The Unemployed Graduate
by Jenny Guo
The Unemployed Graduate is a podcast for lost millennials, high school and college students who have no idea WTF they want to do with their lives or careers. Come along with me to hear the stories of those who've succeeded in creating their dream job. I want to show you what you secretly dream to do or what your parents deem is not a valid career path is in fact attainable.
Episodes
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015: From 'I hate my thighs' to am empowering Fitness & Life coach w/ Ophie Ho
After achieving the dream body to compete in a body building competition, Ophie developed a seriously bad relationship with food. Whilst still on a high from accomplishing months of training, strict dieting & finally competing... this was not the moment she imagined to be breaking down over...
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014: A Commerce Degree is the most useless degree w/ Gary Zhang
As a mining engineer by day who and a successful owner of a multiple 6 figure tutoring business by night, Gary shares how he juggled fulltime uni whilst growing his tutoring business, some advice for high school & uni graduates who don't know what to do after school & his unique upbringing as a...
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013: Learning to live with Depression, Social Anxiety & Body Image w/ Sandy Li Cofounder of PUSHAS
This week's conversation is with Sandy Li cofounder of Pushas. She is an extremely inspiring woman and I'm so grateful for this conversation because in this episode she was so open about her struggles with depression, bullying, body image & social anxiety. At first glance, I would've never…
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012: Abbas Sajad The First Official Lens Creator For Snapchat In Sydney
This week I spoke to Abbas Sajad about his Lebanese background and going against the expectations of his very traditional family, what it feels like to be the only creative in his family and some of the very skewed portrayals of the Lebanese and Asian communities in the media. . Follow...
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010: Identity Politics, Extreme Academia & 'Failures' with Half Ghanaian Half Chinese Michael Boateng
Michael Boateng, the creator behind 'Colours Of A Nation' a docu-series detailing the stories of six young African-Australians and their unique experience with black identity, sits down to explain why it's so important for him to tell the stories of fellow African-Australians, his lack of...
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009: Advertising, Being A Young, Asian & Female Art Director In A Predominantly Caucasian Industry
Fong Ong shares what a day in her life looks like working in advertising, how she became an art director at her age, finding confidence in your work, battling an obsession with perfection and more importantly some of the early insecurities she had about being an Asian female in an industry where...
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008: From Being Broke To Now Running Two Successful Businesses
In this episode Paulina & Simon are brutally honest about their struggles in the early stages of starting their businesses, how they've worked together as a couple, team & partnership when managing their personal & business relationships, how to deal with clients & cash flow as a freelancer and...
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007: Six Figures In Six Months w/ Photographer & Entrepreneur Killian Pham
Transitioning from his agency career to starting his own business, he has achieved great success and in this conversation you’ll discover how his business reached 6 figures in 6 months, how he conceptualises his creative process, how to stay inspired as a photographer in this saturated space and...
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006: Law Graduate To Sneaker E-commerce w/ Justin Truong Co-Founder of PUSHAS
Justin Truong was well on his way to getting a head start in his corporate law career working at a top-tier law firm in Sydney before he starting to re-evaluate what he truly wanted to pursue. Justin candidly details growing up in a disadvantaged immigrant family background and grinding through...
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005: 53k Subscribers In Two Months, Elliot Choy on Blowing Up On YouTube, Failing Twice Before Success & His Purpose For Content Creation.
In a highly saturated space on the internet, Elliot Choy's rapid success on YouTube (53k subs in 2 months) is anything but ordinary or by pure luck. Having failed twice before making his big breakthrough, Elliot shares honestly about finding purpose, how he grew on YouTube & how to stay motivated.
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004: Financial Planner, YouTuber & Creator Of The $1000 Project Canna Campbell on How To Invest In Your 20s, Building Passive Income & True Authentic Financial Freedom
The creator behind Sugarmamma.TV (111,000 subscribers on YouTube) and author of The $1000 Project book, Canna Campbell dives deep into how to achieve authentic financial freedom by building passive income, turning her darkest & lowest point in life into The $1000 Project (now a worldwide…
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003: Virtual Reality Tech Start Up CEO Justin Liang on Starting At 22, How To Sell To Investors, How To Overcome Rejection, Whether You Need An MBA & Future Of Real Estate, Architecture & Design.
At 22, Justin Liang made the switch from a secure corporate career to dive head first into a pre-mature industry, the commercial side of virtual reality. In this episode Justin shares candidly about whether you need an MBA to run a business, overcoming rejection, how to sell your vision to...
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002: Ex Vogue Deputy Editor Georgie Abay on Fashion, Working for Edwina McCann at Harper's BAZAAR, Toxicity in Magazine World, Highs & Lows of a Glamorous Industry,
If you've ever wondered how to break through in fashion & magazines, this is for you. Ex Deputy Editor of Vogue Australia & now founder of The Grace Tales Georgie Abay reflects on the highest of highs working in fashion as well as the lowest of lows. She covers how she landed that first job,...
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001: An Unemployed Graduate, Fear of Failure, Asian Parents Expectations & Feeling Lost In Career Options
Welcome to the The Unemployed Graduate. If you're soon to be a high school or college grad and you have no idea what you want to do with your life or career, then come along because I'm just as lost as you are. In this introductory episode I dive deep into my personal story and why I'm starting...
About this show
The Unemployed Graduate is a podcast for lost millennials, high school and college students who have no idea WTF they want to do with their lives or careers. Come along with me to hear the stories of those who've succeeded in creating their dream job. I want to show you what you secretly dream to do or what your parents deem is not a valid career path is in fact attainable.
Hosted by
Jenny Guo