What's Next? With Lacey

By Lacey Dikkers

What’s Next? With Lacey is your backstage pass into the careers you think you’re curious about but don’t actually understand.Ever catch yourself Googling “what does a Account Manager do?” or “how do I... more

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February 28, 2024What's Next: Client Services Manager at a Financial Technology Company
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This week Lacey chats with Mehmet, a Client Services Manager at a Financial Technology company. During his time at this company he also has had experience in Product Management and Corporate Strategy. So, they do a deep dive into all three of those roles; what are they like? how do they differ? what skills did he learn? etc. But they also discuss the ins and outs of the corporate world and how Mehmet has managed to tackle working at a 30,000 person company. He gives advice on how to grow, how to always make sure you are learning and how to take ownership of your work.
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58min
February 18, 2024What's Next: On-Screen Journalist
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This week Lacey is joined by Marina, an On-Screen Journalist for ITV News currently based in Wales. Throughout her career she has worked in many different roles within the journalism field, both in radio and TV, within Britain and abroad. They talk about what she has taken away from each experience and how she has worked her way to the On-Screen position she has now. Marina has an incredible outlook on navigating your career and a lot of excellent advice to share. Enjoy!
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54min
February 07, 2024What's Next: Management Consultant
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On this week's episode, Lacey talks with Kat, a management consultant at a Big Three Firm. Kat has been a consultant for all of her career so provides excellent insight into what the day to day looks like, how to grow in the field and how responsibilities change as you grow. On top of that, Lacey gets Kat's advice, tips and tricks not only on how to get into consulting but also for the infamous consulting interviews. Take a listen!
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January 28, 2024What's Next: Structured Finance Associate (via Environmental Engineering)
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On this week's episode, Lacey chats with Nicole, a structured finance associate in the commodities division of a financial institution. But Nicole started her career as an environmental engineer at an oil company. So, they talk a bit about finance, a bit about engineering but perhaps most importantly they discuss how and why she made the switch from one to the other. Lacey, as always, gets the story, advice, tips and tricks and so much more. Enjoy!
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52min
January 14, 2024What's Next: Account Supervisor at a PR Agency
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On this week's episode Lacey chats with Chloe about her work as an Account Supervisor at a PR Agency. They discuss the type of responsibilities she has, how PR for brands/corporations differs from Talent PR and what her day to day looks like. Lacey also manages to get Chloe's top tips on how best to advocate for yourself at work, how to use LinkedIn effectively and how to make your application stand out from the pile.
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January 02, 2024What's Next: PhD Student
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This week Lacey chats with Jackie, a Sociology PhD Student at UC Berkeley. By diving into Jackie's experience at Berkeley so far, she provides excellent insight into what a PhD in sociology and other fields entails, how funding works, the application process and more.
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56min
December 17, 2023What's Next: Marketing Operations in Tech
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This week Lacey is joined by John. John works in a Marketing Operations/Strategy capacity at a tech company, a role he has somewhat tailored for himself. So, Lacey digs into what this role means, what types of projects he works on, what his day to day looks like and how his journey at his company has led him to work in this function. There is so much to learn from John's experience not only about what a data analytics type role does in a tech company but also about the tech experience in general.
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52min
December 03, 2023What's Next: Software Engineer
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This week, Lacey talks to Vinay, a software engineer at a large tech company. Vinay has been a software engineer for his whole post college career and even interned in the field before then, so he is wildly well versed on the topic. They discuss everything from what even is software engineering to how to stay up to date with the latest developments in the field. They dive into the work life balance in the tech industry, what it means to get "promoted" in the software engineering field and the skills and knowledge it takes to succeed.
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50min
November 19, 2023What's Next: Writer/Director/Freelancer in Video/Film Production
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On this week's episode of What's Next? Lacey talks to her good friend Clio. Clio has spent her career so far freelancing in the video/film production space while also writing and directing her own short films. They talk about her start in production, her film eduction at Columbia, how she got into freelancing, the different types of gigs she managed to secure and how she managed to fit in filming her own work in between all that. She has incredible advice on how to keep in touch with your professional network, how to make the most of every opportunity and more. Finally, Clio just returned from a year and a bit of traveling so Lacey couldn't let her go without some stories about her travels across the globe. Clio is wildly successful and a lot can be learnt from what she has to say.
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58min
November 11, 2023What's Next: Junior Talent Publicist
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On this week's episode, Lacey is joined by Becca, a Junior Talent publicist. Becca first started her career as an assistant to the Head of Theatre at a Talent Agency before heading to PR and climbing the ranks at her current firm. Becca and Lacey discuss assistant life, going the agency route in entertainment, the best ways to use LinkedIn to network, what talent PR is and what it takes to succeed in talent PR. She is a force to be reckoned with, so listen up to learn from one of the best in the business!
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48min

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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.