Episode 01 - An Accountant's Journey

Are you interested about becoming a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, to discuss the career of a Physical Therapist, I am joined by the 2021 Best Physical Therapist in Northern Virginia and owner of the practice MMA Sports & Rehab, Dr. Ujjwal Shakya, who has a very interesting journey to become a Doctor of Physical and Manual Therapy, and has a wealth of experience to share with respect to the profession. 

In this episode, along with discussing Dr. Shakya's journey to becoming an award winning PT, we get to learn about the profession, how to actually become a PT, how to succeed through the obstacles that appear during this journey and much more. 

More details regarding this episode and the career of a Physical Therapist are at https://mycareershop.com (Under Construction) 

Guest: Dr. Ujjwal Shakya
Email: contact@rehabmma.com 
Phone: (703) 289-0386
https://www.facebook.com/mmaandsportsrehab/
https://www.instagram.com/msrphysicaltherapy/

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Are you interested about a career that is high in demand, low in investment with respect to time and cost, and has a great earning potential.  Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, to discuss the career of an Aviation Technician, I am joined by the President of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM), Dr. Joel English, who manages 15 AIM campuses across the United States, and Dominic Cummings, an Aviation Technician who won the 2023 Person of the Year Award from the Virginia Department of Aviation. 

In this episode, we will discuss Dr. English's journey which went from being a professor to becoming the president of an Aviation institute, and Dominic's journey that began as a veteran all the way to winning the Aviation award for the state of Virginia. Dr. English and Dominic both found that if more people knew of this career, they would consider it given the perks, life style, ease of entry and great earning potential.  

More details regarding this episode and the career of an Aviation Technician are at https://mycareershop.com (Under Construction) 

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Are you interested in joining the number 1 ranked profession in the United States? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Dorothy Murphy who is an Educational Leader and a Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in this field. Dr. Murphy has over 13 years of experience in higher education, serving as a Professor and Program Director, Administrative Dean for Online Nursing Education, and Associate Dean of Nursing where she established residential and online Doctor of Nursing Practice and Nurse Practitioner Programs, designed the Nurse Practitioner curriculum and practicum infrastructure and launched an innovative Nurse Practitioner Skills & Simulation lab at one of the largest and successful Schools of Nursing in the U.S. Dr. Murphy is passionate about improving the health of individuals and populations and developing professional nurses who embrace nursing as a ministry of caring and service. 

In this episode, we will discuss Dr. Murphy’s journey from becoming a Nurse Practitioner to going into leadership roles where she now focuses on the next generation of nurse practitioners. Additionally, she shared with us in great detail how to become a nurse practitioner, the advantages and disadvantages of the various routes, including the masters vs doctoral route, stress and work life balance in this profession, types of characteristics you need to succeed as a nurse practitioner, how to choose a program that will help you land a job and much more.
 
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Do you want to become a nurse? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Shanna Akers who is an Educational Leader and a Registered Nurse with over 27 years of nursing leadership experience. As a former critical care (cardiac ICU and trauma ICU) nurse who served as the Director of the Cardiovascular Service Line of a two-hospital system and a Professor of Nursing and Nursing School Dean, Dr. Akers seeks to support the authority in creating a robust, diverse health care workforce for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Currently serving as the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs for Covenant Journey Academy, Dr. Akers has over 14 years’ experience in higher education serving as an institutional Administrative Dean for Undergraduate Programs and as Dean and Professor for one the largest Schools of Nursing in the nation, where she taught across all program levels, including course like leadership, ethics and policy, nursing education, and programmatic assessment.

 In this episode, we will discuss Dr. Akers’ journey from high school to becoming a Nurse to going into leadership roles where she focuses on the next generation of nurses. Additionally, she shared with us in great detail how to become a nurse, the advantages and disadvantages of the various routes, stress and work life balance in the nursing profession, types of characteristics you need to succeed as a nurse, the pros and cons about the profession, tips to help you succeed on the NCLEX, in the nursing profession and much more.
 
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Do you love golf? Are you good at golf? Do you love teaching others? Well you may want to check out the career of a PGA Golf Coach? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Mike Vechery, a Senior Golf Pro, PGA Associate, and owner of Mike V Golf. In this episode, we will discuss how Mike became a PGA Golf Coach, the steps to becoming a Golf Coach, the Playing Ability Test, what Golf Coaches actually do on a day-to-day basis, the perks to being a PGA member, type of characteristics that you need to succeed as a Golf Coach, why some coaches fail, pros and cons about the profession, and tips to help you succeed and much more. Outside of that, I also got to speak to Mike about the commitment required to become an elite scratch golfer, and what it takes for someone young to become a pro and go on the tour. 

More details regarding this episode and the career of a PGA Golf Coach at https://mycareershop.com (Under Construction)

Guest: Mike Vechery
Instagram: @mike_v_golf
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeVGolf/
Phone Number: 301-642-4430 
Email: mvechery@aol.com

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Do you love physics, possess critical reasoning, and want to solve problems? Well you may want to check out the career of a research engineer? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Nathan Tsou, a research engineer who works with the J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Laboratory at the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (U.S. Department of Transportation).  In this episode, we will discuss Nathan's journey from being inspired in high school to working with the U.S. DOT, the prerequisites to becoming a research engineer, importance of getting an internship and advanced degrees (Masters and PhD), types of engineers, the various tasks a research engineer performs, stress in their life, type of characteristics that help a research engineer flourish, why some research engineers fail, pros and cons about the profession, engineering judgement, and tips to help you succeed and much more.

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Guest: Nathan Tsou
Instagram: @madognate
Email: nathantsou@gmail.com

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Do you want to become a lawyer? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Sumaira Shaikh, a seasoned banking attorney licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C., New York, Massachusetts and Ontario, Canada.  In this episode, we will discuss Sumaira's journey from high school to working at an AM Law 100 firm, her diverse experience as a litigator and in the transactional world, prerequisites to becoming a lawyer, stress and work life balance in the legal profession, type of characteristics you need to succeed as a lawyer, pros and cons about the profession, tips to help you succeed and much more.

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Guest: Sumaira Shaikh

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Do you want to become a Real Estate Agent? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Anthony Howard, a Real Estate Agent licensed in the states of Virginia (VA), District of Columbia (DC), Pennsylvania (PA) and Maryland (MD). In a career where most agents don't survive past one year, Anthony has found success selling homes for over seven years and in this episode, we will discuss how to become a Real Estate Agent, their day to day activities, how they earn money and how much, the type of characteristics you need to succeed, challenges, career advice and a lot more.

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Guest: Anthony Howard
Instagram: @theanthonyhoward
Email: anthony@ahowardrealestate.com

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Do you want to become an accountant? Today on the My Career Shop Podcast, I am joined by Ankur Chawla, an Accountant who worked with multiple accounting firms and upon obtaining over a decade of experience, built his own firm. Ankur has a diverse practice with experience in the audit, tax, compliance and advisory fields. In this episode, we will discuss his journey from a high school student to building a successful accounting practice, life at a firm, how to become an accountant in the province of Ontario, the life of an accountant during different phases of the profession, the amount of stress and work life balance in the accounting profession, the type of characteristics you need to succeed as an Accountant, pros and cons about the profession and much more.

Guest Information
Ankur Chawla
AC & Partners
https://www.acandpartners.ca

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