In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (3:10): Vince and Mark just chit-chat and discuss a range of topics about colleges and college admissions-Part 1 of 2 (Length 30 minutes)

This week’s interview (33:07): Interview: Mark interviews Jin Chow, the Founder of Polygence, but now they have a new exciting service called, “Work Lab’. Jin explains to us how Work Lab helps students – Preview of Part 2

• Jin, shares what are the things that you observe about a student and you say, this is just not going to work
• Jin, shares the things that she has learned so far about Work Labs
• Jin, shares what her vision is for what Work Lab can grow into, and Friends, Jin has a big vision
• Jin talks about the age limits of the work lab participants
• Jin, talks about the value of working with a founder or an entrepreneur
• Jin, talks about the cost to participate in Work Lab
• Jin shares some trends she is noticing that employers are looking for when it comes to the soft skills
• Jin, shares one thing that parents and counselors need to think about before they sign up for a Work Lab opportunity
• Jin shares one other thing that it takes to be successful at Work Lab that students can start working on right now
• Jin shares the next step
• Friends, please reach out to Jin at Jin@polygence.org, that’s jin@polygence.org if you either enjoyed this interview and you want to let Jin know, and you want to say thank you, or if you have additional questions for her
• Friends, we close by hearing from a student I know who participated in Work Lab (Length 27 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : Guide to help first year students complete the Common Application- Application guide for first-year students

College Spotlight (1:00:37): College Spotlight-Mark interviews Daniel Lachance, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology and Daniel talks about how internships, certificates and college clubs set him up for success at getting hired by Microsoft. Part 1 of 2 – Preview of Part 2

• Dan shares some other colleges who he feels have very good cybersecurity programs
• Dan shares what are the ways in which a good college cybersecurity club helps you
• Dan gives our listeners 4 things to look for to know if a cybersecurity club is a strong club that can set you up for success
• Dan shares some great questions to ask the club contact to learn more about the strength of the club
• Dan tells us whether the cybersecurity graduates are getting jobs in cybersecurity
• Dan shares some wisdom for our listeners
• Dan gives our students advice for how to maximize LinkedIn

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