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 Bronica Sam. For more information about national career conferences, Foster students can visit you Foundations of Professional Development course on Canvas.

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 the following apps, and books:

• Meditation apps Calm and Headspace
• The Charisma Myth, Olivia Fox Cabane
• Better Together, Jonathan Sposato
• Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
• How To Deal With Job Search Depression (NYT)

Ron Rapatalo talks about his own career journey from pre-med to nonprofit education and executive search, the importance of networking and generosity, and men's styling.

Links from this episode:

• RonRapatalo.com
• The Tao Of Networking
• Adam Grant's website for podcasts and books
• Reciprocity Ring, Adam Grant's "Giving Circle"
• Akimbo, Seth Godin's podcast
• J Hilburn Clothes

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 the Foster Consulting Society.

Check out Case in Point by Marc Cosentino, Crack the Case by David Ohrvall and Case Interview Secrets by Victor Cheng.

I speak with Li-Ann Yap, Foster MBA Class of 2019, about her experiences preparing for internship recruiting, and full time recruiting. She provides advice on dealing with the stresses of pursuing an MBA as a career changer and preparing for interviews. We also talk about conferences, case competitions, the importance of mindfulness and meditation, and of exercise to her success at Foster and in the job search. We mention the apps: Calm, Insight Timer, 10% Happier, and conferences including the Crosscut Festival in Seattle, Tech4Good and Data For Good in Seattle. Li-Ann also mentions the Rotman Accessibility, Inclusion & Universal Design MBA Conference.

On the second season of the show, I'll share stories of current students and their internship experiences and full time job search. If you'd like to tell your story, or have heard a story that needs telling, reach out and let me know, you can email me at [email protected]. If there are other topics you'd like me to cover, or people you think I should interview, drop me a line.

Executive Coach and Foster Mentor, Suzanne Keel-Eckmann talks about joy, self awareness, Clifton Strengths and more.

She mentions:

Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing by Joseph L Badaracco JR

The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

Conversational Intelligence by Judith Glaser

For more information on Clifton Strengths, visit https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

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 Cabane. Foster MBAs can learn more on the Career Management SharePoint site.

My guest on this episode is 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 mindfulness, journaling, gratitude letters, counting blessings and a few others.

We talk about the apps Headspace and 10% Happier, and the book "The Charisma Myth" by Olivia Fox Cabane.

This episode is made possible by a Compassion and Resilience Seed Grant from the Resilience Lab. http://webster.uaa.washington.edu/resilience/

On this episode, I speak with Class of 2019 MBA candidates Austin Morton and Alli Green about their experiences at MBArk2Boulder and MBArk at ExpoWest last year. The first deadline for MBArk's Program at Expos West is January 20th, 2019, the second deadline is February 3rd. Learn more at http://mbark.com