The Graduate Guide
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This podcast is our attempt to find out our dream career paths post-university by meeting with exceptionally successful graduates in different careers in each episode. We felt inclined to share these conversations as we don't believe students have enough access to the people who have just recently graduated or taken alternative career paths, faced the fears our generation is so conscious of,..
The Graduate Guide
5d ago
Siddhi talks about his career background and how everything led her to build Yhangry, her private chef company. After doing a couple of internships at Google, etc, she wanted to be in an environment where she could learn about the markets while having a lot of fun: trading was the perfect fit.
She spent 6.5 years in trading doing asset back secured and financial subordinated debt and ran a balance sheet of over £500m+ in risk assets. Loving it while it lasted, she eventually got the entrepreneurship itch.
Siddhi wanted to build something and have a bigger impact on the world. With just an idea ..read more
The Graduate Guide
6d ago
Geoff Robinson, Managing Director @UBS and Founder @TheInvestmentAnalyst.com talks about his career, building his Ed Tech platform company, working for UBS for eight years, and having industry experience for over 24 years.
How did he get to where he is? What does success mean to Geoff?
Find out on this episode of the Graduate Guide with your host Charlie from Huzzle ..read more
The Graduate Guide
1w ago
What I learnt from ABBYY’s head of employer branding on how to land a job in the UK:
Abby is a global tech company that operates across 15 countries on FOUR continents…
And employs HUNDREDS of people all over the world.
So who better to ask:
“How do I land a job?”
Than Rares, ABBYY’s Head of International Communications and Employer Branding.
Here were his TOP 5 pieces of advice for students and recent graduates:
Actively seek opportunities to learn and contribute e.g. societies and startups.
Forge a mindset of 'how hard can it be' to fuel your ambition.
Consider what you want to achieve perso ..read more
The Graduate Guide
1w ago
Hattie Willis, Founder of GuessWorks and Co-founder of IfWeRaise, shares how she became one of the UK's brightest startup advisors just a couple of years after graduating from university. Hattie reflects on her first entrepreneurial experience as a student at Oxford University and explains what first-time founders can do to set themselves up for success from the very beginning ..read more
The Graduate Guide
1w ago
Shoshanna Davis, engagement expert and founder of Fairy Job Mother sits down for Ingmar's (founder of Huzzle) first podcast to talk about her career journey, and how she became an expert in helping employers understand young people better ..read more
The Graduate Guide
2w ago
As found on his LinkedIn, Mark Crompton is the Global Head of Employment Marketing at Airbus and has led a transnational team of more than 25 experts in employer branding, talent attraction, and digital marketing. With over 15 years of experience in the aerospace industry, Mark has developed and delivered innovative and effective strategies and action plans to promote Airbus as an employer of choice to employees, early careers, and prospective hires ..read more
The Graduate Guide
2w ago
In this episode, Gary Izunwa, Co-founder of Tangent, reflects on his journey from a single-parent, low-income household to a 6-figure sales job at LinkedIn after university. As one of the few people from his community who found early success, he increasingly felt the need to give back, leading him to quit his job. Ever since he has been pushing for more social mobility in the tech space, winning him Forbes 30 under 30 in 2024 ..read more
The Graduate Guide
3w ago
João Nuno Simões, CEO and Co-Founder of GenesisLRT, a crypto fin-tech company shares what it is like to build a crypto company during university. As Portugal's first-ever Bitcoin miner, João talks about how he first got interested in crypto and what it took to build his first startup, Bitmasters, into a million-dollar BTC hedge fund ..read more
The Graduate Guide
3w ago
We sat down with Hector Hughes to learn how his startup. Unplugged is helping people quit their phone addiction through a digital detox ? Hector founded Unplugged together with Ben Elliott in 2019, after a silent retreat in the Himalayas that made him rebrand his life.
In this episode, he walks us through his journey and talks candidly about:
0:48: ? Exploring Hector Hughes' journey from university to career outlook.
3:31: ⚙️ Navigating challenges independently leads to valuable learning experiences and skill development.
6:51: ? Major career shift leads to founding Unplugged and sobriety afte ..read more
The Graduate Guide
1M ago
Victoria and Alina have worked and continue to work with successful content creators, from YouTube to all platforms in social media. They came to the Graduate Guide and gave us all the insight on how to build a successful career in content creation.
0:36: Insights from Google YouTube manager on content creation and personal branding importance.
5:11: Realization of the immense influence content creators have on businesses and society.
10:11: Creators evolving into entrepreneurs can maintain relevance long-term by diversifying and monetizing.
14:39: Success in content creation requires focusing ..read more