

    Hear about Oscar's love for squash and how his passion for the sport became his career choice. Oscar shares the challenges of balancing being a student athlete and his experience as an international student at the U of R. He also shares some great recommendations for places that students can check out in Rochester.

    • 33 min
    A Glimpse into Product Management, with Sofia Saravia '16

    A Glimpse into Product Management, with Sofia Saravia '16

    Sofia Saravia is an Index Data Product Manager at Nasdaq working on identifying products that the company should build out. Sofia is an international student from Mexico who graduated from the University of Rochester with a B.A. in Financial Economics and a minor in mathematics in 2016. She shares how she pursued both her artistic and creative passions along with her love for economics while in college. Sofia shares how she discovered her passion in product management and what that she is responsible for. She also provides tips on how she took ownership of her internship at Nasdaq that eventually led to a full-time offer.

    • 23 min
    Designing Your Major and Career, with Amina Shareef '19

    Designing Your Major and Career, with Amina Shareef '19

    Amina Shareef is a creative designer who has designed an undergraduate major and also her future career path. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 2019 with a double major in Digital Media Studies and a self-made major in Education and shares her excitement to be a guest on the podcast she helped in its infant stages. She continued her studies at Kent State University in Ohio to earn her MFA in Visual Communication Design where she also acted as an Adjunct Professor. Some of her career goals include working in the industry, eventually teaching at the college level, and perhaps even owning her own business.

    Meanwhile she is working for her father's business, freelancing, and creating drawings on her Instagram account @ handivity. Amina shares how all of her experiences link back to her portfolio, where she gets inspiration from, and how completing her masters during the pandemic was a different, but insightful experience.

    • 33 min
    Sharing Your Story at Work, with Steve Blank '07

    Sharing Your Story at Work, with Steve Blank '07

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Steve Blank graduated from the University of Rochester in 2007 with a B.A. in Film and Media Studies with a concentration in post-production. During his time at Rochester, he also had the opportunity to study abroad in London! His career journey has taken him to Nickelodeon as a Coordinator and Manager in Marketing, working on shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Legend of Korra, some temp work, and eventually finding his passion at Lucasfilm where he is now the Director of Franchise Content and Strategy, working across teams and storylines.

    Steve shares how he's been able to find a community at Lucasfilm leading the Lucas Pride employee resource group, creating and supporting projects and initiatives he finds personally meaningful. He also explains how taking the time to discover his career path was full of important learning opportunities and the joy of finding a great place to work. We hope you enjoy this episode!

    • 40 min

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11 Ratings

11 Ratings

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This is the best podcast I’ve ever listened to. Everyone should listen to this podcast. Danae is a consistent host and is able to keep the conversation interesting and flowing. Really holds the listeners attention! Highly recommend.

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