The Redundancy podcast

The Redundancy podcast

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The Redundancy podcast episodes

  • Don't look back in anger. In conversation with Paula Gardner. (Feb 2021).

    Been made redundant from your role, let go or some other euphemism to describe losing your job?

    Don't get stuck in bitterness or resentment  The way you’ll feel following a redundancy can affect your moods for a long time. Even if you saw redundancy coming it still comes as a shock. Emotions you’ll experience have been likened to a bereavement.

    In conversation with Paula Gardner.

    19 min
  • Succeeding in competency and behavioural based interviews; in conversation with Leah Lambert. (July 2020)

    Tell me about a time when you used your attention to detail to uncover an error. Describe a time when you were required to communicate a difficult or unpleasant idea to your boss. Describe a time when you have had to use your conflict resolution skills in the workplace. These are typical of questions asked in a behavioural or competency based interview. In this podcast Leah Lambart, expert Career & Interview Coach from Melbourne gives advice on how to prepare for them, use the STAR technique to answer and outlines common mistakes candidates make - and how to avoid them.

    19 min
  • There is no 'perfect time.' Experience is your superpower; in conversation with Katherine Brown (June 2021)

    Waiting for the perfect time. With your Unicorn. In Camelot. You’re 50+, you’re unemployed, you can’t get a job and you’ve come to the realisation that you may no longer be employable in mainstream work. What do you do? You could sit back and wait for the 'perfect time' to make your move. Hint - there is no ‘perfect’ time. Katherine Brown, in the 50fiftyproject, set out to talk to 50 older entrepreneurs, learn what makes them successful, what motivates them and why they took the decisions they did. Find out what Katherine’s learnt so far with 37 conversations completed out of her target of 50 by the end of the year. And what Katherine did next.

    15 min
  • If I knew then what I know now. Advice to a 21 year old. The final podcast in the series. (Jan 2022)

    If I knew then what I know now. Advice to a 21 year old. 67 podcasts over 3 years, a current audience of 27500, heard in over 55 countries, 34 guests. This is the final podcast in the series and I briefly summarise what I’ve learnt from the podcasts and my guests over the last three years. Plus I give advice to my 21 year old self and ask myself the question I’ve posed to most of my guests ‘What one piece of overarching advice would you give to an older worker trying to find a fulfilling role?’

    13 min
  • If I knew then what I know now. Advice to a 21 year old. The final podcast in the series
    f I knew then what I know now. Advice to a 21 year old.
    67 podcasts over 3 years, a current audience of 19500, heard in over 55 countries, 34 guests.
    This is the final podcast in the series and I briefly summarise what I’ve learnt from the podcasts and my guests over the last three years.
    Plus I give advice to my 21 year old self and ask myself the question I’ve posed to most of my guests ‘What one piece of overarching advice would you give to an older worker trying to find a fulfilling role?’
    13 min
  • Gentelligence: intergenerational collaboration & cooperation at work; with Professor Megan Gerhardt
    ’40% of employees report to a boss younger than them.’* Does that matter? What are the implications for the workplace and how might it affect the dynamics of the relationships between leader/follower and younger v older. Does it lead to generational conflict in the workplace?
    Gentelligence is the term coined by Megan Gerhardt, Professor of Leadership, Miami University, Ohio for our need to be smarter about intergenerational collaboration and cooperation and looking for the positive opportunities it brings.
    Most people want, amongst other things, a sense of purpose, flexibility, support and appreciation in their job. But stereotypes about mature workers, generational shaming and negative narratives about what they can or can’t do actively hinder and reduce opportunities for fulfilling work as you get older.
    Megan discusses how different generations pursue fulfilment of those needs. Finding essential common ground with colleagues, older and younger, recognises the unique needs that come with different generational identities and also the tremendous benefits that this can bring to an organisation.
    * Data from Megan Gerhardt, Professor of Leadership
    22 min
  • One more thing…overarching advice Part 2; 10 guests. 4 countries. More expert advice.
    In part 1 we heard advice covering the period from the shock of your role being made redundant to working out who you are, what you can offer employers and starting to think about marketing yourself.
    In this podcast, part 2, my expert guests' advice covers the period where you start creating a resume or CV, begin your search for a job, think about career transition, develop your digital brand and perhaps consider alternatives to conventional full time employment.
    16 min
  • One More Thing…if I Asked You For One Piece Of Advice…; 12 Guests. 4 Countries. Expert Advice
    ‘One more thing…if I asked you for one piece of overarching advice for older workers looking for employment what would you say?’
    12 guests. 4 countries. Expert advice.
    I’ve taken my guests’ advice and arranged it in the order of finding a job, from the time your role has been made redundant or you’ve been laid off, to successfully finding a new purpose in life.
    In this podcast (part 1 of 2) we hear their advice covering the period from the shock of your role being made redundant to working out who you are, what you can offer employers and starting to think about marketing yourself.
    16 min

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The podcast about the challenges of finding employment as an older worker. All the podcasts can be found on iTunes, Spotify and many other podcast sites.