Global Careers Calls

Welcome to another episode of Global Careers Calls, where we delve into the future of work and tackle the crucial topic of skills, upskilling, and reskilling for career success. In Part Two of this enlightening series, your host Tanyel Kazim takes you on a journey to explore the ever-evolving landscape of work and the role of continuous learning in shaping our professional journeys. As we navigate...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, our host Tanyel Kazim dives into the future of work to explore the critical topic of skills, upskilling, and reskilling for career success. As the World Economic Forum highlights the need to upskill 1 billion people by 2030, lifelong learning will be at the core of future thinking for employers and career professionals alike. We have perspectives from co-ho...

In this episode, Gemma Garrett, interviews Dr. Ammara Farooq Malik from Pakistan. Dr Malik is a corporate and impact lawyer, international social entrepreneur, and international development and policy expert with more than 23 years of professional experience across various multidisciplinary sectors including academia, legal practice, social and impact entrepreneurship, international development, g...

In this episode of the Global Careers Calls podcast, our Careers Consultant, Gemma Garrett, speaks to Jordy Lai, a legal associate who specialises in intellectual property law at Shook Lin & Bok in Malaysia. In his professional role, he works closely with renown brand owners in enforcing their intellectual property rights. Jordy graduated with a Bachelor in Laws (LLB) from the University of Lo...

In this episode we introduce you to Sarah Copeland, originally from New Zealand and now based in Lyon, France. Sarah studied an LLM, specialising in Public International Law, with the University of London, which helped her pivot her career from private practice as a Solicitor and Barrister in mediation and dispute resolution for law firms in New Zealand, to Higher Education lecturing at the Univer...

Join us for an interview with John Adamah, the Executive Head Retail Banking of GCB Bank as he discusses with our Career Consultant, Gemma Garrett, presenter of our 3rd series, how he entered the banking sector and successfully climbed the ladder in his native country, Ghana. John will share with us his insight into some of the aspects of the banking sectors less known: how a deep legal knowledge...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Gemma Garrett interviews Nazli Hocaoglu, Company Secretary and Governance advisor for Skyjed, an Australian company that is designing an AI-powered product lifecycle management and governance platform solution. She will describe her journey through the legal sector shifting from private practice to Human Rights and finally to a legal advisory role in techno...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Tanyel Kazim, Employer Engagement Consultant at the University of London Careers Service, calls Cassia Arellano in Peru. Cassia is a BSc Business Administration with Marketing alumni from the University of London. Cassia’s story will resonate will all career stages. Unsure of her career path, a change of academic fate midway through a BA Communications degr...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Tanyel Kazim, Employer Engagement Consultant at the University of London Careers Service, calls Andriy Levtsun, a Ukrainian based, in London. Andriy is a seasoned professional in the legal industry with over two decades of international law experience. We explore Andriy’s rich background as a former public notary and discover the pivotal role he played in b...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Tanyel Kazim, Employer Engagement Consultant at the University of London Careers Service, calls Nea Laine in Sweden. Nea is a MSc Organisational and Social Psychology alumni from the LSE, University of London.  A career developer and copywriter by profession, Nea has led marketing campaigns for global brands across China, Sweden, America and is cu...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Tanyel Kazim, Employer Engagement Consultant at the University of London Careers Service, calls Ben Hillman, a Senior Manager at Capgemini Invent. Ben offers a personal perspective on the day-to-day work of a management consultant, drawing on his experience in retail and commercial banking. He also shares his insights on future digital trends and provides v...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Tanyel Kazim, Employer Engagement Consultant at the University of London Careers Service, calls Roxana Mititelu in Amsterdam. Roxana, a University of London international student, discusses her professional journey as a Tech Transformation Manager alongside studying for a Global MBA with the University of London. We hope you enjoy this call with Roxana.&nbs...

In this episode of Global Careers Calls, Tanyel Kazim, Employer Engagement Consultant at the University of London Careers Service, calls Mohsen Siddiqui in Pakistan. Mohsen, a University of London international alumni student, shares how a background rooted in finance and economics helped him to co-found GenMo ( https://www.genmocompany.com/ ). GenMo is a finance education startup on a mission to...

Listen to the last episode of Global Careers Calls, in which, Laura Brammar, deputy Head of the University of London Career Service, is interviewing Abdiweli Osman Mohamed about working in the Aid sector and in particular in the Education domain for a Humanitarian agency. Abdiweli, after a MSc in Public Policy and Management from SOAS, (2014 -2019), currently works as the UNICEF Education Spe...

Listen to the 5th episode of Global Careers Calls in which we will explore the Tropical Medicine and Infectious diseases sector accompanied as usual by the deputy head of the University of London Career service, Laura Brammar. Chris currently works as senior consultant based at Sheffield Hospital NHS Trust besides being a senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. His special interes...

Listen to Zara Qaiser, Youth Economic Empowerment Officer based in Pakistan. Zara will share with us her career journey which started with a BSc in Economics and her shift to the Development sector and in particular to the Sustainability branch of the latter dealing with issues such as eradication of poverty, inequality, energy crisis, gender disparity and social exclusion. We hope you enjoy it! &...

Listen to Ruwan Fonseka, an alumnus of the University of London BSc Computing and Information Systems Programme with several decades of experience in the Technology sector. Ruwan’s professional trajectory brought him to work as software developer, senior programmer analyst and currently as Tutor for the BSc Computer Science Degree Programme of the University of London. Listen to his professional s...

Listen to Adi Walker, director of POD International Consulting . Adi will share with us his journey in the International and Humanitarian development sector . An alumnus of a joint degree from SOAS university and the Imperial college, Adi will talk you through his career in Humanitarian development and will share with you his professional insights and some valuable tips and digital resources to en...

Listen to Branishka, a former nurse based in the Bahamas that thanks to her desire to constantly upskill herself, embarked in a course in Public Health at the University of London. Explore how thanks to this course and thanks to the invaluable guidance of her academic mentor she launched herself in a career as Director for the HIV clinic of the Health Ministry and then as Public Health Officer for...