The Open Book Test Podcast with Alison Levey

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The Open Book Test Podcast with Alison Levey

A former academic advisor reconnects with graduates of the Mendoza College of Business to discuss why they made the decisions they did as to major, career path etc. and together they reflect on how that all worked out. Life is the ultimate open book test, so you want to bring the best resources to the table. Let us help!

  1. A Minute on Mental Health with Genie, Jake & Dillon

    05/18/2021 · BONUS

    A Minute on Mental Health with Genie, Jake & Dillon

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At some point or another in our collective histories, I have had at least one conversation with each of my podcast guests about their mental health. Life is hard on our mental health and college, because it's full of so many firsts happening so far away from the support structures we've built to date, can be very hard on our mental health. Today I pull excerpts from my conversations with Genie Deez, Jake Bebar, and Dillon Bailey where they opened up about...

    25 min
  2. Halfway Highlighter Edition

    05/11/2021 · BONUS

    Halfway Highlighter Edition

    This is episode 26, which is the halfway point of Year One for this podcast, and I have some thoughts. How many of us have sat in a meeting or watched a terrible movie and thought, "there's two hours I'll never get back?" I'm going to guess all of us in one fashion or another. So I'm taking ten minutes this week to share how my view of the content has changed a bit, why the episodes have gotten a bit longer and, most importantly, why I think this podcast is such a valuable investment of your ...

    10 min
  3. Sofia Daboub: It's Always an Option to Play to Your Strengths

    05/04/2021

    Sofia Daboub: It's Always an Option to Play to Your Strengths

    Sofia likes the road less travelled. She's not one for the predetermined path no matter how attractive it might seem to others. That little bit of the rebel within led her to choose a major in Marketing which she felt gave her wide ranging options and didn't pin her down too early. But one chance meeting of the Marketing Club led to an enthusiastic pursuit of employment with Nielsen where she's learned a great deal about consumer behavior, measurement analytics, problem solving, and herself.&...

    45 min
  4. Juan José Daboub: Negotiating a Balance Between Finance, Family & Fulfillment

    04/27/2021

    Juan José Daboub: Negotiating a Balance Between Finance, Family & Fulfillment

    Juan José Daboub wanted nothing more as a sophomore at ND than to major in finance and become a successful investment banker. By the time he was a senior, that wish list had altered slightly but he spent two exciting years at Goldman Sachs before transitioning to BCG as a strategy consultant. A true extrovert, Juan José built relationships everywhere he went and credits active participation in a variety of corporate sponsored case competitions with giving him connections. insights...

    49 min
  5. Lauren Longo: Cracking the Code on Business Analytics and Consulting

    04/20/2021

    Lauren Longo: Cracking the Code on Business Analytics and Consulting

    Business Analytics (BAN) was a brand new option when Lauren transferred into Mendoza at the start of her sophomore year. There were no upperclassmen to ask about the coursework or job prospects so it was a bit of a leap of faith. Still, Lauren liked the BAN pitch, and felt it would give her a breadth of knowledge and skills that included bits of all the majors and played to her strengths. And, having spent her first year in the College of Arts & Letters, it was a no-brainer to combine her...

    49 min
  6. Genie Deez: Creative Energy in Perpetual Motion

    04/13/2021

    Genie Deez: Creative Energy in Perpetual Motion

    Where to begin? When I met Eugene Staples, I knew immediately that he was a high energy, highly entertaining young man with many talents, ideas and dreams. I did not imagine that he'd pursue degrees in Marketing, Film, and Religion and create his own brand, Genie Deez, that is both a person and a multi-media company. And all before his 30th birthday. We talk about early struggles and why he's drawn to constant learning in both structured and organic ways every day. He explains the crazy...

    54 min
  7. Madison Boyle: Just Keep Swimming...

    04/06/2021

    Madison Boyle: Just Keep Swimming...

    It was her roommate's positive engineering internship and an invite to a great tailgate that put GE Healthcare on Madison's radar. But it was her curiosity and enthusiasm that got her in front of the right person to be considered for the Financial Management Program (FMP) and gave her two years rotating through a wide variety of options in the world of corporate finance at the start of her career. As a strong student who was still a bit unsure what exactly she wanted to do in the vast e...

    51 min
  8. March Highlighter Edition

    03/30/2021 · BONUS

    March Highlighter Edition

    Today we are talking about the benefit of the deep dive...but maybe not in the way you think.Please check out the pod's sponsors, Fire Stationery and Velvet & Vine, for all your smart stationery and cute clothing needs. Find more on Alison @ https://linktr.ee/alisonlevey and please send any compliments, criticisms, suggestions or observations to me at openbooktestpodcast@gmail.com. If you've got good things to say, it'd be even better if you wrote those in an Apple review. 😉Thank you!!Sup...

    11 min
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A former academic advisor reconnects with graduates of the Mendoza College of Business to discuss why they made the decisions they did as to major, career path etc. and together they reflect on how that all worked out. Life is the ultimate open book test, so you want to bring the best resources to the table. Let us help!

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