97: How to Make a Change and Make a Difference with Rhian Sherrington
Break it Down Climate change can seem overwhelming but one of the big changes you can make is in your career. This month’s podcast with Rhian Sherrington explores how you can move into a career in sustainability even if your skills are not technical or science based. Whatever your specialist area, you can make a difference. Rhian is a successful author and career coach currently working with the women in sustainability network but more about that later. To start, Rhian has some ideas…
96: How to Have a Happy Hustle with Bec Evans
This month’s podcast is an interview with Bec Evans, author of the new book, How to Have a Happy Hustle: The Complete Guide to Making Your Ideas Happen. It’s very much drawn from her own experience of turning her own side hustle into a successful business. I think you’ll love it as much as I did. One thing I took from our conversation is that the opportunity to start something new is available to everyone, though people don’t always realise it. Bec shares lots of stories from people…
95: How to Be an Entrepreneur - Right Now!
What does it take to start your own growing business, write a series of successful books, be named in Forbes 30 Under-30 Social Entrepreneurs and an international power lifter on the GB team? Jodie Cook does it all and she shared with me how she’s achieved so much in this month’s podcast. When is the Right Time? Social Media expert, Jodie Cook, didn’t plan to start her own business after leaving university but she followed her love for social media and that's where it led. She was working…
94: How Eating the Right Foods Makes You More Productive with Graham Allcott
I spoke with author Graham Allcott about his latest book, Work Fuel: The Productivity Ninja Guide to Nutrition, which he’s co-authored with nutrition expert, Colette Heneghan. It’s not the usual “foodie” or recipe book. Instead, it’s about getting the most energy from your food, whether you’re vegetarian, vegan or omnivore, so you can use that energy to be more productive. Life-changing, right? Don’t worry, you don’t have to make too many changes all at once. Here’s how you can start:…
93: How To Get an Informational Interview - with Matthew Du Pont
This month’s podcast is with Matthew Du Pont, author of How to Get First-Round Interviews at Tech Companies, The Unusually Difficult Guide. Most people have an idea about interviewing for a specific job but I spoke with Matt about informational interviews, which are different. Informational interviews serve the dual purpose of helping you learn about a potential career while establishing connections within that particular industry. Often, people don’t know where to start the…
92: How Do I Move from Employee to Entrepreneur? with Steve Glaveski
I spoke with Steve Glaveski, Author and CEO, about being an entrepreneur; something in which it’s safe to say he’s an expert. He made the leap from a comfortable, corporate environment to a start-up of his own about seven years ago and he has no regrets.Lots of people dreaming of doing the same have asked Steve how it’s done, which inspired him to write his book, Employee to Entrepreneur, available now. If you’ve thought about a start-up of your own, this could be your manual of how to…
91: How I travel the world looking after pets and retrained to be a Social Media Manager later in life with Angela Laws
In this podcast episode, I spoke with Angela Laws, Social Media Manager for Trusted Housesitters Ltd., a company based in Brighton but connected to pet lovers all around the world. Angela has been with Trusted Housesitters since it started 8 years ago with just three people. Now they’re employing 58 and Angela assures me that hers is the best job in the world. As Social Media Manager, a key part of her job is managing Trusted’s community of pet lovers, which she describes as a special…
90: What's it really like to be a coder, Careers in Software Development
https://youtu.be/l62-FZS5lGA What do you know about careers in coding? I sat down with three people working in the field (You can find out more about them in the notes below) who shared their experiences and top tips for becoming a coder. 1. What skills or attributes make a good coder? You might be surprised to learn what skills you DON’T need to be a coder: you don’t need to be good at maths or science. As long as you’re determined to learn coding that's enough to get you going. You DO…
Thinking about a career in coding? What is it REALLY like?
Join us for a free webinar on Thursday 22nd Nov at 12.50 – 1.10pm , where a panel of coders will be interviewed about what it is like to be a coder, what skills and attributes it is useful to have and what they like and don’t like about being a coder! Perfect for young people and their parents. If you register, you can ask questions live and you will be emailed when the recording is posted on YouTube. For more details and to register go to…
89: How to use LinkedIn effectively to job search plus new features you need to be aware of with Mark Williams
This episode's guest, Mark Williams, is known as “Mr LinkedIn” because he’s an expert on how to get the most from the platform. Whether you are promoting your business or seeking a change in career, Mark knows what you should be doing and what you should never do in order to make the most of what LinkedIn has to offer.In this episode he shares with me a few of his hints and tips on using LinkedIn in a job search. Common mistakes First off, we talked about some of the mistakes Mark sees…