Ep 5 - That freelancer mortgage chat with Adrian van Cooten

06/15/22 • 69 min

The self-employed are not the most desirable bunch to a mortgage lender, even though we can potentially earn more than those in perm positions. So how do we look more attractive to get the mortgage we want, for the dream home we desire? In this episode we chat to fellow freelancer and home buyer Adrian van Cooten, Lead Product Designer. Adrian’s been freelancing for over 8 years and just recently purchased his second property. We discuss how he did it alone the first time round, what he has learned along the way and some insightful tips and tricks to getting your way with the market. As both of us venture through this house buying process, we learned so much from this chat. We hope you do too. It’s time we freelancers stick together and share the stories, because it can be done.

Here is a link to one of the disruptor mortgage advisors Adrian mentioned in the chat.

Habito - www.habito.com

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Here is a link to one of the disruptor mortgage advisors Adrian mentioned in the chat.

Habito - www.habito.com

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Ep 4 - Hard conversations: Bullying with Sue Higgs

In this episode on hard conversations we cover the topic of bullying in the workplace. Often a subject shrugged to the side, especially when it involves someone senior to you or you are part of the minority in the workplace. Inspiring us and sharing her deep and personal story, we sat down with Sue Higgs, joint Chief ECD of Dentsu McgarryBowen and anti-bullying advocate. Through sharing her story, Sue has opened up the conversation in the industry that is now showing its very ugly cracks on how much bullying is really going on. She shares tips on how to stand up and speak up, how to recognise the signs and stop it before it gets any worse. This episode not only rang close to home on the day but still gives us goosebumps listening back.

Warning, this episode may be triggering for some. If you are or have been a victim of bullying or any workplace harassment please get in touch either with HR or with NABS, helping to improve the wellbeing of everyone in the advertising and media industry. https://nabs.org.uk/how-we-can-help/advice-line/

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Ep 6 - That remote work life with Jenna Smith

We all have those visions of sipping on a Pina Colada on the beach and checking emails when you feel up to it. That remote work life sounds dreamy, but how realistic is it? Now that the pandemic has almost forced us into remote working, how can we take full advantage of working from just about any where in the world. Jenna Smith, Co-founder and Creative Partner at Look Mom No Agency, a South African based in Portugal, chatting to us from Cape Town and working with clients all over the world, joins us on this episode to share how she is making remote work life work for her life. Grab that Pina Colada and dive into a hilarious and infectious chat with the brilliant mind behind a Cannes Grand Prix and winning at remote working.

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