All Things College and Career

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!

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Johns Hopkins University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Denver
Seton Hall University
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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!

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Keene State College
The Barr Center
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Lake Region Vocational Center
Skills USA
University of Southern Maine Counselor Education
National Counselor Examination For Licensure and Certification
Sanford Regional Technical Center
Somersworth Community Technical Center
Going Merry

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!

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Saint Lawrence University
Kellogg School of Management
Aetna
Student Universe
Humana
Grand Metropolitan
Procter & Gamble
Tufts Health Plan

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 also helped to launch another start-up called Book My Show.  So, if you are interested in starting your own business, then this podcast has something for you too. 

Charlie was an amazing guest. He is smart, well-traveled and inspiring.  We really think you'll enjoy listening to his story whether you have a need for a college scholarship or not. 

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STEP:  Stanford - Tsinghua Exchange Program
Jakarta, Indonesia
Katy Perry

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, management of chronic diseases, eating disorders, meal planning, budgeting and creating grocery lists.

Even if you have no interest in becoming a Registered Dietician, we know that you will enjoy our conversation with Jill.  She is smart, friendly and interesting!  Her strong passion for her career and her concern for her patients comes through in this interview.

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FNCE:  Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
CDE:  Certified Diabetes Educator
Camp Carefree
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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 experience of living in Europe for seven years, and her work experience at Nynex prior to opening College Scoops and what it is like to run your own business. 

Whether you're planning a college tour or not, we think you will love this interview with Moira.  Her passion for food & travel comes through! 

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Summit, New Jersey

Donut Crazy

U.S.A. Master's Swimming

Jenny Thompson

Something Natural

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 business and how she really would like to move into using her horses for therapy as the healing benefits horses can have on people are amazing.

We could not miss talking to Sue about her family business, Shain's of Maine Ice Cream.  Anyone familiar with this brand can tell you how amazing it is! 

Clearly, Sue has a lot going on, but once you meet her, you can understand how she does it...she is compassionate, smart, seemingly has endless energy and mostly, she just loves what she does and it comes through in her words and actions. Her community is lucky to have her!

No matter what you career interests may be, it is always great to listen to someone so inspiring.  Enjoy!
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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 1600's!  It has been been a working farm since then.  It is still a working farm today, where they raise 100% all natural, grass fed bison (or buffalo).

We hope you enjoy this podcast!
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Dave Barry
Hackmatack's Summer Season Lineup and Tickets  
Hackmatack Farm | Bison  

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 own!

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Smitty's Wrestling Barn

NCAA Division 3 Wrestling

New England Wrestling Association

Division 3 Wrestling

University of Southern Maine

Wrestling University of Southern Maine

Saint Thomas Aquinas High School Dover, NH

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. 
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Solo Wilderness First Responder St. Michael's College

Adventure sports Center St. Michael's College

Pre-Optometry Professional Society, University of South Florida

ASCO Current Pre-Optometry Clubs

ASCO:  Association of Schools & Colleges of Optometry

USF:  University of South Florida

St. Michael's College

Associated Eyecare