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Hiring shouldn’t feel like a maze you have to sprint through. We slow it down and map a clear route: tailor your CV to value, prepare for interviews with repeatable frameworks, and make smart choices about disclosure, culture fit, and negotiation—especially if you’re neurodivergent and juggling burnout risk, memory load, or short tenures.

Andrew Arkley, founder of Purple CV, brings 12 years of hands‑on expertise in CV writing, interview coaching, and ATS‑friendly formatting. We dig into when a functional CV beats a chronological one, how to turn frequent job changes into a story of adaptability, and why specifics sell: the exact tools, frameworks, and metrics that mirror the job spec. Clean structure wins; generic phrases don’t. You’ll hear how to use AI as a helper without losing your voice, and how modern ATS actually reads applications. Then we shift to live‑fire tactics: learn the interview format before you arrive, roleplay the common prompts, and answer with STAR to stay concise and confident.

Researcher and coach Esther Bangoura shares fresh insights from a UK survey on neurodivergence and money: most respondents believe they could earn more with better clarity, feedback, and flexibility. We connect those findings to everyday decisions—when to disclose, how to negotiate for the top of a salary band by tying asks to business outcomes, and what red flags to spot in vague job descriptions. We round it out with a sustainable job search strategy: define criteria, track outcomes, adjust instead of “spray and pray,” keep a living log of wins, and align LinkedIn with your narrative without oversharing.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start landing interviews that fit, this conversation gives you the tools: targeted keywords, measurable achievements, format intel, culture research, and calm, repeatable interview prep. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s job hunting, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help more people find these strategies.

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