Farah Harb-Tallib, received her BBA degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and MBA from Eastern Michigan University.

After undergrad, she worked in the Career Planning and Placement office at Wayne State University for four years as a Career Advisor and then was promoted to Assistant Director.

In 2014, she joined the Ford Motor Company Fund as their Global Education Programs Analyst, overseeing education programs that provide scholarship opportunities for students to help them financially achieve academic success, as well as funding for student-led projects that address a social need or problem in communities around the world.  

Recently, she transitioned to the Talent Acquisition and Onboarding team as a Project Manager working on initiatives such as implementing a U.S. employee referral program, contracting with a freelancer marketplace, and enhancing Ford’s internal mobility strategy.

She has also been teaching BA300: Career Planning and Development for seven years at the University of Michigan- Dearborn, providing students with career advice and helping them achieve their career goals.

Over the last few years, she has taken her Career Development lessons and transformed them into workshops that have been offered and delivered to nonprofits and internally at Ford to interns, new hires, skill teams, and ERG’s reaching global markets.

Virginia was born in Italy and brought up between Barcelona, Rome and the US.

She was exposed to different lifestyles and cultures since a very young age, and I had the pleasure of meeting her during one of her trips to the US. 

Traveling has always been a big part of her life and it is one of the things that she clearly enjoys.

After graduating in Economics and Management in Rome, she decided it was time for a change and decided to pursue her passion in the yachting industry.

She ended up in Monaco studying Luxury Management with a specialization in Events, Hospitality and Yachting and ultimately joined the sales team at Y.Co, one of the leading yachting brokerage companies worldwide, while she was finishing her master's degree. 

Every day since she has had the opportunity to work with a great team of experts and with some of the world's best superyachts.

She encourages others to be willing to take risks, pursue your passion while also keeping your eye out for the bigger context, and travel whenever you have the opportunity to do so.  

A recent book that she read is called Your Next 5 Moves by Patrick Bet-David and is available on Amazon. 

Jason Pierce serves as the senior director of learning & development and has oversight of the fraternity’s learning and leadership development initiatives, programming, and resources. In this capacity, he oversees the designing of both digital content and in-person curriculum. Jason’s primary responsibility is to connect the fraternity’s education and events with the Core SixTM curriculum containing a set of skills described in AKPsi’s competency model. Jason is also responsible for creating the individual learning journey and attendee experience for fraternity events. He also oversees meeting/event logistics, volunteer management, and assessment and evaluation.

Professionally, Jason served as the Director of Programs for the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA) where he was responsible for the AFA Annual Meeting, the Virtual Seminar Series, and the First 90 Days Program. Prior to working at AFA, Jason was employed at The University of Iowa serving as an Assistant Director in the Office of Student Life where his primary responsibility was to serve as the fraternity/sorority advisor. In his role at Iowa, he also partnered with several other UI offices such as Athletic Student Services, Residence Life, Orientation, and Admissions.

Jason is a Certified Association Executive as well as certified in the Student Leadership Challenge. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ashland University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Jason continued his education and earned his master’s degree in education, specializing in higher education administration from the University of Akron.

If you want to contact Jason, send me a message in LinkedIn and I will connect you to him. 

Scott started his career spending 3 years in the Army as an Armament Repair Specialist to include a deployment to Iraq.

He has continued to work for the military in a civilian capacity to include multiple subsequent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a weapons maintainer and instructor.

After college, Scott continued working with the Department of Defense as a Contract Specialist, Procurement Analyst, and Program Manager.

Scott now works for Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, as a Lead Program Analyst at the Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Warren, MI.

Scott has credited his networking skills, education, volunteer work and always looking for the next best opportunity to his success and encouraged our listeners to consider the same mindset. 

Scott also reminded the audience of a seminar for people pursuing the CAPM or PMP certification through PMI.  The session is on June 10th and you can find more information at:  WWW.PMIGLC.ORG

Do not hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn if you have any questions or concerns about this broadcast. 

M. Callahan 

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Mary Kate Soliva is a Reservist in the U.S Army and Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution. 

As a Business Development Analyst at the Project Management Institute, she is spearheading the Military and Veteran Program. 

Her efforts include working with the military, veterans, and families towards a career in Project Management.

She is a doctoral student, public speaker, and has trained the public, military, and law enforcement in the U.S and abroad on the signs and impact of human trafficking.

Her initiatives include working with local policy makers, government agencies, and non-profit organizations to change policy and impact change.

Mary Kate is a member of the Rotary e-Club of Pago Bay Guam, Association of the U.S Army, and Student Veterans of America. She volunteers for Vets2Industry, Shared Hope International and numerous other organizations.  

Mary Kate holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Guam where she focused her studies on human trafficking in Guam and Micronesia. 

Her email address is: marykate.soliva@pmi.org

and you can learn more about the military programs at PMI at the following sites: 

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We are going to be following a slightly different approach.  In addition to continuing with interesting interviews, we are going to periodically do a report on a recent publication or a topic that is top of mind, and I believe very relevant to many of you at this time.  

Also, if any of these, or any prior podcasts, are of personal interest, please send me a message in LinkedIn and let me know.  Even if you disagree with what I say.  Dialog is important for all of us to further strengthen our understanding.

Also, if you share your thoughts, we might even have some content for a future podcast.  It really is all about opening up lines of communication and helping everyone in the process.

So, you may find yourself struggling with your career possibilities.  You have sent out resumes but not really gotten any serious responses and so you start developing some fairly serious self-doubt.  What can I do?  How can I earn a living?  How can I deal with the debt I am facing?

Lots of very real and serious concerns and the options available seem to mostly say…. make sure your resume is tuned up and send it out.

But there is an alternative.  But it does require a leap of faith.

The idea is to identify someone who can act as your career coach.  And then, once you have identified a coach, make the commitment to follow what they suggest.

There are lots of people out there with a ton of experience who have probably been through what you are doing and would be great coaches.  And some of them are willing to do it initially for free, or for a very low rate. 

If it is a longer-term situation, you may have to talk about a fee, but for getting started, I would expect that many coaches will provide you help for 2-3 sessions without any significant fee initially. 

That being said, they will have a protocol to follow.  Probably a couple of forms that need to be completed so that they get a sense of who you are and a commitment to meet on a recurring basis.

If you are serious about changing things, give some serious thought to identifying a coach and then make the true commitment to follow what they suggest.

Let me know what you think in LinkedIn.  And check out the group, “Career Coach Forum”.  There are lots of great resources and you might find yourself a great coach.

Now, I know the idea of finding a coach might be a foreign concept.  After all, you have been doing this career thing all by yourself so why do I need a coach now.

Well, just ask yourself if what you are doing is working.  If it is, then you probably do not need a coach.  But if you feel stuck, then you might want to give the idea some serious consideration.

I sincerely hope that you are open to considering this leap and I truly believe that it can be a very beneficial step in helping you secure a more rational and comfortable approach to your career aspirations.

Check out Career Coach Forum in LinkedIn.  Read some articles or book chapters on coaching.  Share your ideas with me and other coaches.  And look for a way to engage.  You will find the effort daunting at first, but definitely valuable in the long run. 

Good luck.

Thanks for listening. 

Sarry Ibrahim is financial planner and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps real estate investors, business owners, and full time employees grow safe and predictable wealth regardless of market conditions using a financial strategy that has been around for over 160 years.

Sarry started this journey when he was in grad school completing his MBA. He worked for companies like Allstate, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Healthspring, and Humana before founding Financial Asset Protection, a financial services firm that focuses on one sole concept; the Bank On Yourself Concept, also known as the Infinite Banking Concept.

Sarry takes a very pragmatic approach to financial management and helps his clients literally "Think like a Bank". 

You can check out his website at:  http://thinkinglikeabank.com/

And be sure to check out the free e book to help get you started in your financial mastery that is on the website. 

Good luck