The Careers Podcast

The property shows are all over tv and streaming channels - are you giving any thought to working in this busy and fast moving sector? Alex Tan, Regional Sales Director for Andrews Estate Agents is across so many parts of the business and a whirlwind of collaboration, ideas and mentoring. If you want to know what it's like getting into property, then this is the one to listen to. She's als...

Julia Gibbs checks other people's work. It started out when she came to be known as reliable and thorough for checking written work before it left a practice of Architects. This love of words and unrelenting attention to detail when it came to grammar and punctuation made her the perfect candidate to do what she does now. Proofreading. Working in harmony with authors and publishers, Julia is r...

James Lungley is an audiologist in private practice and began his career in the NHS. He talks about what you can expect to be the differences between the two sectors and what it's like to help someone with a hearing or balance condition. Make no mistake, there are so many opportunities in audiology to bring about life enhancing outcomes. Maybe this is something you've never considered befo...

She has an innate drive to make sure young people are as well prepared for their chosen careers as they can be. Silje Howes of LMI UK is a great authority on any number of skills, attributes and best practice around us being the best version of ourselves. She's also a fantastic trainer, facilitator and mentor. Self awareness, how we view and use time and moving out of our comfort zone will be...

Is there anything more important than the decarbonisation of the energy sector? It's National Careers Week and tapping into your passions and beliefs is what it and this podcast is all about. Hannah works for the Royal Meteorological Society and Amelia's role is with Aurora Energy Research. They both make some fascinating and educational points about how you get into this sector and how bo...

They're a fantastic company in the North East of England. Clive Owen LLP are chartered accountants and business advisers and you can hear huge amounts of their careers wisdom on this episode that ties in with National Careers Week 2024. Joe Vera-Sanso loves to be client focused and really enjoys grant work and finding the narrative of a business through its numbers. Let him tell you his career...

Incredibly knowledgable and with a great depth of experience, Bernie gives us the benefit of his insight into careers, the circumstances around our motivations and the choices we're faced with. Calling on his book The Ladder, there's top advice at every turn and stuff that not only works for young people, but parents too.

Will Bagley is the Human Resources & Colleague Support Director for Richer Sounds, a High Street retailer with great ethics, vision and transparency amongst staff and customers. LIsten in on Will's career story and some of the key attributes he recognises as being intrinsic to their line of business. Selling great home cinema and audio products means it's easy to be enthusiastic about...

It's just been the 2nd ever Green Careers Week and the Careers Podcast really wants to get under the skin of this fantastic event. Nick Newman is on to talk about what it's achieved in schools in the UK and around the world and you'll also start to get a sense of where GCW could go in the future. As ever, Nick Howes is on hand to do further into this growing sector and give you a clear...

Nicky Sinker works for Auditel. She'd worked in banking and law, but felt these roles weren't meeting with her sense of purpose. Now Nicky works with other companies and agencies to reduce their carbon emissions and costs at the same time. Hear her talk with passion about the way her organisation brings carbon solutions to the table - this is a master class in procurement and helping to sa...

Beam Development is the company formed by Dan Grimshaw. With a wide range of specialisms, Dan and his team are at the vanguard of great design in house building. Listen to Dan tell his career story, his thoughts and opinions on failure and hard work and what the opportunities are for a role like his. Want to work in this sector? Start with this podcast.

Tom Kivits-Murray works somewhere that's at the vanguard of virtual reality, augmented reality, visualisations and related fields. Managing partner relations for Unity Technologies he's highly experienced in this tech and creativity led sector and is here to walk you through his career path. From drama graduate to architectural fly throughs to VR for a castle that long disappeared from the...

Encouraged by his parents to study for a joint honours degree, Richard Howe loved maps and could count geography as one of his strong subjects. Here, he picks over the kind of approach and attitude that really enhances your experience in higher education and guides you through his careers story. Just what is a geographic information system and how can it show real world phenomena that will benefit...

He directed Rowan Atkinson in both Johnny English Strikes Again and Man Vs Bee on Netflix and amongst other accolades has a BAFTA to his name for directing That Mitchell and Webb Look. In a conversation suffused with his love of comedy, David Kerr runs the rule over the work of a director and imparts some standout advice for anyone considering this role. Nick Howes from LMI UK highlights the quali...

Tom Palmer is a highly respected and acclaimed author of ( primarily ) children's books. To date he's written 57 titles and that includes 6 award winning historical titles and 3 Puffin football series. Listen as Tom lays out the steps he took to achieve his ambition. If you aspire to be a writer, this is the episode for you.

How do you make a career from composing music that's used on tv shows, promo trails for Netflix and radio documentaries? A great start would be to listen to this conversation with Colin McGinness. That's exactly what he does for a living. There's some incredibly valuable pointers about software that give you the best samples and sounds and explanations about the smartest way to hone yo...

Where you would you place qualities like communication, confidence and organisation if YOU were compiling a list of desirable or essential soft skills ( also known as power skills ) ? One of the job search engines has published a top 20 soft skills chart of 2023 and it's thanks to careers consulting specialist Janet Colledge that this was brought to our attention. We're happy to say that J...

Dr Ben Miles of Spin Up Science joins us to chat about the vital skills and attitudes needed for a career in science.  As Ben says on their website : Across the UK, there is a high attrition rate of scientists and engineers leaving their field leading to a shortage in the high tech labour force. A publication by the Royal Society estimates that 53% of postgraduate researchers completing a PhD...

Imogen hasn't yet taken her A Levels, yet already she's been to a prestigious healthtech event at Google HQ in the UK and hosts her own podcast Medisynergy. Guests from hugely varied and fascinating branches of the medical profession are helping not only Imogen, but her listeners find the most effective way into this highly competitive field and along the way discover the right med school. Imogen...

If you're finding that your dreams and ambitions always seem out of reach, chaotic and unstructured then this episode is going to be hugely useful. One of the foundations of LMI UK is a belief in regular goal setting. Vital to the Making of a Champion programme , it recognises that success is not the result of luck or random chance. Success never just “happens” to the fortunate few. Instead, achie...

So many jobs, so many great careers. We've been able to have some really open and fascinating careers conversations with some exceptional people working in a whole host of interesting sectors. Directing in musical theatre, interior design, police, photography and stacks more. Listen through and share in some of the many high spots we've managed to capture through our 2022 examination of careers.

Nichola Haysey is an experienced and highly talented interior designer with an established business of her own . She brings some really useful pointers and wisdom to this careers conversation, as we discuss what it takes to do her job.  There's a look at the kinds of qualifications that are available, what's expected of you when you study for them and how best to approach the brief stage and...

It's the first one ever. Green Careers Week runs 7th - 12th November and is yet another powerhouse of an idea from Nick Newman and the team responsible for the well established National Careers Week. With so many hugely rewarding and innovative careers emerging in the areas of sustainability, renewables and tech that will help to protect out planet, it's a week vital to bringing about further awar...

A flavour of what's to come really soon....

Russell Whitehead is a professional wedding photographer  who speaks so fluently and keenly about his artistry. If you need to get a sense of how to approach this discipline with a view to taking it up as a career, this is a great conversation to be across. Hear about the adjustments he made to his approach, the effect being in those new situations had on him and the emotional connection that...