This podcast helps millennials achieve their work life goals by bringing success stories and advice from other millennials and industry leaders to inspire action and motivate their own success.
High Performance Millennials Coach shares his Career Journey
Marcus Cheu is a High-Performer Mindset Coach, who works with aspiring entrepreneurs, side hustlers, and sales professionals to help them get unstuck over their next steps and develop a high-performer mindset so that they can crush their goals. He is also the host of the JourneyNorth podcast, designed for curious souls who are seeking direction, focus and guidance in life. On the podcast, Marcus gets thought leaders and experts to share about their success, failures and struggles in life, to extract valuable insights to help people live their lives to the fullest. In this episode, we’ll find out what led him to where he is today, and how he navigated his journey towards personal development coaching and podcasting.
23 Feb 2021
Sales Engineer shows and tells Technical Sales
Sean Yap is a sales engineer at a defence solutions provider and components reseller firm. Previously he was in the startup space after graduation from NUS Engineering Science, where he founded his own startup, developing devices to automate pool maintenance for cleaner pools. In this episode, he shares his career experiences as a technical sales engineer.
16 Feb 2021
Therapist Shares Tips for Millennials on Dealing with Stress
In this episode, Sophia Goh shares her views on mental health of millennials as a professional counsellor. She shares mental health trends affecting millennials who are the most vulnerable age group. She gave tips on dealing with mental stress and what would it be like seeing a therapist.
9 Feb 2021
Getting a Job at a Startup with a Creative Resume
In this episode, I caught up with Peter Lam after his first podcast interview at The Learning Show to find out more about his unique process of applying for a job. He flew from USA to Singapore on a one-way ticket and set his eyes on a fitness startup. With a creative resume he put together about the business, he landed a role at the startup and we find out how he did that exactly and why.
2 Feb 2021
Finding a Career as a Gen Z
In this episode, Regine Chan shares her experience of discovering what she wants in a career by exploring multiple internships. She shares what she wants in her career and also gave advice around securing internships with great questions and connecting with interviewers.
26 Jan 2021
From University dropout to leading Financial Literacy Podcast: Reggie Koh
Reggie Koh is the founder and brain behind The Financial Coconut, a leading podcast about financial literacy on Apple and Spotify. He is also general manager of a cloud computing startup. After dropping out of University, he strived for entrepreneurship and founded 2 startups which translated into great learning experiences. He has also written a book about purpose called “Living Life to the Fullest”. Today, he continues to champion financial literacy through podcasting.
19 Jan 2021
Venturing into Startups and Entrepreneurship with Tian Wen
Tian Wen is a Market Analytics Research Associate at a venture capital firm. He did over 4 years of internship experience in research, writing, and marketing during his time in NUS. He majored in political science and economics, and is also certified in digital marketing and 2 Asian languages.
2 Dec 2020
From Barista to Food Scientist: Yi Rong
Yi Rong is a food scientist in a local sustainability startup. Her work centres on devising new ways to upcycle surplus produce and the unwanted by-products of food manufacturing. Formerly a microbiologist in an agritech MNC, she was involved in the treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater as well as the development of field-ready test kits for CoVID-19 and African Swine Fever (ASF). Yi Rong graduated from Durham University with a Natural Sciences degree in 2018.
18 Nov 2020
Marketing e-Magazine to help Students get through the World of Marketing
Nicole Ng and Daniel Lee created MARKON, an e-magazine which helps SMU Marketing students navigate the world of marketing. It consists of 19 articles written by marketing students and 1 veteran about the different marketing jobs and careers out there.
In this Careers of Millennials podcast, I invite the both of them to share how MARKON e-Mag was created, what are their personal thoughts about the different marketing verticals, and their tips for marketing students in University. We also discussed networking and personal branding tips to get a job in marketing.
11 Nov 2020
Blockchain in Banking: IB Program Manager shares Career Advice
As banks adapt to the post Covid-19 world, blockchain is among one of the key technologies to enable banks of the future to settle trades and payments at reduced costs and increased speed. As I try to understand why we should care about blockchain, I spoke to Syed Shah, an investment banking program manager, and he shared his latest observations about blockchain in the banking space, and how it can impact our careers.
Syed Shah is a business change lead for the APAC region in a global investment bank. Syed brings 12 years of experience in London’s financial industry. Syed helps investment bank front line systems run smoothly by managing change projects and collaborating across technology functions. Syed is interested in career advice for young people starting out in their careers.
4 Nov 2020
Student Writer Speaks about Disruption and FOMO
As disruption rips through the world due to the pandemic, I sought student writer Chia Wee on his latest advice about responding to disruption, combating fears of missing out (FOMO), and his message to millennials. Chia Wee is an undergraduate student and his articles have been published on The Straits Times and CNA.
Chia Wee is a third-year student at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, majoring in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He has contributed several articles to The Straits Times and CNA on broad social issues such as the fear of missing out, the age of disruption, and politics. He is also Director (Strategy) at Access, a social mobility non-profit organisation which seeks to provide career exposure opportunities to students from less-privileged backgrounds. Chia Wee is interested in a broad range of issues, as reflected in his articles; he is especially interested in how the COVID-19 pandemic affects these issues, as its disruptive effects continue to transform the way we live, work and play.
1 Oct 2020
Aviation Director shares his Best Career Advice in Coronavirus
Amidst this pandemic, I reached out to Paul to share his advice for millennials who have a passion for the aviation industry. I learnt what goes on behind the scenes as airlines navigate through the crisis. Paul also shared a powerful story about his approach to take good care of the company he worked for, and how the company in turn took care of him.
Paul Nef is a regional sales director based in Singapore for a US aerospace company. He has 39 years of experience in the aviation industry. He has held leadership positions in the Asia regional business. He is business fluent in Mandarin Chinese and when he first joined the aerospace industry, he was assigned as the first business representative in the greater China area for his company.
12 Sept 2020
Creative Thinking and Worldbuilding from an Architect
Creative Thinking is one of the top skills in demand today, so I got Ryan to share with us what worldbuilding is about, and how that leads to creative thinking. Then, we discussed how we could grow creativity for our careers.
⚡️ CONNECT with Ryan Leong
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28 Aug 2020
Arts Professor Responds with Career Advice for Artists
Artists are the no.1 most non essential jobs according to a public survey. So, I got Assoc. Professor Greg Petersen to join me in this podcast to share his perspective. Greg is a bassist player and has performed on several records and film scores such as Walt Disney Pictures and Warner Bros. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music where he teaches humanities and critical thinking skills in relation to the arts.
13 Aug 2020
Programming as a Career: Software Engineer Jay Chow on Careers of Millennials
What does it take to be a software engineer in USA? I caught up with Jay Chow who now works as a software engineer in Silicon Valley, and uncovered his journey about how he stood out in this competitive career. Besides working hard and learning smart, he also found a sponsor to support his career. We also talked about the recent cheating case in a coding exam, and why serious software engineers should learn how to code by themselves.
Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It4J-7K6b5Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It4J-7K6b5Y)
References made during this conversation:
TED Talk on sponsorship: https://www.ted.com/talks/carla_harris_how_to_find_the_person_who_can_help_you_get_ahead_at_work?language=en (https://www.ted.com/talks/carla_harris_how_to_find_the_person_who_can_help_you_get_ahead_at_work?language=en)
Algorithmic and Data structure problems: http://leetcode.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUp2Rmt3ZnRKQ1ZnRXNYblg2ZS1vZGRSRTl6UXxBQ3Jtc0tsdF9aZDI2dDd3QmhTcWxFUnlzckE3S0pyT3E1Q050OXlSdnAtRGdGS041akhDbEZZeVE5VHczTmxPMXpKWkxUdWczQy04d0JLUHFBMmh2MGdJU19vQkc2YmYzTDdqMFdPeGY3SUN0UU1COFF0ekhfWQ%3D%3D&event=video_description&v=It4J-7K6b5Y&q=http%3A%2F%2Fleetcode.com%2F)
Cheating case in a computing class: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/coronavirus-nus-students-get-zero-marks-for-cheating-on-take-home-exam (https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/coronavirus-nus-students-get-zero-marks-for-cheating-on-take-home-exam)
CONNECT with Jay Chow
on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaychowjingjie/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaychowjingjie/)
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