The Empower Podcast

On this episode, The Empower Podcast team chats with AJ Eckstein, a current Consulting and Strategy Analyst at Accenture as well as a Career Coach at The Career Coaching Company. We learn about his passion for empowering others seen through the many projects he is currently working on, such as The Career Coaching Company and The Final Round Podcast. He also highlights the importance of staying busy to promote continuous growth within the early stages of ones career and what it takes to manage multiple projects simultaneously. 

On this episode, we chat with fourth year BBA student, Abilash Sathyakumar. We gain insights into his vast experiences within the finance industry as well as how to navigate competitive recruitment processes. Through his experiences in Investment Banking, he outlines what it takes to break into these top-tier internships and places an emphasis on the work that must be put in behind the scenes. 

The Empower Podcast team talks to Ruhama Quadir, who is currently a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group. This episode dives deep into Ruhama's incredible professional achievements as we learn about her broad range of internship experience starting at a young age, her life as a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group, and her passion for photography as she works with Getty Images. She also provides excellent insight on how to differentiate yourself during recruitment by showcasing intellectual curiosity.

On this episode, we talk to Faiza Usmani, who is currently finishing up her third year at The Schulich School of Business. After learning from different industry professionals, this episode fostered great insights from a high achieving student's perspective. We learn about her decision to pursue her CPA designation, her experiences as Co-President of The Schulich Consulting Club, her learnings from interning at Scotia Bank and her advice on effective recruitment. 

We chat with Tofunmi Oladapo, who is currently a Management Consulting Associate at PwC. We learn about her experiences being a student at The Schulich School of Business, her past summer internships as an Assurance Associate at PwC, her advice on differentiating yourself as well as, her upcoming goals of tackling projects within the entertainment industry. 

We sit down with Miloni Sanghvi, a current Account Strategist at Google, where we learn about her experiences pivoting from brand managing to account strategy, breaking into her first corporate role at RB, transitioning into tech and what has aided her in reaching the success she has today. 

A brief introduction into our backgrounds, as well as the main goal we seek to accomplish with The Empower Podcast.