Declassified College Podcast | College Advice That Isn't Boring

The origins of the United States of America are immigrants. You will hear from students who have traveled to the States to pursue an education as well as American students traveling to different parts of the world to explore life outside of the US.

Over 45 students submitted their stories, 5 students are featured in this episode:

Fatoumata Camara - an international student from Guinea, currently attending Pace University to obtain her Master's

Vickie Chong - Originally from Malaysia and will be attending UC Berkeley

Khanh Dinh - A Vietnamese student studying at the University of Washington

Timo Ahmed - A USC student from Egypt

Nidhi Ghorpade - A student from India who is studying at Baine State

Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of students who submitted their experiences had encountered racism in their journeys.

We must do better.

Season 4 Episodes:

E1: Schools Over... It's Time To Take A Break

E2: A Career In Videography

E3: School + Life... How Do You Balance It?

E4: A Career In Game Design

E5: What Do I Put On My Resume And How Do I Interview?

E6: How To Find A Job Quickly As A Student

E7: The 3 Books That Will Change Your Life As A Student

E8: How To Create The Perfect Resume - Student Perspective

E9: What Do You Put On Your Resume - Professional Edition

E10: Interview Like This To Get The Job

E11: To Pass The Interview, You Need To First Master Your Story

E12: The Most Important Part Of An Interview

E13: A Career In Copywriting

E14: Michael Seibel, Anthony Pompliano, and Jeff Morris Jr. Give You Advice

Once a season I will be reaching out to ultra-successful individuals to hear their advice to college students. 

This season you will hear from:

Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano - host "The Pomp Podcast" where he interviews individuals like Chamath Palihapitiya, Mark Cuban, and Peter Schiff

Jeff Morris Jr. - Led product at Tinder and founded his own VC firm "Chapter One"

Michael Seibel - Co-Founder of justin.tv which is now known at Twitch. Partner at Y-Combinator and on the board of Reddit.

Trying to make a living writing used to be a dream that many people thought was impossible, but because of the internet, it is becoming a reality for so many!

Jesse Louie is the Senior Copywriter at Vaynermedia and has worked with the NBA, NFL, and much more!

Flo has quit her HR job to pursue writing her blog "The Way Factory"

Charly has been in almost every writing career possible from writing for publications, start ups, movie scripts and is now even helping students get into graduate school!

"Tell me about yourself" - if you don't know your story, chances are you'll probably bomb this question. We go over how you can leverage your story to do more than just regurgitate your resume to the recruiter when you answer this question.

Reach out to Stan by texting "Storyteller" to 66866

In my experience, many people forget that the main portion of an interview... is you! It's not about the research on the company, it's more about can you do the research and can I see myself working with you for 40-60 hours a week.

Thats where your story comes into play for interviews. Mastering your story allows you to mold your answers to different scenarios and blow the interviewer away!

Stan Miller is the Chief Sales Officer at Viewpost and the Founder of Storicate, a company whose mission is to help individuals master their story to accelerate their careers. He's interviewed thousands and hired hundreds of people so he definitely knows what to do in an interview situation!

Check out Storicate here.

We even created a LinkedIn course too! Sign up for it here!

Interviews are tough, but if you want to find a job, you'll need to master the art of the interview to get the offer.

You will hear from Daniel Botero who has helped students land jobs and internships at Goldman Sachs, Disney, Microsoft, etc.

And Basant Shenouda, who is a content creator on LinkedIn and recently landed a role at LinkedIn before she graduated!

When it comes to resumes, there is a lot of information out there. A lot of bad information too. I wanted to get the professional perspective on how to craft a great resume from people who have helped hundreds if not thousands of students.

You will hear from:

Cassandra Thompson - a career coach at California State University. Here is her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassthompson/

David Mendoza - a professor at George Brown College. Connect with him here: linkedin.com/in/davidandresmendoza/

Madeline Mann - talent development manager at Inspire, join her 40K+ followers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelinemann/

Brian Fanelli - a career coach at the University of Cinncinati. Check his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjfanelli/

Anil Ram - a career coach helping students around the world at top Ivy league Universities: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-ram/

Resumes are the one thing that everyone needs to do, yet to "win" in the resume game you need to stand out. So how do you do that?

I asked 3 students who are killing it a few questions and this episode is about their answers. You will hear from:

Mehul Patel - UCF Student

David Rosenstein - University of Maryland

Joseph Berlin - Western Michigan University

Between the three of them they have interned at places like LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, Quicken Loans, and much more! They're masters at the resume game and you won't want to miss out on what they have to say.

Links to the resources that David mentions:

For free resumes:

Rezi - https://www.rezi.io/ and Cultivated Culture: https://cultivatedculture.com/resume-templates/

Google HR Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUgaKb0s5A&list=PLllx_3tLoo4c_aR8RKOOnizL5LiUH02YF

Reading isn't something that we are brought up to love. In high school we're forced to read books that we hate and it sort of ruins reading I think. But when you actually find a book that you like, it can be tough to put down, or in my case stop listening to as I listen to audiobooks.

These 3 books will help you build a solid foundation for a lot of skills that you will need to know and understand in the future:

The Third Door by Alex Banayan - This will help you with networking and really change your mindset around "I'm just a student, who would want to meet with me".

The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau - For anyone googling "How To Make Money In College" or "I'm broke How Do I Make Money" this is a perfect book for you

Money Master The Game by Tony Robbins - Learn about personal finance from Financial Titans, but in a way that the "average" person can understand. There is less financial jargon in this book and it can definitely help you in the long run.

Bonus*

The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris - With everything moving remote, you can use Tim's tips to begin to shape the life of your dreams. 

Let me know what books you're reading at [email protected]