Unsolicited Advice from your Career Center

Hear about our experiences growing up with a certain idea of the job market, only to find it completely different, and learn how we have handled it.

This episode is about working in the athletics department as designers. We talk about motion graphics, the creative media and marketing side of things, media days, and more.

Get to know your new Career Center graphic design and marketing fellows as we briefly tell you about our majors, career journeys, and starting life at UH during COVID.

Confidence can be really hard to build when entering the new environment of college. Over time, it gets easier to build as we dive into different opportunities and navigate the ambiguity of college life. Angelica and Ashley share their journey to building confidence and tips that made the process easier for them, including overcoming fear in social situations, learning from others, and using inten...

In this long overdue podcast, you will meet Angelica, our amazing new social media fellow joining us this semester. Learn more about her and her interesting combination of fields of study -- a major in political science with a minor in theater. Angelica shares what her college experience has been like through different roles she's held at UH Manoa, like being an ACE Peer Mentor. As a fellow senior...

If you’ve ever wanted to learn what NFTs are and what it takes to create a business, listen along! On this podcast, Christian and Brandon Chin break down what NFTs are and how they saw it as an opportunity to build a business, creating Squishy Squad. Christian (21) is currently studying business here at UH Manoa and Brandon (20) previously attended for a semester. They have made this business succ...

Ever curious about majoring in architecture or what the architecture program is like at UH Manoa? On this podcast, Dean and Brian discuss what it takes to make it through the architecture program, and share helpful resources to utilize. We look into the various options for a graduate of this program and the opportunities available to them, such as completing a studio credit in Florence, Italy.

Not sure how to create new year's resolutions or if you should even have them? Listen along as we discuss excitement and hesitation about creating new years resolutions and how to create your own! We dive into our personal new year's resolutions and goals to become more successful in our work and personal life, including staying true to ourselves and being more open to new opportunities. Lastly, w...

In this podcast, we talk about our favorite aspects of the holiday season and create our own Top 4 draft lists for you to choose between. We share our love for gatherings with friends and family as well as entertainment and music. We also divulge our favorite holiday foods and activities, like watching the fireworks, browsing holiday markets, and gift-giving. We hope this podcast can get you excit...

In this podcast, we are joined by two very special guests from the Manoa Career Center: Jenny, the Marketing and External Relations Manager (who is our amazing supervisor) and David, the Technology and Web Coordinator (who edits and makes our podcast possible)! They share about their career paths and how they began as student employees here at the Career Center before landing their full-time posit...

In this podcast, we explore the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s engineering school with our guests, Dimitri Vien and Brenton Sasaoka, who are both seniors in the program studying electrical and civil engineering respectively. They explain the differences between the four types of engineering offered: electrical, civil, mechanical, and computer engineering, as well as why they chose their majors. T...

In this podcast, we bring back Suzie Park and introduce Tiana Hughes to talk about graduating from UH Manoa and what it is like in the working life. Suzie, who formerly hosted this podcast as a student, graduated as a communications major in December of 2021 and is currently an assistant account executive in a personal relations team at Anthology marketing group. Tiana graduated as a global enviro...

Nervous about midterms and finals? Us too! Listen as we share some of the tips we use to do the best we can!

Searching for a nice place to study? We've got some nice spots for you! On-Campus: - Hamilton Library: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/about/visiting-the-library/hours/ - Sinclair Library: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/ssc/sinclair-ssc-other-hours-of-operation/ - Kuykendall Hall - Shidler College of Business Cafes: Kaka'ako - Try Coffee: https://trycoffeehi.square.site/ - Island Brew Coffeeh...

Looking into creating your own study abroad experience? On this podcast, we talk with Jade Robinson, who just studied abroad through the Manoa International Exchange (MIX) program! We talked about her journey in Singapore this past spring semester! She shares insight on how she customized her program, funded her travels through scholarships, and created friendships that will last a lifetime!

Listen along as we go through some of our best tips for making the student life a little easier! We share strategies for optimizing your schedule, cutting down your travel time, and making the most of the benefits of a student.

Interviews can be nerve-wracking, and we have our fair share of horror stories. Check out our tips and learn from our mistakes and successes!

In our first week back to school post-summer, we share how we spent our summer and some fun goals to make the best of our in-person Fall semester!

Cobalt joins us as we dive into the club scene on campus! We discuss everything from how to find and join them to why you might want to take on a leadership role within one!

Congrats on finishing out your spring semester! We have a giveaway for you to enter on our instagram, @uhmcareercenter! THREE winners will receive a Manoa Career Center Swag Pack! Details of the prizes and how to enter are in our latest instagram post, and the questions you need to answer are in THIS podcast. Listen along as we talk to Jenny Lau about balancing life as a student with jobs, clubs,...

Ever dream about studying abroad? Listen along as we talk with Sara Matsumura about her experience in London, England through the University of Hawaii at Manoa study abroad program! We dive into all the questions regarding choosing programs, housing and traveling accommodations, precautions, scholarships/funding, and some of the best places around Europe to visit!

Join us as we chat with our amazing graphic designer Tiara about her academic journey and her plans after graduating this spring!

In our first podcast with our new Social Media Fellow, Lauren and of the spring semester, we share our goals as we transition back to in-person classes.

Episode 5

Listen as we share our favorite spots to eat, study, and hang out around the island! FOOD: On and Around Campus: - Bale (chicken banh mi!!!) - Stir Fresh (spicy ahii!!) - Lasoon (butter chicken and roti!!) - Da Spot food truck (on campus) and restaurant (on King St) - really good smoothies and plate lunches! - Starbucks - Jamba Juice - Dunkin Donuts - Panda Express - Raising Cane's (Hale Mahana) -...