All in a Day's Work

In this special episode of "All in a Day's Work," we collected questions and concerns from NYU students about job hunting. And we invited professional Career Coaches from Wasserman Center to provide answers, hoping to give you some useful insights. If you would like to share similar concerns or questions about finding a job, please feel free to contact us at career.development@nyu.edu. For a full transcript of this episode, please email ⁠career.communications@nyu.edu⁠.

In this episode, Sarah Rosenthal speaks with Daria Zlobina, Senior Manager, Player Connections and Strategy at 2K.  Daria shared her reasons for choosing different career paths at each stage, her experiences living in different countries, and offered some valuable advice on networking with seasoned professionals in the industry. Daria Zlobina is the Senior Manager, Player Connections and Strategy at 2K. Originally trained as an art historian at NYU, Daria pursued a career in marketing within the entertainment and gaming industries and has worked for such companies as EA and Warner Bros Discovery before joining 2K. Daria is passionate about mentoring and coaching others and serves as a member of a number of volunteer organizations in London, focusing on advancing careers of women in marketing and advertising space. For a full transcript of this episode, please email ⁠career.communications@nyu.edu⁠.

In this episode, Yebu Ji speaks with Al Chen, the Solution Architect at Coda. Al shares his journey from Stern to landing his first job as a financial analyst at Google. He talks about how he started learning and mastering Excel in that role, eventually becoming an Excel consultant. Al also delves into the relationship between office products and productivity. Tune in to gain insights into Al's career trajectory and valuable tips for optimizing your work using office tools. Al has been an Excel power user for 10+ years. He started learning Excel when I was a financial analyst at Google. 50,000+ students have taken his online Excel classes and he has facilitated in-person workshops to over 5,000 MBA students around the U.S. He founded KeyCuts, an Excel training and consulting company to Fortune 500 companies. If it isn't clear that he's addicted to Excel, perhaps his podcast about Excel and data analysis (Dear Analyst) will convince you. Outside of Excel and spreadsheets, he works full-time at Coda, an all-in-one platform for teams. For a full transcript of this episode, please email ⁠career.communications@nyu.edu⁠.

In this special episode made by one of our student podcast fellows, NYU Undergrad Adja Thiam speaks with Bill Arnone,  CEO of the National Academy of Social Insurance. They speak about Arnone’s impressive career, planning for retirement, and what’s needed from future economists. William J. (Bill) Arnone is Chief Executive Officer of the National Academy of Social Insurance, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to the development of sound social insurance policy, including Social Security, Medicare, Workers' Compensation, Unemployment insurance, and related issues. As a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP for 15 years up to 2009, he was responsible for the strategic positioning, design, management, marketing, and thought leadership of retirement and financial education and counseling in employer-sponsored programs. He is a Founding Board Member of the Academy.  For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

Hear about what’s coming in the new season of All in a Day’s Work!

In this episode, Sarah Rosenthal speaks with Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld about her career in voice acting, networking as an actor, how the pandemic has affected her work, and much more. Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld is a voice actor best known for her roles in Pokémon, Promare, Strawberry Shortcake, Polly Pocket, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Nella the Princess Knight. She can also be seen performing theater in New York City (most recently in the critically-acclaimed Once Upon A Mattress), and on-screen in her web series Crumbly Kitchen. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Miriam Miller speaks with Khalid Latif about his religious journey, his development into a servant-leader, and how his role as NYU’s Islamic Chaplain inspired his philanthropic work. Imam Khalid Latif is the University Chaplain for New York University and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU. He was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU in 2005 and the first Muslim chaplain at Princeton University in 2006. After his return to NYU in 2007, the Islamic Center at NYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. He has also co-founded several companies, including Honest Chops and the Muslim Wedding Service and is a partner in the MKO Group. In 2019, Imam Latif also co-founded and became the board president of Pillars of Peace, a non-profit established in order to address a gap in appropriate services for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence from all backgrounds and in particular within the Muslim community. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Sarah Rosenthal speaks with NYU alumnus, Ron Rapatalo, about finding work that you’re passionate about, deciding if and when to monetize hobbies, recovering after an unexpected career setback, and leveraging your social media presence. Ron Rapatalo’s career vision is coaching, connecting, and inspiring others to find their best selves through healthier living, increased mindfulness/interconnection, and stronger intention/strategy. He believes in the power of intuition and deepening one’s self-awareness and impact on others. He also believes that we must dismantle systems of oppression and racism to recover our fullest humanity. Ron has been a talent shepherd for 15+ years, recruiting and selecting thousands of candidates to become education and nonprofit leaders. He joined Edgility Consulting full-time in September 2018 after consulting with them and other search firms for over 4 years. You can connect with Ron on LinkedIn, Twitter, or on his website. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Sarah Rosenthal speaks with NYU alumna, Susan Jurevics, about working for global brands, balancing family life with work-related travel, the importance of building and maintaining a network, and finding ways to monetize your creative passions. Susan Jurevics joined Audible as VP and General Manager in 2019 and became Head of International in 2020. She is a veteran media and consumer brand executive with over 20 years of experience across leading brands such as Pottermore, Sony, Shiseido and Nickelodeon. Most recently, Susan served as Global President of bareMinerals for Shiseido. Prior to this role, Susan was based in London as CEO of J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore. She held numerous roles at Sony over the course of her 13-year tenure, pioneering Sony’s cross-company entertainment marketing function. Susan has an MBA from NYU Stern. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Danielle Cristal speaks with NYU alumna, Jhanelle Dennis, about what it means to be on either side of the hiring process, what to say and do at networking events, finding a company that is willing to sponsor non-US citizens, and what it’s like to return to school after several years in the professional world. Jhanelle Dennis is an alum of the M.S. in Human Resources Management & Development program (Class of 2019). While at NYU, she also helped coach and guide other Masters’ students part-time at the Wasserman Center as a Career Development Graduate Assistant. Now, she works for ViacomCBS as an in-house Talent Acquisition Sourcer, where she finds qualified passive Talent for hard to fill, high visibility roles, as well as conducts ongoing research into industry competitive intelligence and local & national job markets. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Lily Smith speaks with Anna Nathanson about how her career goals have shifted over the years, how she approaches working with clients with whom she doesn’t share a common identity, and how she adapted skills she learned in the Peace Corps to the work she does now. Anna Nathanson is a social worker based in New York City. She works as a therapist at the Safe Way Forward program at Children’s Aid, where she supports families impacted by domestic violence, and at Resilience Lab, where she sees private clients. She specializes in issues of shame, accountability, racial identity exploration, reprocessing trauma, and self-compassion. Anna holds a master’s degree in social work from New York University and a BA in International Development Studies from McGill University. Previously, she worked as an agribusiness volunteer in Peace Corps Cameroon and as an eviction prevention case manager at Bronxworks Homebase. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Joe Mercadante speaks with NYU senior Carolyn Vaca about professional opportunities for Spanish-speakers, how to secure funding as a student, applying for on-campus jobs, and finding a community at NYU. Carolyn Vaca is a senior in the Global Liberal Studies and Social Cultural Analysis programs with a focus on Latine Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies pursuing a pre-law track. Carolyn is also the Senior operations intern at the NYU LGBTQ+ Center, was an intern at the New York Legal Assistance Group’s LGBTQ Law Project this past summer. She also participates in extracurricular activities such as being the co-president of NYU’s Undergraduate Law Society and a Varsity Beater on NYU’s Quidditch team. For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Sarah Rosenthal speaks with NYU alumna, Sumeera Rasul, about finding and being a mentor, coping with sex discrimination in the workplace, and what it’s like to work in the startup world. Sumeera Rasul is an accomplished leader with extensive experience in digital product management, service design and operations within startups, tech companies and management consulting. She has launched global digital products for some of the most iconic brands including Apple, Google, HBO, TED and Nike. She received her global EMBA degree from TRIUM (a joint degree program between NYU, LSE and HEC Paris). For a full transcript of this episode, please email career.communications@nyu.edu.

In this episode, Miriam Miller talks with PwC Deals Director and NYU alumna, Claudia Perez Pellicer about creating a more diverse workspace, the challenges of being a working parent, connecting with colleagues in the virtual workspace, and the importance of protecting your personal time. Claudia Perez Pellicer is a Director in PwC’s Financial Services Advisory Deals practice. She has run numerous global integration and separation programs for Financial Services clients across: Banking, Insurance, Payments, PE and Real Estate sectors. In addition to English, Claudia is fluent in Spanish, German, and Italian, with intermediate proficiency in French and Portuguese. Claudia holds an Honors B.A. in International Relations from New York University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude, was inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa society, and received the President’s Service Award. Claudia also holds a Master of Public Administration from NYU, focusing on Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy, with coursework spanning NYU Wagner and the Stern School of Business.

In this episode, Miriam Miller talks with Joshua Krug about finishing a PhD program during the pandemic, using social media to broaden your platform, and learning to create not only a career but a vocation. Joshua Krug earned a B.A. with Honors and Distinction from Yale, an MDiv from Harvard, and a PhD from NYU. He sits at the intersection of vision and implementation in education, with experience facilitating high school, gap-year, college, young adult, and adult Jewish learning and meaning-making. He lives to empower diverse young people to experience Jewish texts and contexts as powerful resources as they transform the world. You can follow his initiative, Opening Doors, on Clubhouse @ Opening Doors, on Insta at @lehrhaus, and on FB @lehrhausopeningdoors.