Episode 31: Job Search SOS. Ask the experts Q&A session with Lucy Cairncross, Jan 2025
01/24/25 • 55 min
This week I’m bringing you another Job Search SOS episode, a recording of a Q&A webinar I ran in mid January 2025, with Lucy Cairncross. the MD of VMA Group, the recruitment specialist for communications, marketing, digital and change roles.
We answered questions from the communications community, and provided an update on the state of the job market.
Topics included:
📣 How to talk about a long gap in your CV
📣 Whether to talk about your current salary during the interview process
📣 How to negotiate when you don't know what package is on the table
📣 A proactive strategy to your job search
📣 Using LinkedIn intentionally
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. Listen to the episode for your 20% discount code to buy LinkedIn Unlocked for less than £80.
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 will continue to run these sessions if there's an appetite for them. Please send me a DM on LinkedIn to ask your questions, or to join the waiting list for the next webinar.
You can find me here:
Website
LinkedIn
All resources
This week I’m bringing you another Job Search SOS episode, a recording of a Q&A webinar I ran in mid January 2025, with Lucy Cairncross. the MD of VMA Group, the recruitment specialist for communications, marketing, digital and change roles.
We answered questions from the communications community, and provided an update on the state of the job market.
Topics included:
📣 How to talk about a long gap in your CV
📣 Whether to talk about your current salary during the interview process
📣 How to negotiate when you don't know what package is on the table
📣 A proactive strategy to your job search
📣 Using LinkedIn intentionally
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. Listen to the episode for your 20% discount code to buy LinkedIn Unlocked for less than £80.
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 will continue to run these sessions if there's an appetite for them. Please send me a DM on LinkedIn to ask your questions, or to join the waiting list for the next webinar.
You can find me here:
Website
LinkedIn
All resources
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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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