The Chosen Career Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-chosen-career Choosing your profession is a big decision. We're here to help. The Chosen Career is a four part series, created and produced by Avi Benarroch, a student at Touro’s Lander College for Men. The series provides insights into popular careers, such as accounting, medicine and psychology, and includes interesting paths you may not have considered before, such as industrial-organizational psychology. Through interviews with executives, industry professionals, educational leaders as well as recent grads in the trenches at top professional schools, you'll hear about the many opportunities available in a variety of fields and what it takes to succeed. The series also gets personal, discussing how to stay true to our Jewish values as we navigate workplace culture and how to balance demanding careers with family life, religion and Torah study, and other obligations. Touro db197e8a-4da3-552a-949f-cb558ecdc7e7 no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:35:04 -0400 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:38:07 -0500 https://img.transistor.fm/K1umpFuQz-oLX1eDNDsnZw02znEGqSseL8wu3E7bJ5o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3Nzc1LzE2NDMw/Nzc2ODktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg The Chosen Career episodic Touro University Choosing your profession is a big decision. We're here to help. The Chosen Career is a four part series, created and produced by Avi Benarroch, a student at Touro’s Lander College for Men. The series provides insights into popular careers, such as accounting, medicine and psychology, and includes interesting paths you may not have considered before, such as industrial-organizational psychology. Through interviews with executives, industry professionals, educational leaders as well as recent grads in the trenches at top professional schools, you'll hear about the many opportunities available in a variety of fields and what it takes to succeed. The series also gets personal, discussing how to stay true to our Jewish values as we navigate workplace culture and how to balance demanding careers with family life, religion and Torah study, and other obligations. Choosing your profession is a big decision. Jewish, careers, work life balance Touro College No No Naim Kaplan: Finding Success in Accounting and Using it as a Springboard for a Career in Finance 4 4 Naim Kaplan: Finding Success in Accounting and Using it as a Springboard for a Career in Finance full d71f098c-2f37-420b-a093-f3b01d40075f https://share.transistor.fm/s/43eacbd0 Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:43:22 -0400 Touro University Touro University 2628 In this episode of The Chosen Career, we hear from Naim Kaplan, an accounting major at Lander College who started out at KPMG and is now working in equity research at Deutsche Bank. In this episode of The Chosen Career, we hear from Naim Kaplan, an accounting major at Lander College who started out at KPMG and is now working in equity research at Deutsche Bank. Jewish, careers, work life balance No Ethan Razi: What it Takes to Become a Dentist and Find your Life Balance 3 3 Ethan Razi: What it Takes to Become a Dentist and Find your Life Balance full 6f1f7844-fa1d-4403-8242-d82109197f9b https://share.transistor.fm/s/df3d72a9 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:39:14 -0400 Touro University Touro University 2727 In this episode of The Chosen Career, we speak to Ethan Razi, a graduate of Lander College who is now in his 3rd year at SUNY Stonybrook Dental School. Ethan shares why and how he chose dentistry, the differences between medical and dental tracks in school as well as how he balances dental school, studying for semicha and being a husband and father of two. In this episode of The Chosen Career, we speak to Ethan Razi, a graduate of Lander College who is now in his 3rd year at SUNY Stonybrook Dental School. Ethan shares why and how he chose dentistry, the differences between medical and dental tracks in schoo Jewish, careers, work life balance No Dean Moshe Sokol: 4 Steps to Choosing the Career that’s Right For You 2 2 Dean Moshe Sokol: 4 Steps to Choosing the Career that’s Right For You full 5e3106ae-d36e-4c91-a672-310b3b091379 https://share.transistor.fm/s/095c0dac Dean Sokol, who  holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and received semicha from the Israel Torah Research Institute (ITRI), shares four key factors that play a role in the decision-making process when it comes to choosing careers. He offers both theoretical and practical considerations and explains how the ultimate decision should be a mix of the two. He shares his personal experience of starting down a career path that ultimately was not for him, what he learned from that and  offers some very practical steps college students can take to assess if a career path is right for them.

 

Dr. Sokol urges young people to be honest with themselves about their core values, what they truly need to be comfortable in life and when it’s worth compromising.

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Dr. Sokol urges young people to be honest with themselves about their core values, what they truly need to be comfortable in life and when it’s worth compromising.

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:34:18 -0400 Touro University Touro University 1177 Everyone wants to learn the secrets of choosing a career path that is a true fit. In this episode of the Chosen Career, we speak to Dr. Moshe Sokol, founding dean of Touro’s Lander College for Men who has counseled hundreds of students on this very issue over the last 15 years. Everyone wants to learn the secrets of choosing a career path that is a true fit. In this episode of the Chosen Career, we speak to Dr. Moshe Sokol, founding dean of Touro’s Lander College for Men who has counseled hundreds of students on this very issue Jewish, careers, work life balance No Ben Simon: If You’re thinking about Industrial Psychology 1 1 Ben Simon: If You’re thinking about Industrial Psychology full b7be263f-cbde-4ce1-830c-51e98cee4032 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d2626a52 Ben shares how his interest in the field was sparked, what it takes to get ahead and what a day in the life of an IO professional is like. He also shares how he successfully navigates workplace challenges as a frum Jew and gives an overview of the variety of career paths psychology majors can choose. 

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]]> Tue, 24 May 2022 09:46:36 -0400 Touro University Touro University 2419 In this episode of the Chosen Career, we talk to Ben Simon, an industrial organizational psychologist who works in Client Success at a company called Pymetrics. What’s industrial organizational psychology, you ask? Listen up and Ben will share all about this interesting career that merges business and psychology. In this episode of the Chosen Career, we talk to Ben Simon, an industrial organizational psychologist who works in Client Success at a company called Pymetrics. What’s industrial organizational psychology, you ask? Listen up and Ben will share all about Jewish, careers, work life balance No