Podcasts by The Careers Podcast

Richer Sounds - a career in retail from 2023-12-01T16:16:06

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.

LIste...

Green Careers Week - The Highlights from 2023-11-24T15:44:15

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 achiev...

Green Careers Week - Green Procurement from 2023-11-05T18:03:10

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 ag...

Dan Grimshaw - Design and Construction from 2023-10-12T20:32:59

Beam Development is the company formed by Dan Grimshaw.

With a wide range of specialisms, Dan and...

Unity Technologies - a career in 3D, 2D, VR and AR from 2023-09-18T16:07:21

Tom Kivits-Murray works somewhere that's at the vanguard of virtual reality, augmented reality, visualisations and related fields.

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Principal GIS Consultant - RSK Biocensus from 2023-08-21T09:44:42

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 attit...

Film & TV Director - David Kerr from 2023-07-27T17:52:59

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.

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Aspiring to be an author - a conversation with Tom Palmer from 2023-06-27T19:34:47

Tom Palmer is a highly respected and acclaimed author of ( primarily ) children's books.

To date he...

Writing music for TV, ads, video and film. from 2023-05-28T21:31:02

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 Co...

Top 20 Soft Skills / Power Skills. from 2023-04-05T18:39:49

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...

British Science Week special from 2023-03-10T16:23:49

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 a...

Working towards a career in medicine from 2023-02-09T16:48:11

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 Listen

Goal setting - Making it work for you from 2023-01-17T12:06:05

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 Listen

The End of Year Review from 2022-12-20T10:47:56

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 sec...

Interior Designer - how you become one from 2022-11-28T13:45:33

Nichola Haysey is an experienced and highly talented interior designer with an established business of her own. She brings some really ...

Green Careers Week from 2022-10-24T08:47:57

It's the first one ever.

Green Careers Week runs 7th - 12th November and is yet another powerhouse of an idea from Nick Newman ...

Green Careers Week Promo from 2022-10-19T11:06:01

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

Professional Photographer - Could you be one? from 2022-09-09T15:43:48

Russell Whitehead is a professional wedding photographer  who speaks so fluently and keenly about his artistry. If you n...

Being a Charity Fundraiser - Sue Ryder from 2022-08-12T10:35:12

Have you thought about being part of an organisation that makes you look forward to a Monday, to know that you're making a real and tangible difference to people's lives?

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Gsoc Cyber Security Apprenticeship @ Centrica from 2022-07-13T17:38:34

Bryony Berry is a level 4 Cyber Defend and Respond apprentice within Centrica, who have an incredibly pro active approach to finding talent and developing a broad and diverse pool of employees. ...

The Police - how to join from 2022-04-22T11:29:15

Sgt Rod Williams of Northants Police has been at the sharp end of policing for over 2 decades. If anyone knows what it ...

National Careers Work - The Story #NCW2022 from 2022-03-02T16:54:11

If you're into careers or produce a podcast ( err hello, that's us! ) then this is the dream interview. No holds barred devotion to all things careers is one of many labels we could put on the t...

Become a carer and make a difference from 2022-02-23T10:41:35

" It's just so amazing - I wake up every day so happy in the work I do."

In her 40s, Lorraine found a job she loved. She realised that working as a carer was her true calling. To support ...

Musical theatre - Directing from 2022-01-17T13:58:36

" I want to produce a show and I'd like to use your theatre for free." These bold and tenacious words were from a 12 year old called Dean...

The railway industry - helping to shape the future from 2021-12-07T12:17:19

Isabella Lawson is a Policy Executive at the Railway Industry Association and has a job where it's completely accurate to say "no two days are the same". ...

#Weddings and #events - what it takes from 2021-11-15T09:59:07

Charlotte is a wedding and special events co ordinator for The Granary in Fawsley ( Northamptonshire ) and her reasons for going into this line of...

It's not rocket science - actually it is ! from 2021-10-12T16:22

Elon Musk has called them "a world leader" in their remarkable and hugely innovative sector. They are Surrey Satellite Technology who have a fantastic and a...

The banking sector - hiring on attitude from 2021-09-21T12:20:42

Our guest Elmira typifies how far enthusiasm and hard work can take you and the opportunities it opens up. She explains what it's like to work for Metro Bank, how she's benefitted from being par...

Dale Willis - CV Writing, personal branding, interview technique and more from 2021-07-26T10:34:58

Dale Willis has such an impressive back story and track record around the mentoring and coaching of young people; they want to start off their care...

Learning through digital - an e-learning designer and developer from 2021-06-01T11:13:50

The way we acquire knowledge and skills through study and tuition has undergone such a transformation in recent times and this episode holds a mirror up to one of the jobs crucial to that.

A lab researcher - how you get there from 2021-05-28T14:23:05

Lauren works in a lab in Yorkshire as a post doctoral researcher. She's investigated novel therapies for cardiovascular disease and continues to work with colleagues at the vanguard of a really ...

A self taught WordPress developer : succeeding through adversity from 2021-04-22T20:53:24

Marie who works at Poppy Design Studio in Northamptonshire tells her own inspirational story of how you can take up a career that you never thought p...

Head of Engineering - Port of Middlesbrough from 2021-03-19T15:05:46

A V Dawson are a family business with a unique and much prized set of values. Running the Port of Middlesborough, they provide full freight log...

Owning a construction business and learning trades from 2021-02-18T11:48:38

Josh Young owns and runs Fetcham Construction who are based in Surrey. Josh tells the Careers Podcast all about his story, from realising at school that...

Teaching : the ability to shape lives from 2020-12-11T17:29:12

We're so pleased that James Bowen is our guest.  James followed his passion for education and became a teacher in a primary school and later a Headteacher.

He gives some really super...

F1 Apprenticeships - what an amazing job. from 2020-10-14T14:59:20

Shaun Bowman is a car assembly technician for Williams F1 and much of what he knows came from an apprenticeship at Silverstone College.

Hear of life at the cutting edge of this exhilarati...

Mobile tech : the job for you from 2020-09-29T10:16:33

Jo Gilbert works for GSMA and has a career that's so interesting and rewarding. Here, she talks about the way in to this kind of work and the kinds of qualiti...

Want to be a radio producer ? from 2020-09-21T20:57:35

In the first ever episode, Kaylee lets you know about the right university course and the experiences that got her to where she is now - being a radio producer !

We've some fantastic poin...