Consulting With A Cause

With final assessments and exams looming around the corner, our anxiety levels can definitely increase at this point in the semester - causing us to feel fatigued, exhausted and stressed out. Join Pip and David as they speak with Prof Nicki Reavley about the mental health of domestic and international university students, gender disparities in mental health stigmas and how our mental health is 'always a work in progress'. 

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If you're interested in UniMelb's third year capstone subject, Global Management Consulting (GMC), then look no further than this week's episode! Join David and Ned as they chat with Dr Franz Wohlgezogen, the Academic Subject Coordinator of the GMC subject. Learn more about consulting at an ac...

When stuck in the bubble of our university studies, it may be difficult to grasp how theoretically taught concepts transition into their 'real world' application. Our guest this week, Jason Tabarias, provides us with a thorough breakdown of how economics, data and strategy inform public policy. By unravelling the complexity surrounding big data and its uses in public and private sectors, Jason alongside Pip and David explore how da...

For those of us wanting to learn more about how to incorporate social impact into our future careers, perhaps Social Impact Consulting is something that may interest you! Through her passion for evaluation in the area of public health, our guest Janani discusses how her work as a Program Evaluation and Social Impact Analyst is able to provide practical solutions to the social determinants of health. 

Janani is currently a Prog...

In our quest to discover more about creating tangible impact, Pip and David interview Inaam. Co-founder, Arjun Agarwal. Through Inaam., Arj and his Co-founder Ally Atmadja aim to reinvent investing via custom impact portfolios, tracking impact dollar for dollar. Learn about Arj's impact journey and how it led him to curating ethically and environmentally focussed investing to be the impact engine of the future!

Arjun Agarwal is the...

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 1 of Consulting with a Cause! With the start of Semester 2 approaching, it brings an exciting opportunity to join new clubs and associations. Sit down with Pip and David as they interview former 180DC UniMelb Vice President Amin Abbas to explore how 180DC can enhance your university experience and gain insight into 180DC's recruitment process to find out how you can become a Team Leader or Consultant.&nb...

Welcome to Season 2 of the 180DC Podcast, now called Consulting With A Cause! Meet our hosts Pip and Dave and take a look at what this season has in stall. We can't wait for you to join us on our journey to discover more about social impact, consulting and how to create meaningful change. 

If you have any questions, suggestions, or just want to keep updated? Check out our socials here or send an email to efilippis@180dc.org

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Welcome to Episode 10 of the 180DC Podcast! This episode marks the final episode for Season 1 of the podcast and what better way to finish it off than to have a former 180DC president and internship fanatic on. We brought back Callen Baxter who is due to start his consulting career in 2022 and completed multiple internships during his studies from law, to banking, strategy consulting and professional services.

In this epi...

Welcome to Episode 9 of the 180DC Podcast! We thought we would take a step away from consulting and job themed episodes to bring you some healthy discussions around mental health, reflection and just an overall chill vibes episode. This week, we had on the one and only Esther Wang,  catered to our audience members who reside in the states. Esther is currently a Brand Program Manager at Zoom and alumni member of 180DC branch fr...

Welcome to Episode 8 of the 180DC Podcast! In honour of LGBT History month in Australia, we decided to dedicate the month of October to putting together this episode. This week, we spoke with Alex Cheng , a current Associate at L.E.K Consulting and co-founder of internal initiatives Pride@L.E.K and Mosaic@L.E.K.

In this episode, Alex touches on his journey into consulting, his passion for diversity, equity and inclusion and how his...

Welcome to Episode 7 of the 180DC Podcast! In part 3 of our Women in Leadership Series, we spoke with Amanda Snape who is currently a Country Operations Manager at Google. Amanda started out her career in management consulting at Deloitte before making the transition to tech.

In this episode, we spoke with Amanda about her work at Google, her previous role in consulting and also what the future looks like for the tech industry. We ...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the 180DC Podcast! In part 2 of our short series where we cover the topic of Women in Leadership, we chat with Jenny Thompson, Senior Product Manager at start-up unicorn Canva. Jenny also happens to be a 180 Degrees Consulting Alumni from way back when she was still studying at the University of Sydney.

In this episode, we chat to Jenny about her insights into product marketing, building a career in tech fro...

Continuing our one-off recruitment specials, this week we tackle recruitment for our 2022 Executive Team!

We had the chance to sit down with Jessica Chen and Jeffrey Xia, our 2020 Marketing Director and President as they reflected on their 180DC journey with our current President and co-host of the episode, Francesca Qu.

Jess and Jeff share vital touchpoints across their time in the Melbourne branch, and what a we...

Welcome to Episode 5 of the 180DC Podcast! This week, we're commencing a new short series to celebrate women in leadership roles. We had the pleasure of speaking to Nayomi Alexander, a Lead Customer Success Manager at LinkedIn and Commerce alumni from the University of Melbourne.

In this episode, we chatted with Nayomi about her role at LinkedIn, her experiences as a graduate recruiter, fascination with collaborative ...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the 180DC Podcast! The pleasure this week extends to Dhanish Semar, a current Strategy Manager at SEEK and part-time MBA student at Melbourne Business School.

From India, to New Zealand, to Melbourne. From engineering, to tech consulting, to strategy. From writing articles in a blog column, to collaborating with some of the biggest names in the Esports world. We chat with Dhanish about how one goes from work...

Welcome to Episode Three of the 180DC Podcast!

This week, we touched base with Michelle Lim, a current Senior Consultant at PwC Australia, who was finishing up her time at Accenture when we shot the episode.

Michelle’s background exemplifies diversity and transformation; she talks about her time as a dancer, how she transitioned into neuroscience and psychology at the University of Sydney, and how she crafted her career in the Risk...

Welcome to Episode Two of the 180DC Podcast! In this week’s episode, we sit down with Chai Ng who is currently a Senior Strategy Manager at the start-up unicorn, Airwallex. Chai undertook a role at Strategic Project Partners (SPP) while studying at the University of Melbourne and a graduate position at Bain & Company after completing her Bachelor of Commerce. 

Chai shares her definition of what strategy is an...

On this one-off episode of the 180DC Podcast, we sit down to chat with our people and culture director Hasini Ilangaratne, and our events director Joanna Mao. 

Jo and Has walk us through the experiences with 180DC and what it's like to have been consultants and now sit on the other side of the screening and recruitment process where they get to formulate input into the next generation of 180DCers. On the fence about applying o...

Welcome to Episode One of the 180DC Podcast! In our inaugural episode, we thought we'd include a guest from our sponsor BCG and bring on Dhanush Girish who is currently an associate in the realm of management consulting. 

Dhanush gives insights on his journey through his Bachelor of Commerce days at UniMelb where he got to engage in a plethora of experiences. In no particular order, Dhanush covers International Case Competitio...