Episode 29: Job Search SOS. Ask the experts Q&A session with Lucy Cairncross - Nov 2024
11/19/24 • 62 min
Lucy Cairncross is the MD of VMA GROUP, the specialist marketing and communications recruitment and executive search firm.
In this special episode of the podcast, I'm bringing you a recording of a Q&A session Lucy and I hosted for our communities of communications professionals, frustrated by the state of the job market and the horrendous application process.
We answered a multitude of questions, including:
📣 Should I be honest with a recruiter about my toxic boss?
📣 How do tap into the 'hidden' job market?
📣 Is gendered ageism real?
📣 What should I include in my cover letter?
📣 How do I answer questions about my salary when I don't know what salary is on offer?
And many more.
If you'd like to find out more about my LinkedIn Unlocked online course, to help you get noticed and get hired via LinkedIn, here's the link. You can get 20% off the cost of LinkedIn Unlocked until 21 November 2024 using the promo code FRIEND20 at the checkout.
Thank you to those who attended for your courage in sharing your challenges. Job searching is brutal and can feel lonely - but you're absolutely not alone in this.
We're thinking of making this a regular thing. If you would like to be invited to the next one, DM me on LinkedIn and I'll add you to the list.
You can find me here:
Website
LinkedIn
All resources
Lucy Cairncross is the MD of VMA GROUP, the specialist marketing and communications recruitment and executive search firm.
In this special episode of the podcast, I'm bringing you a recording of a Q&A session Lucy and I hosted for our communities of communications professionals, frustrated by the state of the job market and the horrendous application process.
We answered a multitude of questions, including:
📣 Should I be honest with a recruiter about my toxic boss?
📣 How do tap into the 'hidden' job market?
📣 Is gendered ageism real?
📣 What should I include in my cover letter?
📣 How do I answer questions about my salary when I don't know what salary is on offer?
And many more.
If you'd like to find out more about my LinkedIn Unlocked online course, to help you get noticed and get hired via LinkedIn, here's the link. You can get 20% off the cost of LinkedIn Unlocked until 21 November 2024 using the promo code FRIEND20 at the checkout.
Thank you to those who attended for your courage in sharing your challenges. Job searching is brutal and can feel lonely - but you're absolutely not alone in this.
We're thinking of making this a regular thing. If you would like to be invited to the next one, DM me on LinkedIn and I'll add you to the list.
You can find me here:
Website
LinkedIn
All resources
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Episode 28: Louisa Houghton. Nailing a career-long mission to achieve work/life balance
Louisa Houghton is Head of Communications at VMO2 Business. She is a storyteller and writer at her core. And having worked in the fast-paced world of telecoms for most of her career, she has experienced the speed of change from the inside.
In this episode, we talk about how her mission to achieve harmony between her work life and busy home life, has informed her career decisions.
And also:
📣 The experience of working with people who behave completely differently to you
📣 Knowing when to talk away from a job that isn't working
📣 How it feels to go 'around the world in a week'
📣 A retro idea for internal communications pros
You can find me here:
Website
LinkedIn
All resources
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Episode 30: Nessa O'Gorman. Creating new career opportunities from burnout
Nessa O'Gorman is a global product and marketing strategist who has had several career pivots. From an early career as an interpreter, she moved into marketing and product development, launching Expedia's first loyalty programme across 14 countries. And now Nessa has a new passion - wellbeing as the foundation of sustainable performance in work and in life.
In this episode we talk about:
📣 How to bounce back from burnout
📣 The foundations for a healthy and fulfilling life
📣 Information overload and the trend towards personalisation in marketing
📣 A shocking personal story about the danger of business travel in Russia.
You can find me here:
Website
LinkedIn
All resources
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