SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

221 episodes of SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast since the first episode, which aired on April 6th, 2020.

  • Dealing with Adversity (Minisode 2) - Ellie Kubisz EK-003B MENTOR CORNER

    August 16th, 2021  |  15 mins 54 secs
    adversity, benefits of journaling, dealing with adversity, dealing with adversity at work, how to be positive, how to be positive in a negative situation, how to journal, how to overcome obstacles, how to start journaling, how to stay positive, how to think positive, in the face of adversity, journaling, journaling for anxiety, journaling for mental health, journaling ideas, journaling tips, obstacles, overcoming adversity, overcoming obstacles, positive thinking

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast Luki and Ellie discuss Dealing with Adversity. They talk about personal relationships, reaching out to others when life becomes overwhelming and seeing the good in situations. If you're someone looking to learn how to deal with adversity, this is the perfect video for you!

  • Self Advocacy, Dealing with Adversity, Adulting (All 3 mini-sodes in 1!) - Ellie Kubisz EK-003 MENTOR CORNER

    August 16th, 2021  |  46 mins 29 secs
    adulting, adulting 101, adulting tips, adversity, advocacy, advocacy tips, boundaries, dealing with adversity, how to adult, how to adulting, how to budget, how to overcome adversity, how to overcome adversity in life, how to say no, in the face of adversity, mental health, motivation, overcome adversity, overcoming adversity, reaching out, saying no, self advocacy, self advocacy skills at work, self advocacy skills for students, self awareness, setting boundaries

    This episode of the SIWIKE podcast is split into 3 minisodes where Luki and Ellie discuss Self Advocacy, Dealing with Adversity and Adulting. They talk about their self advocacy experiences, reaching out to others, finding what lights a fire inside of you and much more. If you're someone looking to learn more about self advocacy, dealing with adversity and adulting, this is the perfect video for you!

  • Self Advocacy (Minisode 1) - Ellie Kubisz EK-003A MENTOR CORNER

    August 16th, 2021  |  15 mins 15 secs
    advocacy, advocacy tips, advocate, boundaries, how to say no, how to say no politely, how to say no to people, how to say no without feeling guilty, how to set boundaries, how to set boundaries at work, how to voice your opinion, recent grads, recent graduate, self advocacy, self advocacy skills at work, self advocacy videos, setting boundaries, setting boundaries at work, setting boundaries in the workplace, voicing your opinion, voicing your opinion at work, what is advocacy

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast Luki and Ellie discuss Self-Advocacy. They talk about their self advocacy experiences, setting boundaries and how to voice your opinions. If you're someone looking to learn more about self advocacy, this is the perfect video for you!

  • A Conversation about Education and School - Michael Fearon MF-002 MENTOR CORNER

    August 11th, 2021  |  35 mins 44 secs
    conversation about school, education, education and schooling, education reform, education school and society, education system, educational, future of education, gender school and society, higher education, history, history of education, history of education system, how education has changed over the years, internationalization of education, interpersonal skills, introduction of history of education, school, schooling, university, why is school important, why is school pointless

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Michael have a conversation about education and school. They talk about the history of education, income inequalities between men and women, the future of education and much more. If you're someone who is curious about education and school this is the perfect video for you!

  • Conversations on Resumes and a Better Way to Recruit - Sergey Kalnish SK-002 MENTOR CORNER

    August 9th, 2021  |  44 mins 2 secs
    apple podcast, background check, best ways to recruit, bias, career, education, eliminating biases, hiring, how resumes are screened, how to get a job, how to get the job you want, hr, human resources, interview, job hunting, job search, podcast, podcast host, podcast hosting, podcasts, qualified candidate, recent graduates, recruiting, recruitment, resume, resume tips, screening, screening process, spotify, spotify podcast, students, unconscious bias, video resume

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Sergey have a conversation about resumes and a better way to recruit. They talk about how the screening process have changed over the years, video resumes, building connections and much more. If you're someone looking to learn more about resumes and how to get that job you want, this is the perfect video for you!

  • Leadership Communication and Grades - Anu Yogeswaran AY-002 MENTOR CORNER

    August 6th, 2021  |  41 mins 41 secs
    communication, communication skills, consistency, delegation, delegation tips, education, education and learning, education system, educational, effective communication, effective leadership communication skills, extracurricular activities, grades, grades obsession, homeschool, homeschooling, how to delegate, leadership, leadership communication, leadership communication skills, mental health, mental resilience, mental toughness, resilience, school, school system, the school system

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Anu discuss Leadership Communication and Grades. They talk about the grades obsession, imperfections within the schooling system, building mental resiliency and much more. If you're someone looking to learn more about leadership communication, grades and how it affects students, this is the perfect video for you!

  • Being Yourself and Being Happy - Mintikah English-Palmer MEP-005 MENTOR CORNER

    August 3rd, 2021  |  29 mins 12 secs
    be yourself, being happy and positive, confidence, focus on yourself, focus on yourself not others, happiness, how to be authentic, how to be confident, how to be happy, how to be happy and positive all the time, how to be happy in life, how to be happy with yourself, how to be vulnerable, how to be yourself, how to focus on yourself, how to love yourself, how to practice self love, love yourself, loving yourself, mental health, self love, self love practice

    On this episode of the SIWIKE Podcast, Luki and Minti discuss Being Yourself and Being Happy. They talk about finding your tribe, doing the things that make you smile and being open. They also provide some useful tips for anyone struggling with being themselves and accepting who they are.

  • Networking and Relationships - Anita Agrawal AA-002 MENTOR CORNER

    July 28th, 2021  |  29 mins 49 secs
    building relationships, business networking, business networking tips, career development, how to network, how to network to get a job, how to network with people, network fundamentals, networking, networking 101, networking and relationship building skills, networking basics, networking fundamentals, networking tips, networking tutorial for beginners, professional networking, professional networking tips, relationship building, relationship building strengths, relationships

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Anita discuss Networking and Relationships. They share some of their networking struggles including not being taught about networking in school and fearing what people might think. This led to them eventually realizing the importance of networking for career development. They also share some useful networking tips for anyone currently struggling with networking and building relationships.

  • Basketball, Sales, Recruiting and Startups - Sergey Kalnish SK-001 MENTOR CORNER

    July 27th, 2021  |  43 mins 29 secs
    basketball, best career advice for new graduates, career advice, career advice for young people, career coach, career coaching, career guidance, career tips, career tips for students, education, entrepreneur, job search, life advice, mental health, mental health awareness, mental health tips, mental illness, michael jordan, podcast, podcasts, recruitment, recruitment agency, recruitment process, siwike, startup, startups, talent attraction management, tech startups

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Sergey discuss Basketball, Sales, Recruiting and Startups. Sergey is a talent attraction manager at Jobber. Jobber is a tracking software for home service businesses. (https://getjobber.com/)

  • Tech, Product, Startup - David Jorjani DJOR-001 MENTOR CORNER

    July 22nd, 2021  |  40 mins 17 secs
    career advice, career advice for young people, career change, career guidance, career path, career paths, career paths after high school, civil engineering, computer science, director of product, great career paths, new grad, podcast, podcasts, product management, product manager, siwike, software engineer, software engineering, startups, tech startups, technology, what is product management

    On this episode of the SIWIKE Podcast, Luki and David discuss Tech, Product and Startups. David is a director of product and a university instructor.

  • The environment, Building Science and Networking - Abraham Wairisal AW-001 MENTOR CORNER

    July 21st, 2021  |  34 mins 20 secs
    building science, bullitt center, bullitt center seattle, career, career advice, career advice for young people, career change, career podcast, cuso international, energy, energy evaluation, engineering, environment, environmental, environmental consultant, environmental engineering, environmental science, environmental sciences, green building, how to network, interview, networking, networking fundamentals, networking skills, networking tips, podcast, podcasts, siwike

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Abraham discuss Environment, Building Science and Networking. Abraham is the Manager of Energy Evaluations, Energy Modelling and Building Science at Greensaver. Greensaver is a not-for-profit energy efficiency organization (https://greensaver.org/)

  • Growing up on a Farm, to Business and Sales to President - Frank Abbruzzese FA-001 MENTOR CORNER

    July 13th, 2021  |  40 mins 8 secs
    alphakor group, best career advice for new graduates, business, business career, business degree, career, career advice, career advice for college students, career advice for young people, career change, career path, career paths, career podcast, career story, education, farm, farming, frank abbruzzese, job, my career story, podcast, president, sales, sales career, sales career path, sales job, sales strategies, sales training, windsor, windsor ontario

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Frank discuss Business, Sales, growing up on a farm and becoming the president of his company. Frank is the CEO and President of AlphaKOR. AlphaKOR is a tech innovative company providing businesses with the latest products, services and IT support. (https://www.alphakor.com/).

  • From Law, to Armed Forces and to Publishing - Scott Fraser SF-001 MENTOR CORNER

    July 2nd, 2021  |  35 mins 35 secs
    armed forces, army, best career advice for new graduates, book publishing, books, career, career advice, career advice for college students, career advice for young people, career change, career opportunities, career path, career paths, how to choose a career, law, law school, podcast, podcasts, publishing, self publishing

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Frank discuss Law, Armed Forces and Publishing. Frank is the president and publisher of Dundurn Press (https://www.dundurn.com/). Dundurn Press is an independent book publisher located in Toronto, Canada.

  • Psychology, Parenthood, Accounting, Coaching - Alena Sviderskaia AS-001 MENTOR CORNER

    June 27th, 2021  |  40 mins 12 secs
    accounting, accounting career, accounting careers, accounting student, career, career advice, career advice for young people, career change, career coach, career path, career podcast, career tips, career tips for young professionals, coaching, leadership, leadership coaching, leadership skills, life coaching, parenthood, podcast, podcasting, psychology, psychology career, psychology careers

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Alena discuss Psychology, Parenthood, Accounting and Coaching. Alena is a leadership coach who helps organizations turn managers into people leaders. She shares her journey from accounting to getting her psychology degree to become a therapist leading her to discover her passion for leadership coaching.

  • Music, Coding, Startup at YC - Alexander Luksidadi AL-001 MENTOR CORNER

    June 20th, 2021  |  46 mins 12 secs
    career advice, education, music, siwike, software engineering, startups, tech startup

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Alexander discuss Music, Coding and Startups. Alexander is the co-founder of "Rose Rocket" (https://www.roserocket.com/). Rose Rocket is a transportation management software that helps build the future of trucking technology. Rose Rocket was part of a Y-Combinator cohort.

  • Diversity & Inclusion D&I Deeper Dive - Diversity in HR and Allyship - Nora Zayed NZ-005 MENTOR CORNER

    June 13th, 2021  |  27 mins 34 secs
    allyship, bipoc, diversity, diversity and inclusion, hr, human resources, lgbtq, social justice, systemic racism, unconscious bias

    On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Nora discuss Diversity in HR and Allyship