What's Next? With Lacey

Send us a text On this week's episode, Lacey speaks with Lewis, a recruiter for the Finance and Tech markets. Lewis has worked the London markets, New York markets and now has recently made the move to Singapore. Recruitment seems like a tough industry that requires a lot of hard work but it certainly doesn't come without its benefits.  They talk about the ins and outs of the recruitment...

Send us a text This week Lacey chats with Kenzie, an Occupational Therapist specializing in home health for adults and geriatric adults. Occupational Therapists seem to be the hidden gems of the healthcare industry in that people never really know what they do but thats because they are doing absolutely everything. It is a profession that really covers it all; from helping women about to give birt...

Send us a text This week Lacey speaks with Natalie, a High School English Teacher who has recently finished her PhD. If you are remotely interested in either of these paths, this is the episode for you. Natalie is so evidently passionate about being a teacher and about being a student that Lacey was almost convinced to switch everything up and head back to school.  In their conversation, they disc...

Send us a text Forget the Mad Men days of smoky boardrooms and cutthroat competition. In this episode of What's Next? with Lacey , we dive into the dynamic world of digital advertising with Danny, a young Account Manager at Walmart Connect. Danny's professional journey took him from a college internship at MSNBC to working at an ad agency and finally to the cutting edge of retail e-comme...

Send us a text This week Lacey chats with Mehmet, a Client Services Manager at a Financial Technology company. During his time at this company he also has had experience in Product Management and Corporate Strategy. So, they do a deep dive into all three of those roles; what are they like? how do they differ? what skills did he learn? etc. But they also discuss the ins and outs of the corporate wo...

Send us a text This week Lacey is joined by Marina, an On-Screen Journalist for ITV News currently based in Wales. Throughout her career she has worked in many different roles within the journalism field, both in radio and TV, within Britain and abroad. They talk about what she has taken away from each experience and how she has worked her way to the On-Screen position she has now. Marina has an i...

Send us a text On this week's episode, Lacey talks with Kat, a management consultant at a Big Three Firm. Kat has been a consultant for all of her career so provides excellent insight into what the day to day looks like, how to grow in the field and how responsibilities change as you grow. On top of that, Lacey gets Kat's advice, tips and tricks not only on how to get into consulting but...

Send us a text On this week's episode, Lacey chats with Nicole, a structured finance associate in the commodities division of a financial institution. But Nicole started her career as an environmental engineer at an oil company. So, they talk a bit about finance, a bit about engineering but perhaps most importantly they discuss how and why she made the switch from one to the other. Lacey, as...

Send us a text On this week's episode Lacey chats with Chloe about her work as an Account Supervisor at a PR Agency. They discuss the type of responsibilities she has, how PR for brands/corporations differs from Talent PR and what her day to day looks like. Lacey also manages to get Chloe's top tips on how best to advocate for yourself at work, how to use LinkedIn effectively and how to...

Send us a text This week Lacey chats with Jackie, a Sociology PhD Student at UC Berkeley.  By diving into Jackie's experience at Berkeley so far, she provides excellent insight into what a PhD in sociology and other fields entails, how funding works, the application process and more.  Support the show: Please rate, review and share the podcast with your loved ones! Need more What's Next?...

Send us a text This week Lacey is joined by John. John works in a Marketing Operations/Strategy capacity at a tech company, a role he has somewhat tailored for himself. So, Lacey digs into what this role means, what types of projects he works on, what his day to day looks like and how his journey at his company has led him to work in this function. There is so much to learn from John's experience...

Send us a text This week, Lacey talks to Vinay, a software engineer at a large tech company. Vinay has been a software engineer for his whole post college career and even interned in the field before then, so he is wildly well versed on the topic. They discuss everything from what even is software engineering to how to stay up to date with the latest developments in the field. They dive into the w...

Send us a text On this week's episode of What's Next? Lacey talks to her good friend Clio. Clio has spent her career so far freelancing in the video/film production space while also writing and directing her own short films. They talk about her start in production, her film eduction at Columbia, how she got into freelancing, the different types of gigs she managed to secure and how she m...

Send us a text On this week's episode, Lacey is joined by Becca, a Junior Talent publicist. Becca first started her career as an assistant to the Head of Theatre at a Talent Agency before heading to PR and climbing the ranks at her current firm. Becca and Lacey discuss assistant life, going the agency route in entertainment, the best ways to use LinkedIn to network, what talent PR is and what...

Send us a text Lacey is joined by Sophie, a commercial litigation lawyer in New York City to discuss her journey to becoming a lawyer. They talk about what commercial litigation means, how she decided to pivot from finance into the law, her top tips for the LSAT and law school and what it has been like working at a big corporate law firm in New York City. A lot can be learnt from Sophie's journey...

Send us a text In the very first episode of What's Next? Lacey talks to Maddy, a TV/ Film Development Coordinator at a production company here in NYC. They talk through her journey into the entertainment industry, the tips and tricks she used to find her jobs and what her job as a Development Coordinator actually consists of. She leaves us with a lot of advice so if you are interested in work...

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