The Student Sessions

In Episode 8 - Tonia Galati chats with Jordan Reader about 'The Road Less Travelled.'

Jordan is a 21 year old voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. He left college at 18 with a healthy mindset, a willingness to work and learn, but wasn’t interested in university. He went straight into retail, and on the side built his business and devoted time to learn. 2 years and 2 jobs later, he was able to go full time with his business. But it wasn’t a straightforward and easy path. Listen to hear his motivating story.

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In Episode 7 your host Tonia Galati is chatting with Sharon Critchlow.  Sharon left school with a few GCSEs and struggled with her A Levels.  She didn’t find learning easy Despite this she learned new ways to learn as an adult. She became a qualified accountant at age 23, a company Director at 28 and sold her shares in her multi million pound business at 44. She is now a bestselling author and speaks at conferences around the world. Sharon believes everyone has a talent and your task is to find yours. The theme is Believe in Yourself.

In Episode 6 of The Student Sessions our host Tonia Galati is chatting with Sophie Milliken. Sophie is an award-winning recruitment and employability expert, and MD of SRS, the UK’s leading provider of assessment centre simulations for universities, through which she has trained over 25000 students.  An ex graduate recruiter for the John Lewis Partnership, Sophie is also author of best-selling book, From Learner to Earner, where she shares her secrets to wowing in all areas of the recruitment process.

In Episode 5 of The Student Sessions your host Tonia Galati is talking to Charlie Ball about Tomorrows World: The Future Labour Market.

Charlie Ball is the Head of Higher Education Intelligence at Graduate Prospects, the UK sector agency charged with the support of higher education careers and employability provision, where he is the specialist on UK graduate employment and the skilled jobs market. Charlie publishes and speaks extensively on all issues on the schools, graduate and postgraduate labour market, and works extensively with quantitative data on graduates and students.

In Episode 4, Tonia Galati is chatting with Ryan Makuku about building social capital and belonging.  Ryan currently works as a Treasury Analyst in the Banking industry, where he has spent the past 2 years on a graduate scheme. Ryan is a passionate speaker on social mobility and youth employment. His passions have led him to be an ambassador for One Young World and the EY Foundation. Ryan currently sits on EY Foundation's Youth Advisory Board where he advises on the charity's strategic decisions.

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In Episode 3 Tonia talks to Kate Llewellyn Crips about confidence. Kate has over 13 years’ experience of working with and recruiting students, as well as building recruitment campaigns on behalf of clients.  As a Consultant she delivered a global attraction strategy for HSBC, acting as a subject matter expert in Early Careers.  Kate has been creating and delivering personal development and employability programmes for the past 10 years. Most recently she has created the Point of Difference (POD) Programme which combines personal development, employability and career advice for people at all stages of their career.

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In Episode 2 with Craig Hiskett, Tonia and Craig explore the very relevant world of resilience. Craig is an experienced learning and development consultant, and trainer.  Having spent almost 10 years working within the human resources function at Bosch, and recruiting school leaver and university talent into the business, he very quickly developed a passion for people performance within the workplace.  Craig now provides training to businesses and their staff on; communication, change management, diversity and inclusion, creativity and problem solving, time and productivity.

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Episode one, Reggie Nelson, Maintaining a positive mindset.  Reggie, an Investment Management Analyst, became well known by the media for getting from East London to the City by knocking on peoples doors in wealthy areas to seek life advice. Through his journey he completed five internships. Listen to his story as he tells Tonia Galati all about his inspiring journey.   
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This is a brief introduction to The Student Sessions series of PODCASTs, hosted by Tonia Galati and introduced by The Branding Man, Steve Keith.