The Executive Career Jump Podcast - For Executive Leaders On The Move

Welcome to Episode Thirty Nine (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today our guest in the hot seat is Gary Wills. Gary is an experienced recruiter of over 20 years in the IT sector who found himself furloughed at the beginning of the pandemic. Gary decided to set up a non for profit initiative to improve the mental wellbeing of the job searcher and people on furlough. The project has since gone on to become recognised and awarded "The point of Light" by the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

His non for profit FurLearn has also won prestigious awards at the Learning and Performance Institute as well as patterning with Google Digital Garage and being featured on the BBC and ITV.

Gary has also gone on to set up HIS own recruitment company called Talent Today to help improve and fast track the recruitment process for the job searcher and hiring manager.

In this episode you will discover:

How to pick yourself up after furlough or being made redundant

• Who to leverage in your network to find your next role
• What is ‘personal branding’ and using it to get you PRESENCE
• Using audio messages to get in front of hiring managers

Links:

You can connect with Gary on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garywills/

Or visit his Furlearn website for Free, Thought - Provoking Online Events For Furloughed & Job Searching Talent: https://www.furlearn.com/

Welcome to Episode Thirty Eight (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today our guest is Hannah Mason. Hannah is a CV Writer, Interview Coach and Job Search Strategist and Founder of The English Meeting Room. With a background in international recruitment, her passion is to help people land jobs they love. Hannah shares her job search and CV writing advice on LinkedIn where she has grown a following of over 590k. She was recently named a ‘LinkedIn Top Voice’ for careers and job search advice and can also be found sharing her knowledge on her YouTube channel.

In this episode you will discover:

• What the ideal length of your cv should be
• How to make recruiters take notice of your cv ahead of other candidates
• How to use and not overuse keywords in your cv
• How to use your LinkedIn profile to help your job search

Links:

You can connect with Hannah on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahmariemason/

Or visit her website for loads more free resources, tips and advice: https://www.theenglishmeetingroom.com/

Welcome to Episode Thirty Seven (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today our guest is Mark Badley. Mark is the Managing Director of Ronin who specialise in the recruitment of qualified Procurement and Sourcing professionals across the UK.  Mark has worked in the recruitment industry for over 20 years and created Ronin to provide an innovative and progressive approach to traditional recruitment. 

In this episode you will discover:

• Why Zoom should never replace the traditional workplace
• The REAL impact of homeworking on our economy and our cities
• What is the ‘jagged resume’ approach to hiring and being hired
• How to ‘move your cheese’ and manage change

Links:

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/procurementrecruitment/

Welcome to Episode Thirty-Six (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today our guest is Jessica-Leigh Suffolk. Jessica is an Accredited Business & Personal Coach using her years of experience in search and selection to set up the People & Culture practice with Tessiant a Business Change and Transformation Management Consultancy. Jess is an advocate of both lifelong learning and the ‘People, Purpose, Profit Movement’ and has recently completed a Sustainable Business Strategy course with Harvard Business School online. 

Jessica advises business leaders on talent acquisition, retention, and team structure.

In this episode you will discover:

• How the questions you ask during the interview are as important as the answers you give
• The most common missing element in most people’s LinkedIn profile
• Why aligning ‘WHO you are with the work that you do is the only way to avoid ‘burnout’ and reduce stress in your life 

Links:

Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaleighsuffolk/

Or you can email her directly: [email protected]

Welcome to Episode Thirty-Five (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today our guest is Fiona Hathorn. Fiona is the CEO of Women On Boards UK – an organisation committed to accelerating women into non-executive director roles. 

In addition, Fiona is an Advisory Board Member to Spktral (a technology company that helps organisations simplify the gender pay gap reporting process), advisor to Peel Hunt (mid-cap stockbroker), and Chair of Hanx's Board Nominations Committee (FMCG start-up). She is an expert in the areas of Governance, Regulation, and Talent Management who has sat on both marketing and audit & finance committees. Fiona is also a Patron of Fight for Sight (a medical research charity) and was formerly a Director for Hill Samuel Asset Management. She has advised the board of the Thai Euro Fund and is a Judge for the Non-Executive Director Awards, sponsored by The Sunday Times. In 2020 Fiona joined King's College London's 'Global Institute for Women's Leadership' Advisory Board. 

More than a third of FTSE 350 board positions are now held by women, an increase of 50% over the past five years. Women on Boards UK has played a key role in this progress, but there is a long way to go before all boardrooms have equal gender representation. What’s more, progress outside of the FTSE 350 is glacially slow and women from ethnic minority backgrounds are still woefully represented. Yet, the evidence is clear that boardroom diversity is not just about fairness but that it delivers better business results.

You will learn:

• Why UK Boardrooms still have a long way to go with diversity
• How you can best position yourself in order to be considered for both Director and Non-Executive Director positions
• The steps you can take today to move towards your first Board role

Links:

Connect with Fiona on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionahathorn/

You can find out more about the work that Fiona and her team does by visiting their website: https://www.womenonboards.net

Welcome to Episode Thirty Four (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today our guest is Dylan Roberts. Dylan is NOT your ‘average HR guy’! Instead, Dylan works with founders of fintech’s and scaling technology businesses primarily to deliver a higher return on investment from their people. He works as a ‘Chief People Officer’ or ‘People Partner’ within these companies and provides them with proven expertise to realise their commercial potential through their teams whilst at the same time enhancing their peoples’ wellbeing and value. Dylan is an accredited platinum member of HRi, the UK body for independent HR & People Professionals (APHRi).

Listen to Dylan share his expertise on the ‘new world of work’, and how you can make it work best for you.  

You will learn:

• The simplest description of the HR function you will ever hear
• How you can immediately stand out from the crowd and get to the top of the shortlist
• The #1 resource employers look at BEFORE they invite you in to interview
• What you should do during an interview to position yourself as the BEST candidate for the job
• Questions the SMART candidates are asking in interviews today to guarantee a good fit

Links:

Connect with Dylan on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiefpeopleofficerhr/

Or visit his website: https://www.ppl.io/

Welcome to Episode Thirty Three (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast with your host, Andrew MacAskill!

Today my guest is Ben RainforthGott. Ben is an experienced Human Resources Director with over 20 years ‘in the trenches’ on both sides of the table and across the globe. He is described as an ‘agitator’ in HR because of his progressive approach to how employees should be viewed and treated in the new world of work. Like many people, Ben found himself in recent months considering ‘contract’ and ‘interim’ HR roles and consultancy and having to adapt his own skills to win this work.  

Listen to Ben share his unique view on how you can best present yourself to potential employers to get hired and how the most successful companies are ripping up the rule book in order to attract and retain the very best candidates. 

You will learn:

• Why HR often gets a bad reputation and why that is often fully deserved
• How the most successful HR leaders are adapting to the new world of work
• What we all need to do to put the ‘HUMAN’ back into Human Resources
• The pitfalls you need to avoid to get hired by the best companies

Links:

Connect with Ben on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/transformationalhrd/

Welcome to Episode Thirty Two (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast! 

Today my guest is Lola Brocklesby. Lola is a Career Change Coach and works with mid-career professionals who are great at what they do but have reached a point in their career where they no longer enjoy what they’re doing and are now ready to find a career with passion and purpose! She helps people just like you to interview like a boss and land your dream job...

If you are maybe stuck in a rut in your current job or not getting enough from your chosen career then this is the perfect podcast episode for you. Press PLAY now and listen to Lola share some of her best strategies and tactics with you in this episode. 

You will learn:

• How to free up your mind to get clarity in your next career move 
• Why you don’t have to have a complete career change to be happy
• What the pandemic has taught us to ask of our employers

Links:

You can connect with Lola now on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolabrocklesby-vivacareercoaching/

Alternatively you can find out more about the work Lola does here: vivacareercoaching.com

You can also download her FREE Perfect Job Visualisation tool to get clear on what your perfect job is: https://mailchi.mp/36343403fe83/free-visualisation-download

Welcome to Episode Thirty One (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast! 

Today my guest is Alex Coates. Alex is an experienced Sales Consultant, Recruiter an now an Account Executive for JobAdder in the UK. Alex works with recruitment agencies to make the hiring process easier for their clients and candidates through technology.

Before Alex went to work with JobAdder he, like a lot of people, found himself without a job and back on the open job market. In this episode Alex discusses his experiences as a job seeker and transition to a different role within his industry. 

Press PLAY now and learn Alex’s perspective from Recruiter to job seeker, to selling to the recruitment professionals he previously worked with and for.

You will learn:

• What recruiters look for in a potential candidate when searching LinkedIn
• How senior leaders navigate the hiring process and the biggest mistake you can avoid
• Why ‘playing your cards close’ may not be the best strategy for you

Links:
Connect with Alex now on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alex-coates-recruitment-crm-ats

Alternatively if you are interested in discussing recruitment technology with Alex you can email him: [email protected]

Welcome to the extra special episode number Thirty (Season Two) of the Executive Career Jump Podcast! There are many people talking about a large wave of resignations due to how people are feeling in their work post-Covid. In this recording of our LIVE broadcast we are going to discuss this red hot topic, ‘The Great Resignation’. 

We have a panel of guests joining our host, Andrew MacAskill. They are:

• Helen Joy of People Spark, a management and leadership consultancy
• Business ‘Sat Nav’ coach - Gill Gayk.
• Diversity, Recruitment and Leadership thought leader, author and speaker- Jackie Handy

We are also very fortunate to have a number of our members and podcast subscribers join us to ask the panel their questions about the ‘Great Resignation’ and how it might affect them.

Jump in and join us by hitting the PLAY button now

You will learn:

• How people are realising there is a new, different and better way to work and they are getting to vote with their feet...and quit their jobs!
• How businesses and large organisations are getting ‘diversity’ wrong in the workplace
• Why 85% of people were dissatisfied with their jobs….BEFORE the pandemic even hit!
• What the smarter businesses are doing differently with their employees

Links:

Please click the following links to connect on LinkedIn with 

Helen Joy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenjoyleadershipgrowth/

Gill Gayk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gill-gayk/

Jackie Handy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiehandy/