All Things College And Career

Today we interview a general surgeon, Dr. Robert Jay Doiron.  If you are considering applying to medical school, thinking about a career in medicine or becoming a general surgeon, then this episode is for you!Rob graciously shares his entire journey from high school, to college, to working at Boston Children’s Hospital, to taking the MCATs, to applying to medical school to interviewing for medical school, to his five-year general surgical residency, to his two years of research, to a year-long fellowship & finally, after 18 years of hard work, signing a contract for a job as a general surgeon.  Find out what very telling question Rob got asked many times over his years as a med student.Rob was a wonderful guest!  He's funny & full of great tips and advice.  We so enjoyed our conversation with Rob and we hope you will too!  Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg&

Today we interview Madeline Mann, “The Self-Made Millennial!”  Madeline is the creator of the very popular You Tube Channel Self Made Millennial where she provides amazing career and job-seeking advice.  She is also a Career Coach and a Talent Development Manager at Inspire in the L.A. area.  Madeline has also written two books:  You Don't Get Me:  A Teenage Girl's Insight on How to Parent Your Teenage Daughter and  Fill in the Blank Job Hunt:  Essential Email Templates for the Job Search.  She wrote her first book when she was only 16! Madeline was named a top 50 person to follow on LinkedIn, and a top 10 YouTube channel for job seekers. In this episode, we talked about:Her YouTube Channel (topics we covered):       *3 Step Easy Cover Letter       *How to stand out in an interview       *How to write a winning resume       *LinkedIn strategiesHer experience at University of California San Diego | UCSD (undergraduate)Her experience at USC (University of Southern California) | Applied Psychology (gr

Today we interview Dr. Julie Cappel, who has been a practicing Veterinarian for over 30 years!  For the last 22 years Julie has owned & managed her own Veterinary practice with several Doctors on staff: Warren Woods Veterinary Hospital  Dr. Cappel has a passion for her work, and as a result has decided to take all of her experience and love for the field to share what she has learned with others through her work as a Life Coach or Mentor for other practicing vets… she helps them to find happiness & joy in their work.  She also shares her knowledge/wisdom/thoughts through Dr. Julie Cappel's Blog | Podcast, “The Veterinary Life Coach Podcast with Dr. Julie Cappel”We discussed:What it takes to become a VetAdvantages/Drawbacks of a career as a VetWhat a typical day is like for a VetMichigan State University College of Veterinary MedicineWhat Vet school is likeDr. Cappel’s specialty in small animals & exotic petsA recent surgeryDr. Cappel’s Podcast - “The Veterinary Life Coach Podcast with Dr. Jul

In this episode, we interview Alison Wade, Publisher of the Fast Women newsletter (Subscribe to Fast Women).  Alison’s Newsletter provides extensive coverage of competitive women’s running.  In this podcast, we discuss:The experiences Alison had in her past that makes her perfectly suited to produce such an incredible newsletterWhat it takes to become a publisher of a weekly newsletterFeatures of her newsletter which includes links to videos/articles/podcasts/results that she summarizes - it’s an amazing newsletter for anyone interested in following competitive women’s runningTurning passions into careers and balancing a career with family lifeWhat it’s like to be a College Track & Cross-Country Coach, advantages and drawbacks and a typical day on the jobHer College experiences at Bowdoin (undergraduate) and Northeastern (graduate).Her work as an editor/writer/photographer at NYRR and Runner’s WorldAlison’s personal running careerShalane Flanagan and the Boston MarathonAjee Wilson, Brenda Martinez, Jenny

Today we have Jodi Okun joining us, a college financial aid expert.  So, for anyone thinking about how they are going to pay for college, today’s episode is for you!Jodi shares lots of tips and strategies and she bases this on her many years of experience in financial aid.  She has worked well over a decade in financial aid, including 11 years at Occidental College & Pitzer before that.  Currently she is the owner of CFAA:  College Financial Aid Advisors as well as the weekly host of #CollegeCash on Twitter every Thursday at 5:00pm PST and 8:00pm EST.Jodi has also has written a book on the financial aid process called: Secrets of a Financial Aid Pro:  Master the College Funding Process and Give Your Child Lifelong Financial Skills Without Losing Your Cool FirstJodi was such a fun and informative guest.   She even shared some great pointers on how to launch a business and how to utilize social media. We hope you enjoy this Episode as much as us!Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Lis

Are you interested in having a career in the music industry? Do you want to learn what it takes to make it in the music industry from a couple of highly experienced musicians? Do you want to hear the truth?  If so, then this podcast is for you!  When you hear the phrase, “music is in their blood” that for certain describes the Scharff brothers, Adam & Michael, of Mentoring for the Modern Musician !  These brothers are passionate about helping others to “keep your joy for the music” by teaching you what to expect if you choose a career in the music industry and they also share how to become fulfilled with your career as a musician. Along with providing countless services for musicians such as mentoring, coaching, producing, recording, writing, teaching, and the list goes on….they are now also sharing their years of experience for free on their website and in their fun, informative, entertaining and just all-around amazing podcast, also named Mentoring for the Modern Musician.The great advice/tips that Mich

Are you interested in building an affordable, beautiful, modern, green, net-zero home that will stand the test of time? If so, then Architects TYP are for you!  Are you interested in becoming an architect? If so, then this podcast is for you! In this episode, we interview registered Architects, Annelise Aldrich and Mark Keller, both owners of the architectural firm TYP: Architects TYP TYP stands for “Tend Your Planet.”Mark and Annie will tell you everything that you need to know about the process of becoming an architect.  We discuss their educational experiences, boards, etc.  We also ask them about their architectural design philosophy, their architectural firm, TYP, and the patent that they have pending that may change the way we build homes! Mark and Annie were such great guests.  Even if you have no interests in architecture, you will enjoy this conversation!   Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAl

If you are looking for tips on how to best utilize LinkedIn to get a job, market your business/increase sales or find qualified employees, then today's podcast is for you!  We interview Wayne Breitbarth, the CEO of Power Formula, LLC.  He is the author of the book, The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success (now in its fourth edition).  Wayne has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Wired, American Express Open Forum, and seen on NBC and Fox Business.  He is an internationally recognized industry leader in LinkedIn training, marketing and consulting. He is also an experienced businessman and speaker.  Wayne has shared his expertise with more than 100,000 business professionals through dynamic presentations to worldwide audiences, private business consulting, and through his critically acclaimed book, The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success.This podcast is packed full of great advice/tips for LinkedIn users.  We hope you enjoy our conversation with Wayne as much as we did!Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Po

Thinking about becoming a physical therapist?  If so, then this podcast episode is for you!  We interview Dr. Katherine Stepanovic, a highly experienced physical therapist.  In this episode, we discuss everything you need to know about this career including education, clinical rotations, the boards, continuing education, the wide variety of work settings, what a typical day is like on the job, etc.We think you'll love this conversation with Kathy as much as we did.  Kathy is so interesting, smart & just a warm and thoughtful person.  Even if you have no interest in physical therapy, you'll enjoy this interview with Kathy!  Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn   Bobbie's LinkedIn  Music Production: Lena Keller: lena.m.keller@gmail.comTechnical Production: Richard BarnettShow Notes:Netflix's Stranger ThingsSpaulding National Running Ce

Interested in learning more about the College Admissions process?  Perhaps you're interested in becoming a College Counselor?  If so, then this podcast is for you!  In this Episode, we interview Moira McKinnon, Director of College Counseling at Berwick Academy in South Berwick, Maine.  Moira brings 24 years of experience in the college admissions process and she is a Certified College Counselor.  She is a wealth of knowledge, and her passion for helping students achieve their college dreams definitely comes through in our conversation with her.We also have very interesting discussions about both Georgetown University (where Moira went to college) and Berwick Academy.We loved our conversation with Moira and we are sure you will too.  Even if you have no interest in this topic, we think you will enjoy listening.   Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn   B

Are you changing careers? Looking for a new job?  If so, you won't want to miss our conversation with Dr. Dawn Graham, host of the popular call-in talk radio show, Career Talk on Sirius XM Radio, and author of the book: Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers -- and Seize Success.  In this episode, Dr. Dawn talks about switching careers, the job-search,  job interviews, networking, etc.Dr. Dawn is a Licensed Psychologist, a Career Switch Coach, a TEDx Speaker | Your Next Job is One Conversation Away, LinkedIn Instructor, a former corporate recruiter, a contributor to Forbes.com - The Leadership Channel and the Career Director for the Executive MBA Program at The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Dawn is a fun, smart and entertaining guest!  We really think you'll enjoy this interview!Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn   B

If you are thinking about a career as a school counselor, you will definitely want to listen to our conversation with Nancy Simard, Director of School Counseling at MSAD60.   She has years of experience in this field and she shares with us details on what a career as a school counselor is all about.  Find out what she loves about her job, what traits she thinks you need to be happy and successful in this field and what the biggest challenges are for school counselors today. Where Nancy started out and where she ended up is a great story.  She is funny and smart and you will enjoy hearing all about her career path!  If school counseling is not in your career plans...you still might want to give this podcast a shot.  Nancy's story just may inspire your own career journey!Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAll Things College and CareerMeg's LinkedIn   Bobbie's LinkedIn  Music Production: Len

Interested in a career (or a major/MBA) in business, marketing, economics, management or sales?  Looking to advance in your career?  If so, you won't want to miss this episode!  Learn from one of our nation's leading marketing executives, Rob Egan from Imprivata.  Along with his current role, he has held very high level positions at several extremely well known companies throughout the U.S.A and globally. This podcast could be a game-changer for anyone looking to move up in (or get started in) their careers, especially careers in business.This podcast is full of great advice such as, “Don’t worry about what your title is or what your pay is, when opportunity comes knocking, grab it…. the money and title will follow…. and if they don’t, you’ll have the experience to jump elsewhere."  Rob gets into specific details on this advice and much more, but you'll have to tune in to hear it! Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter

Charlie Maynard and his team have revolutionized the way to apply for & create college scholarships through the company he co-founded called Going Merry..."We make finding and applying to scholarships easier. Get matched and apply to dozens of scholarships in less than 30 minutes, for free." If you are a student interested in applying for a college scholarship in the easiest way possible, then you won't want to miss this podcast.  Also, all School Counselors and College Counselors will want to tune in as Going Merry can make your job of dispersing college scholarship information to students so much easier.   Finally, for anyone wanting to launch your own scholarship, Going Merry can help you to do that in no time!In this podcast, we learn all about Going Merry.  We also talk about how Charlie got his start at the University of Oxford and later where he earned his MBA at Stanford University.  We also get into what it takes to launch a start-up, as Charlie not only launched Going Merry but he

Interested in becoming a Registered Dietician? Certified Diabetes Educator? If so, you won't want to miss our conversation with Jill Boyce, RDN, CDE.  Jill tells you everything that you need to know from education, to the application process, to training and internships.  She has worked in a variety of settings from hospitals to private practice.  Jill is on top of her profession and is a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in entering this field.  We also ask Jill about her undergraduate experiences at Merrimack College and the University of Maine at Orono.  Anyone researching these colleges will enjoy Jill's take (she loved both schools).  We also discuss Jill's Dietetic Internship at Oregon State University, and what her rotations were like there.  Anyone needing private and professional nutrition advice can contact Jill at Savor:  Food, Life & Health where she sees clients/patients by appointment.  She assists clients with prevention, diabetes management, weight loss, fitness, man

Are you in the process of visiting colleges?  Planning a college tour?  If so, you won't want to miss this episode with Moira McCullough, the Founder of College Scoops, a company that makes college trips "easy, fun & tasty!"  College Scoops provides an overview on more than 120 colleges across the USA with recommendations/input from over 500 student and parent "ambassadors."  The "ambassadors" provide the inside scoop on where to stay, where to grab a cup of coffee, where to find good sweets, where to have breakfast, lunch & dinner, and where to go on excursions or outings that you can enjoy while visiting a college campus.  College Scoops also provides helpful blogs on topics such as "Smart Social Media Strategies for Applicants," and offers guides that you can purchase on each college that they cover.In this podcast we cover the colleges Moira attended, Fairfield University and The Executive MBA Program - Columbia University Business School, her experienc

Hoping to become a school superintendent?  Currently teaching, but looking to move into a role in administration?  Want ideas on how to better serve the youth in your community?  Today's podcast is with Sue Austin, assistant superintendent at MSAD 60.  Sue started her career working as an education tech at the Odyssey House, moved into teaching which eventually led to her current position.  She tells our listeners just how she did that and offers tips for anyone out there that has the same goal.Sue is also the Director of The Ryan Home Project which works to help house displaced teens in her district.  She talks about why she and others started this project and how she hopes it can become a model for other districts to implement as the number of teens without a place to sleep each night is alarming. Sue has always loved horses and she turned that love several years ago into a business, Lucky Clover Stables, where she boards, gives lessons, puts on shows and provides summer camps.  She talks about her bus

Dreaming of opening up your own theater? Interested in becoming an executive producer? Ambitions of becoming a sales and marketing manager? Want to learn more about the business of buying/selling/marketing produce?  If so, you will not want to miss this podcast!  Even if none of these subjects interest you, we think that you will really enjoy our conversation with Michael Guptill.  His story is fascinating!  Michael Guptill is the owner/executive producer of Hackmatack Playhouse,  located in Berwick, Maine. In this episode, we ask Michael all the details of running a theater, we talked about his college years at the University of Maine, Orono  and we got into the details of his "real" job as the sales and marketing manager at Gold Bell. He provides tips on how to work your way up to his current position and lots of interesting tips on how to manage a summer stock theater.Hackmatack, named for the trees on the property, sits on nearly 200 beautiful acres and has been in the Guptill family since the 1

Are you interested in becoming a wrestling coach at the college level?  Or any level?  Or are you currently wrestling or maybe you are a parent of a wrestler?  This podcast gets into all levels of wrestling from the early years, through college and onto college coaching.This week, Mike Morin joins us, an avid wrestler through high school and college (a two-time NCAA Division III All-American) and now the head coach for the University of Southern Maine wrestling team.  Mike talks about youth wrestling and sports in general, his experience with wrestling through his high school and college careers and finally how he moved from athlete to coach.Mike is great to listen to even if wrestling is not your thing!  His passion for the sport comes through and it is an inspiring story that anyone would enjoy.  We are so impressed with Mike's achievements...he might just be one of the youngest college head coaches anywhere.  So, tune in to learn more about Mike's career which could quite possibly inspire your ow

Thinking about becoming an optometrist?  Evaluating the various health professions and want to learn more about optometry? Considering optometry school?  Just looking for an interesting career story to listen to?  If so, you will enjoy this podcast episode with Drs. Simpson & McAndrew.  We ask them how they prepared for optometry school (while in under grad/college), details on the Optometry Admissions Test (OAT), how they negotiated the admissions process,  their experiences with the entrance interviews, details on the four years of optometry school, what the three rounds of Boards entailed, their input on rotations and internships and their viewpoint on NECO:  New England College of Optometry in Boston, MA.  They discuss life after optometry school including their residency training and their current positions as full-time optometrists.  Join Our Podcast Email List!   Follow Our Podcast:Website: Listen To Our Podcast HereYouTube Channel   Twitter   LinkedIn  Facebook   InstagramAll Things College and Ca