Who better to give advice on how to secure your most-wanted job role than someone that has been in the recruitment teams at Twitter, Google, Apple and UBS?

Will Ellis resides in San Francisco, USA but talks fondly of his international experience and the start to his career in recruitment in the UK through the Mountbatten Program. From his year in London, Will has went on to work for some of the biggest tech companies in Silicon Valley and is now Head of People at Inkling. 

In this podcast, we discuss work experience, interview advice and most importantly, how to stand out amongst your peers and secure the job you've always wanted. 

To learn more about the Mountbatten Program, visit www.mountbatten.org or follow on Instagram @mountbatten.i. 

This is a very special episode of the Orlagh Claire Podcast as I sat down with Rhiannon Gogarty who talked to me about living with Turner Syndrome. As I had never before heard of Turner Syndrome, Rhiannon talked me through what this meant for her day to day life, her childhood and her future. 

Turner Syndrome effects 1 in every 2,000 baby girls, yet isn't something that is widely known. Rhiannon shares her story of living with Turner Syndrome and wants to bring more awareness to it, as well as empowering others that have Turner Syndrome to help them live life to the fullest. 

To find out more about the Orlagh Claire Podcast, visit @orlaghclaire on Instagram or www.orlaghclaire.com.

I recently spoke with Adam Gracey who is from my own hometown of Lurgan/Craigavon in Northern Ireland about growing up gay, coming out to his family and friends and the perceptions of the LGBTQIA+ community today. We also spoke about being from Northern Ireland and the backwardness of the political system in Northern Ireland in regards to same-sex marriage and rights for those in the LGBTQIA+ community. 

This was a very special podcast for me to record, to really hear from Adam's perspective about being openly gay and bullied for this in school, but continuing to be proud of who he is by having a supportive family and circle of friends around him. 

I hope you enjoy this podcast episode as much as I do, and you can send any comments/questions to myself at @orlaghclaire or to Adam at @always.adam_. 

Check out more episodes and blog posts at www.orlaghclaire.com. 

I recently spoke with Alex Maidwell about his length of service at the London Stock Exchange Group and how he progressed from an entry role in New York City to leading a team of 20 as Head of Marketing. 

Alex started his career as an intern on the Mountbatten Program in New York, the same program I partook in myself a few years ago. We chatted about similar experiences, how being in New York and networking can accelerate your career and the vast amount of friends for life you can make on the program. 

To find out more about the Mountbatten Program, check out their Instagram or head to their website for more information and the application process. 

Not many people would have the confidence to start a food business in the height of a pandemic, but after being furloughed from her corporate job, Aoibheann McCormack did just that. With a passion for chunky cookies, Aoibheann set out to build her Dumb Dough cookie business to bring the chunkiest and tastiest cookies to Liverpool. 

As Aoibheann is a great friend of mine, it was more than a pleasure to sit down over Zoom and talk about her new business, how she got started and what spurred her on to take the leap into being her own boss. 

We discussed many things including working for yourself and by yourself, plans for the future and the brains behind the operation. 

As a frequent customer of Dumb Dough, I would highly recommend anyone living in Liverpool to try these insane cookies out. If you've never had a Levain cookie from New York, you may not ever have to after trying one of these. 

Check out Dumb Dough on Instagram, @dumbdoughliverpool and order online at www.dumbdough.co.uk

In this episode of The Orlagh Claire Podcast, I sat down to chat with Sangeeta Waldron, author of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is Not Public Relations (PR). 

As CSR comes more and more to the forefront of business policies, ethics and ways of working, we discussed how businesses should incorporate these policies because they want to and not because they feel this will return them great PR coverage. 

We discuss different examples such as L'Oreal and The Body Shop, about recent documentaries and leaders that are bringing discussions to the public, encouraging the conversations around climate change, diversity and equality. 

Investing in CSR and ESG (Economic and Social Governance) is becoming popular among the big corporations, but be wary of those that are doing it for the good of the company, the good of their image or for the good of the world.

CSR is Not PR is available to buy now from all major retailers, and you can stay up to date with Sangeeta on Twitter and LinkedIn. 

For more information about Orlagh Claire, visit www.orlaghclaire.com or send me a tweet @orlaghshankspr.

This week I am in conversation with Orla Clancy, a public relations and communications professional who created an online magazine in 2020 called Strategic Magazine. Now in its fourth edition, the Summer 2021 issue was just released last week and can be found here. 

In our conversation, I asked Orla about her idea for the magazine, why there was a gap in the market and what exactly the magazine covers and discusses. 

If you are a PR or communications professional, student or someone that is interested in this industry, then this is a great podcast for you!

To find out more about Strategic Magazine, visit the website at www.strategicmagazines.com or follow on social media via LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram.

In this week's episode of The Orlagh Claire Podcast, I am in conversation with Sophie Princeton, someone I have been following on social media for a very long time as she has always inspired me with her work ethic both inside and outside of the office. I've been so intrigued about Sophie's career in the radio industry and grill her on both this and the part of her career that led her to living in London for a while. 

I get the low-down on why Sophie much prefers Liverpool to London (I can relate!) and how she juggles her full-time job alongside running Girls in Work, an online platform and community for women in the workplace. 

To find out more about Sophie, you can follow her on Instagram @sophieprinceton, or find out more about Girls in Work at www.girlsinwork.com or check out their podcast, Girls in Work.

In the latest episode of The Orlagh Claire Podcast, I chat to Carlijn Postma, award-winning content marketer and author of Binge Marketing, a new book to hit our shelves discussing the concept of attention-grabbing content and looking to TV series that keep us hooked and wondering how we can transfer that addictiveness to our own brand content and marketing. 

Binge marketing is a brand new concept to me, but one I think is going to be huge in the future as we look at video form taking over our content and attention spans, with short-term video the new go-to. How can brands keep their consumers and audiences gripped with the content they consume? 

Find out more about Carlijn at carlijnpostma.com and to learn more about the book Binge Marketing, visit here or follow Carlijn on Twitter at @carlijnpostma. 

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking to Stephanie O'Quigley, someone I have followed on social media for a very long time. It was great to chat to Stephanie all about her career journey so far, going from Dublin to New York and working in PR and influencer marketing. 

In this interview, we chatted about visas, the difficulty of making a life in America, apartment hunting and what it was like living in NYC during the peak of COVID-19 and the BLM marches and protests. 

It was such an honour to chat to Stephanie as her career path has been a huge inspiration to me, and it was great to talk about a mutual passion for public relations and the Big Apple. 

You can find Stephanie on social media at @stephanieoquigley and listen to her own podcast, The Wall on Spotify.