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Young Professionals Podcast
by David Paykin
Welcome! This podcast is focused on my journey and education as a young professional. I intend to provide a library of practical knowledge for myself and those who may want to learn what's actually going on in the lives, industries, and pursuits of young professionals to get a head start on their own paths.
Episodes
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Ep. 4 Monica Reyes | Young Professionals
I had the good fortune of being able to sit down with Monica Reyes and discuss her journey from community college to consulting. In this episode, we cover a variety of topics ranging from college expectations from family to accounting internships in the public and private sectors to the struggles...
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Risk Consultant at RSM - Young Professional Insights
Monica shares her experience as a full-time risk consultant at a large accounting and financial services firm. In addition to walking through the type of work, Monica also shares how she approaches managers with questions and what specific day-to-day tasks she does within her role. You can find...
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Accounting Intern at Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants - Young Professional Insights
Monica shares her experience starting as a hostess and transitioning to an accounting intern for a restaurant group that boasts over 130 different establishments in their portfolio. You can find Monica here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-reyes-238071136/ --- Feel free to connect with me…
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Private Equity Tax Intern at Crowe - Young Professional Insights
Monica shares her experience balancing being a tax intern during busy season while also going to school full-time. She also covers what her hours looked like as an intern versus full-time and how she used observations to make decisions about her future career. You can find Monica here:...
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Advantages of Community College
Monica chronicles her journey through college. Specifically, she covers why she decided to start at a community college, College of Lake County, as well as her decision to transfer to DePaul over other schools. You can find Monica here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-reyes-238071136/ --- Feel...
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Value of a CPA & Career Advice
In this clip, Monica discusses her authentic story around pursuing her CPA and the adversity that can come with that journey. She also dives into why the CPA is important for her role and how she is navigating her future by leveraging her experience and certification(s). You can find Monica here:...
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Ep. 3 Billy Lawton | Young Professionals
Over the course of an hour, Billy and I cover a wide range of relevant topics to what's going on in the lives of young professionals today. These include the return on investment of higher education to ways to engineer your career path and how to take risks early on. Billy also provides his...
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Argument for Following Your Passion
Peer pressure within careers is a real thing. However, doing the same thing as your friends can be catastrophic to your internal desire to do something that you truly love. In this clip, Billy and I chat about this dilemma and why you should follow your gut. You can find Billy here:...
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Best Career Fair Tactic
Using this single tactic improved my results DRASTICALLY at the career fair. This is the ideal place for students to practice interacting with recruiters because these professionals are expecting you to be nervous. Thus, if you can show them your more "human" side, it can do wonders for…
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Biggest Social Impact Opportunity for Young Professionals
What I believe to be the most important opportunity for young professionals to give back regardless of their industry or role. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Burnout & The UPSIDE of Financial Collapse
The business case for putting out content around your journey as a young professional and the experiences you have in your job. Also, we cover what is being observed at the associate and senior associate level at accounting firms and why senior leadership needs to be aware of what's going on. The...
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Business Analyst at Chicago Bears - Young Professional Insights
Billy shares his experience as a Business Analyst for the Chicago Bears. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook:...
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Comparing UIUC & Carnegie Mellon
Billy gives his take on the environments at both University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & Carnegie Mellon. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Curriculum Suggestion for Colleges
Billy and I chat about a unique addition that colleges and universities around the globe could incorporate to improve practicality in the classroom. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn:...
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Game Development Intern at Buttonwood Gaming - Young Professional Insights
Billy and I discuss his unique experience as a game development intern and the lessons he learned that can differentiate him from others in future roles. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn:...
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How to Find Your Passion
Billy and I discuss the importance of maximizing the use of your time outside of work to find your passion and how to do so. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Is University of Illinois ROI Positive
Billy explains why he chose University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) for his undergraduate degree. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Landing a Role with a Sports Team
Billy provides insight on his path to starting with the Chicago Bears. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook:...
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Lessons Learned in the Real World
Billy and I share some of the things we learned as we were transitioning from college to the real world. I also discuss why there's an argument for asking younger workers about their experiences versus those who are further on in their careers to understand what a culture or workplace environment...
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Parenting with Good Intent
I'm a big believer that if you do things with the good-hearted intent and making a difference, it changes how you judge yourself, which empowers you to keep the judgment of others out of your head. I never let the compliments NOR the criticisms take up too much space in my head and it's a...
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Taking Risks Early in Your Career
Billy gives his advice to undergrads and soon to be grads on what risks make sense coming out of school. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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The REAL Reason I Chose Accounting
In this clip, I go DEEP on why I really chose accounting and how I leveraged it to open the most doors for my future. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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What is Illinois Sports Business Conference
Billy provides his experience with ISBC and how he used his experiences and networking there to set himself up for the future. You can find Billy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billylawton/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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YOU DECIDE | Purpose vs Vanity Metrics
In this clip, we discuss views on views. Yes, my view on views, and how they're irrelevant when you have a vision and mission in mind. Yet, vanity metrics are stopping you (and me) from posting what we know could be meaningful to someone else. You can find Billy here:...
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Ep. 2 Martin Arredondo | Young Professionals
I had the pleasure of sitting down with fellow alum, Martin Arredondo, to discuss his journey from college to the real world. Being involved in multiple business and social organizations during college and then working at two different Big 4 firms, as well as a mid-market firm before now running...
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The "F This" Moment
Martin highlights the moment that he decided that he couldn't do a corporate career anymore and started his own business! --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook:...
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Technology Risk Consultant - Young Professional Insights
Martin discusses what being a Technology Risk Consultant was like at Deloitte and RSM! --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.paykin Twitter:...
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Engineering Your Path to a Career During College
Martin covers his college & career path (business organizations, Big 4 accounting firms, and more) to get to where he wanted to be! --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook:...
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Do What You Hate to Succeed
Hear how Martin doubled down on what he hated to achieve what he truly wanted! --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.paykin Twitter: http://twitter.com/dpayki2
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Auditing Your Personal P&L
Want to save money YESTERDAY as a young professional? Listen to this episode to find out a couple of practical ways to get more money in your pocket! --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidpaykin Facebook:...
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10 Minutes of My Best Networking Tactics
00:37 - Who do I look for at networking events? 01:33 - What should I ask and what should I pay attention to? 05:02 - What should I do if the conversation is dying down? 05:46 - What should I prepare ahead of time? 07:36 - What should I do when we're finishing up our chat? 08:35 - What is your…
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Ep. 1 Jamari Smith | Young Professionals
Jamari and I discuss a wide variety of topics including LinkedIn & job board strategies, transitioning from college to the real world, Real Internships vs. Paper Internships, and managing different personalities among others! You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/…
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Transitioning from College to Adulthood
Jamari discusses the challenges that college students can face in balancing classes with social life, especially on a campus like University of Illinois. Interestingly, Jamari offers the counter that work-life balance may be easier to maintain than college-life balance. You can find Jamari here:...
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Real vs Paper Internships
Jamari highlights the difference between "resume builders" and pure internships that provide exposure to what the work actually looks like. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay......
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Practical Advice Around Outreach Emails
In this clip, Jamari provides key examples of how to add a little something extra to your emails in order to distinguish yourself from other candidates. The following is an article I use to guide all of my resume writing and I've been following this structure since my early college days:...
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Performance Analyst - Young Professional Insights
Jamari details what goes into the day-to-day for a performance analyst at an investment consultancy, Ellwood Associates. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Managing Workplace Feedback
Jamari looks back at an experience in which he had to manage tough feedback and the importance of moving past it. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Investment Intern - Young Professional Insights
Jamari discusses specific tasks from one of his early internships as an investment intern at the State Universities Retirement System. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay......
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If You're Undecided About Your Future...
Jamari provides a practical tip for students debating what they want to do with their careers, as well as how to make your parents happy while pursuing your own passions. Mark Cuban interview that Jamari refers to in the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgdNTzul27k You can find Jamari here:...
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Financial Representative Intern - Young Professional Insights
Jamari highlights his experiences as a financial representative intern at Northwestern Mutual and how the experiences he learned there helped him for many future interviews. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn:...
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Distinguishing Yourself at Career Fairs
Jamari provides insightful advice on what freshmen can do at career fairs to get ahead of the game. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram…
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Conversation with CEO
Jamari discusses his sit-down with the CEO and one of the key characteristics he observed from the meeting. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram:...
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Jamari's Best LinkedIn Tip
Jamari provides an incredibly useful tactic to distinguish yourself when reaching out to professionals for opportunities. This tactic can be applied to alumni pages from your school, past jobs, professional organizations, and more! You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/...
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Beating the Job Boards
Jamari offers an alternative route for job applicants to stand out and explains why it's so special. You can find Jamari here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomenesm2/ --- Feel free to connect with me here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pay... Instagram…
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Healthy Options at Wingstop
Full Article - https://medium.com/@david.paykin/wingstop-detailed-cfef7a8c746d Quick Guide - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfFt3b1dnc0uZEa9DPqSsl8PhiHhWcwV2v0-oKtASFE/edit?usp=sharing Detailed Notes -...
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3 Healthy Options at Whataburger
Full Article - https://medium.com/@david.paykin/whataburger-detailed-1cf8aeab7809 Quick Guide - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfFt3b1dnc0uZEa9DPqSsl8PhiHhWcwV2v0-oKtASFE/edit?usp=sharing Detailed Notes -...
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3 Healthy Options at Wendy's
Full Article - https://medium.com/@david.paykin/wendys-detailed-dfad64f1b3db Quick Guide - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfFt3b1dnc0uZEa9DPqSsl8PhiHhWcwV2v0-oKtASFE/edit?usp=sharing Detailed Notes -...
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2 Healthy Options at Taco Bell
Full Article - https://medium.com/@david.paykin/taco-bell-detailed-7b21429dc763 Quick Guide - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfFt3b1dnc0uZEa9DPqSsl8PhiHhWcwV2v0-oKtASFE/edit?usp=sharing Detailed Notes -...
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Healthy Options at Subway
Full Article - https://medium.com/@david.paykin/subway-detailed-29df28bca22c Quick Guide - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfFt3b1dnc0uZEa9DPqSsl8PhiHhWcwV2v0-oKtASFE/edit?usp=sharing Detailed Notes -...
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2 Healthy Options at Steak 'n Shake
Full Article - https://medium.com/@david.paykin/steak-n-shake-detailed-40a1d81e74ad Quick Guide - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfFt3b1dnc0uZEa9DPqSsl8PhiHhWcwV2v0-oKtASFE/edit?usp=sharing Detailed Notes -...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome! This podcast is focused on my journey and education as a young professional. I intend to provide a library of practical knowledge for myself and those who may want to learn what's actually going on in the lives, industries, and pursuits of young professionals to get a head start on their own paths.
HOSTED BY
David Paykin
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