Meet Farah Harb-Tallib, Counsellor, Educator, Project Manager and Inspirational Coach
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.
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Virginia Di Antonio, World Traveller, on sales team of Y.CO a leading yachting brokerage company worldwide.
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.
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Jason Pierce - Leader and Influencer with AKPsi and Resource for some great Career Strategies
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.
www.linkedin.com/in/iincandbeyond
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Scott Vincent, US Vet, Manager and Great Resource
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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Murray Davis, Program Director, Veterans Treatment Court, Seeing Lens Program
The Seeing Lens
Therapeutic Photography Program
A Free 10-week Course for Dearborn VTC participants & graduates
Open House, Tuesday May 9, 2023, from 9:00 - 10:30 AM at the Dearborn Veterans Center
Program starts, Tuesday May 16, 2023, from 9:00 - 11:00 AM at the Dearborn Veterans Center
Professional Photographer Instruction
Camera Equipment in Session
Therapeutic Application: Technical Processes & Aesthetics
Contact Murray Davis at 313-943-2281
or register for Open House at:
www.eventbrite.com/e/open-house-seeing-lens-program-tickets-623195182567
While we focus on helping US Veterans and Returning Citizens, this podcast is totally relevant to anyone who might be interested in becoming more empowered in their career pursuits.
We share new ideas, techniques, emerging opportunities, approaches and information about a growth mindset that enables you to be more in control of your career and ultimately, your life.
For more information, please go to: https://tinyurl.com/C-RConsulting