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The first few months in your new job presents you with an opportunity to make a great first impression. When you start a new job, it's normal to feel a mix of excitement and anxiety regardless of your level of experience. So how do you set yourself up for success and make a great impression? In this week’s episode, Sarah and Emma talk about the things you can do to make sure you have an incredible...

If you’ve listened to our salary negotiation episodes, you know you need to have a number ready when a recruiter asks you for your salary expectations. But how do you avoid lowballing yourself, or pricing yourself out of the job? In this week’s episode, Sarah and Emma talk about all the techniques you can use to research the salary bracket for a role so you can be confident in asserting your worth...

You researched and prepped for the interview, it all went well (you thought), but now you haven’t heard back! You’re nervous, can’t stop thinking about the role, and you want to find out what’s going on - what do you do? In this week’s episode, Sarah and Emma talk about following up post interview - how do you know when it’s too soon to chase the company, and what do you say if you do? We also tou...

You guys LOVED our episode where we deconstructed job interview answers, so we’ve brought it back… but with a twist! Because we can’t keep talking about Emma’s real experience, we’re going to give her a fake career background. In this week’s episode, Sarah and Emma role play a job interview for an account manager role in a tech company. You’ll get to hear what works well in the answers, how to str...

When you’re applying for jobs, and in multiple recruitment processes, it can be really hard to compare the jobs to work out which is right for you. One job might have a higher salary, another might have a better boss but a longer commute… In this week’s episode, Emma and Sarah consult the research to ask - what factors influence how satisfied you are with your job, and your overall happiness. We g...

Job hunting is a little bit like dating… it’s JUST as much about you finding the right fit as it is for them! And just like dating, throughout the recruitment process you get an insight into what the relationship could be like long term. In this week’s episode, Emma and Sarah talk through 16 red flags to keep an eye out for that could mean the job isn’t right for you. Listen to this before your ne...

What do the New York Times, Forbes and Fast Company have in common? They’re guilty of perpetuating the total MYTH that there are ‘robots’ out there that you need to beat in order to get your resume seen by a human. This week Sarah talks to Martin Herbst - CEO of JobAdder, a global recruitment platform. We talk all things recruitment systems, and share what JobAdder DOES do in the recruitment proce...

If you’ve decided you’re going to be applying for jobs in 2022, you’re going to have to update your resume. It sucks, and it’s the kind of task that tends to sit on your to-do list NOT getting done. In this week’s episode Sarah and Emma have broken down the resume update process into 5 easy steps, so that by doing on step each day you can have a fully up to date amazing resume ready to go in a wee...

To stand out in our career we want to be referrable, promotable and stand-out high performers. A lot of employers would call that having an ‘X factor’. But what is an ‘X factor’ - and how do you find and create yours? In this week’s episode Sarah and Emma welcome back Sean Hall - CEO and Founder of EnergX. We talk about: the four skills Sean thinks you should work on to be a standout candidate Sea...

You’ve seen the articles, you’ve heard the headlines - there’s a culture shift afoot we’re calling the ‘Great Resignation’. But what is it, and more importantly - how can you take advantage of it during your job search? In this week’s episode Sarah and Emma go through the ways you can take advantage of this shif in priorities whether you’d like to stay in your current company, or if you’re looking...

When Sean was Head of Brand Strategy for an $8bn company, he found himself in the accessories section of a department store in the city with NO IDEA how he got there. This was Sean’s first encounter with burnout, and what started him on the journey to found EnergX. In this week’s episode Emma and Sarah talk to Sean about how to tell if you’re headed for burnout (or already there) and what you can...

If you don’t own and curate your personal brand, you’ll leave space for other people to fill in the gaps and make up their own assumptions about you - says PR agency founder Amanda Williams. In this week’s episode Emma and Sarah talk to Amanda Williams, personal branding expert, founder and director of Yellowpanda Agency. We talk about why Australians particularly struggle with personal branding,...

This week Sarah chats to a special guest Andrew Dewez, Co-Founder of what has been called ‘TikTok’ for resumes’ - Zapid Hire. He’s here to talk to us about video cvs, and how they can allow people to be hired purely based on their personality and passion and leave the paper behind. 🏀 Shoot Your Shot - shoutout to Scout who messaged us from the US to request an episode about thank you notes after...

In our Career Stories, we interview people from all walks of life about how they ended up where they are today and what the road was like to get there. In this episode we meet Chloe - a 25 year old who has just started her dream apprenticeship in painting. We talk through how Chloe made her way through a few different career paths, not quite sure what she wanted to do. We talk about all being a wo...

Young people have been disproportionately affected by unemployment across the globe due to the pandemic. This week we chat to Karen Graham from Talent RISE, a charity committed to changing the lives of young people who have experienced barriers to employment. We talk about the challenges young people face when starting out their careers, why talent short STEM & Tech industries represent huge o...

In our Career Stories, we interview people from all walks of life about how they ended up where they are today and what the road was like to get there. In this episode we meet Chris Vitucci - a Qualified Physiotherapist. We talk through how Chris always knew what he wanted to do, and how he made sure to end up where he wanted to be. We talk about all his favourite (and not so favourite) parts of h...

You’ve told your boss you’re leaving, and you’ve given your notice. Then you get an invite to meet with HR for an exit interview. WHAT IS HAPPENING?! We talk through what to expect in an exit interview, why we even do them (and sometimes don’t) and how you should approach it in the best way possible. 🏀 Shoot Your Shot - goes to our very own EMMA who landed her DREAM JOB in radio. Round of applaus...

If you’ve been offered the role (WOOHOO) and now you’re waiting on your contract and paperwork then THIS is the episode you need to listen to. We talk you through why your contract might take a couple of days and all the clauses to look for when you’re reading it (thoroughly of course). Our Gen Z expert Emma even gives us a great hack for getting all your paperwork sent back quickly without needi...

It’s SUCH a common question - “So.. why do you want to work for us?” and it’s hard to know sometimes what you’re meant to say. Do you lie and pretend it’s always been your dream to work at the company you literally only heard of a week ago? In this week’s episode we break down what an interviewer is looking for when they ask this question, and give you some things to think about so you can craft y...

You’ve seen the LinkedIn posts showing pictures of icebergs, and seen people write things like “Most jobs getting filled these days aren’t even advertised”, and you start to worry - is there a huge secret world of incredible jobs out there that I’m missing out on? The short answer? NO!! The myth of 70% or more of jobs not being advertised is completely untrue according to every decent recruiter yo...

Sometimes despite all your best preparation, a question in an interview catches you off guard, and your mind… goes… completely… blank. Don’t panic, there are things you can do to recover! In this episode we go through how you can prepare to avoid going blank, but also what to do and say if it actually happens to give yourself the BEST chance of calming your mind and being able to get out a great a...

Finding your feet in a new job always takes some adjusting, but what if you’re doing it COMPLETELY remote? With flexible and remote working becoming more common, you might find yourself learning a new role from the comfort of your own home. In this episode we talk about some of the challenges you might face learning the ropes via a computer screen, and give you plenty of tips and ideas to help you...

You’ve done all the hard work landing the interview, and you’ve prepared just like we told you to.. and then it comes time to put it all together! Constructing your interview answers on the fly in response to the questions you get asked is NOT easy, but there are lots of strategies you can use to make it smoother. In this episode we run a mock interview where Emma uses her REAL experience to answe...

It’s the ULTIMATE catch 22 of the job world - you need a job to get experience, but every job needs you to have previous experience! So how do you actually get to the first step on the career ladder?! In this episode we go through ways you can get that all important experience if you don’t have any in the industry you’re looking to work in, or ways to get hired WITHOUT the experience. 🏀 Shoot You...

In the world of career advice, there are a LOT of crazy tips and tricks out there, but do they work? We turn to the psychology journals to bring you ACTUAL peer reviewed research that you can apply to your job search. We talk about the surprising effect clothes can have on your performance, a quick way to make yourself more persuasive, and some smiling and adjective traps to look out for. 🏀 Shoot...