by Gregory Heller | Oct 14, 2019 | Episodes
Craig Murphy, Foster MBA Class of 2019, shares his experience switching from a career as an engineer in oil and gas services to a full-time role in management consulting with a general management summer internship in manufacturing. Craig talks about how he prepared...
by Gregory Heller | Sep 16, 2019 | Episodes
You can learn more about the Foster Technology Club at http://uwfostermbaa.com Shobhit mentioned the blog https://stratechery.com/, the A16Z Newsletter https://a16z.com/tag/newsletters/ and the podcast Planet Money. I plugged the Indicator Podcast by Planet...
by Gregory Heller | Jul 22, 2019 | Episodes
Philip Bozarth Dreher, Foster MBA 2019, pivoted from a career in architecture to career in management consulting. Philip talks about re-contextualizing his past work experience for consulting interviews, preparing for case interviews, Designing Your Life and...
by Gregory Heller | Jul 3, 2019 | Episodes
Asal Mirsalimi, Foster MBA 2019, on how she used the Foster MBA Career Management Office resources, and what she learned about informational interviewing during her time at Foster. Asal conducted dozens of informational interviews (or prototyping conversations as we...
by conversationsoncareers_ufelsl | Jun 20, 2019 | Episodes
Three conversations about national MBA career conferences including National Black MBA Career Expo, Prospanica and National Association of Women MBA’s Career Conference with Foster 2019 MBAs Jamie Young and Johnathan Duong and MBA Career Management’s...
by Gregory Heller | Jun 7, 2019 | Episodes
Tashiya Gunesekera, Foster MBA 2019, talks about her internship and job search and switching into a career in Finance at Adobe from a “non-traditional” background that involved the Peace Corps and public sector consulting. Among other things, we mention...
by Gregory Heller | May 19, 2019 | Episodes
On this episode, I speak with Ruchi Singh (Foster MBA 2020), President of the Foster Consulting Society about plans for the 2019-20 academic year, preparing for internship recruiting at consulting firms, using the Career Management Office and more. Learn more about...
by Gregory Heller | Mar 17, 2019 | Episodes
I speak with style strategist Audrey Beaulac about workplace fashion trends and style advice for MBAs looking to develop their signature style. Learn more about Audrey at http://www.audreybeaulacstyle.com. We mention “The Charisma Myth” by Olivia Fox...
by Gregory Heller | Feb 27, 2019 | Episodes
On this episode, I speak with Ken Myer about leadership, entrepreneurship, and startups. Ken is an interim CEO, a commercialization adviser with CoMotion, the UW Innovation Hub. He is a lecturer at the Foster School of Business where he shares his expertise on...
by Gregory Heller | Feb 25, 2019 | Episodes
On this episode I speak with Dr. Tabitha Kirkland, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Washington where she teaches a course called Happiness. We discuss happiness and a variety of practices that help increase one’s happiness including...
