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Are you a student or new graduate early on your career journey? A bit stressed trying to work out your next steps? You're in the right place. Hosted by qualified careers guidance professional Gina Visram from Your Career And Future, The Dive into your Career podcast is the hub for all things "early careers" and is created with secondary (high) school and university (college) students in mind. Gina's supports students and new graduates on their journey from education to employment in a spirit of fun and optimism not fear and overwhelm.
Want to write a powerful CV and cover letter? Keen to understand why networking is important and the best ways to do it? Curious about how your application can stand out in the graduate or apprenticeship recruitment process? Ready to know more about what employers are looking for in candidates? Interested in learning about what you can do now to be an appealing candidate in the present and future? Keen to start your career on solid financial footing? Want to demystify how to make the most of LinkedIn? Stay tuned for solo and interview episodes which answer the questions you are asking, as a determined and driven person in the early days of your career development. Welcome to the Dive into your Career podcast.
For more from Gina and to explore her products and services, go to the Your Career And Future website - https://yourcareerandfuture.com/
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"Follow your passion"Follow your passionYou ever heard that advice? Yes? Did it help? Hinder?How do you feel about this idea?In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, we take a look at whether advice to "Follow your passions" is received in the positive way in which it is usually intended. This episode is inspired by a chat I recently had with a parent of a teen... a parent who said that as her child doesn't really have a sense of what they want to do in the future...
Want to know the foundation for a happy career? You do? Yay... It's "careers curiosity". I promise this is no more complicated than it sounds... it is literally the process of being curious about careers. Jobs. Sectors. Companies. Entrepreneurship.Curiosity is the process of being eager to know or learn something... and can take many forms. In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, we take a quick dive into discussing the importance of careers curiosity in...
The word "Overwhelm" is used in many contexts and in this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - we are taking about it's definition as having too much to deal with. (Ha - a little but like how I felt when my computer didn't want to save this edited episode due to the disk being too full - Aaaaargh - but I digress!)The timing and topic is inspired by a LinkedIn post from fellow Registered Career Development Professional Elizabeth Lloyd - and of course, here in the world of Your Career...
As a school or university student, the term time / holiday cycles mean you have multiple opportunities a year to have greater control of your time. Whether it's the Easter holidays, summer holidays or any others - these moments provide great opportunities to build your employability skills - skills which ultimately result in you being an increasingly appealing candidate to future employers. In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, career coach and consultant Gina Visram...
Ready for some tough love? Well good... that's what you've got today with this episode which focuses on 5 things holding you back in your career development (and what to do about them). You my lovely... you are sometimes your own worst enemy when it comes to how you positively move your career forward. How can that be? Well... it's because there are certain things you do or attitudes you have which are not conducive to you moving forward positively on your career journey. There...
What's happening this National Careers Week? National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim of the week is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways.NCW is a dedicated week every year allowing schools, colleges, universities, alternative provision settings and organ...
Did you know that sometimes the highest achieving students are the most fearful when it comes to their career journey? Sometimes this can manifest as disinterest or not wanting to make decisions. In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, the topic of fear and uncertainty takes centre stage. How are you feeling about your early career journey? If you have any worries or fears, what are they? Take the time to name them. It may include fear of:The unknownRejection...
If you want to get past the needing work experience to get work experience cycle that exists in the world of careers - this pep talk is for you...In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - you will get a full on work experience pep talk. I say full on because I started with certain points I wanted to convey to you... and then was on a roll so you now have half an hour of gems, designed to help you re/engage with the process of securing work experience. In this episode I...
This National Apprenticeship Week 2024 is based on the theme "Skills for Life" and what better time to go back to the basics about apprenticeships and whether they are a good choice for you.National Apprenticeship Week is a week-long celebration that brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. So... this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, Gina Visram...
What is a growth mindset? Is a fixed mindset or growth mindset better?Why is the word "yet" so magical when it comes to mindset? In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, Gina Visram takes a look at what a growth mindset is and why it is so important this and every year when it comes to making progress with our goals. Inspired by the work of American psychologist Carol Dweck, who studies human motivation, this episode is a short, sharp, important reminder of how:embracin...
For nearly 20 years, there has been talk of "Blue Monday" - the most depressing day of the year which is said to be the third Monday of the year. In 2024, that is Monday 15 January. Now, you and I know that there is unlikely to be a scientific way to confirm this as the most depressing day. In fact, it was a travel company (albeit led by a psychologist) who first created a campaign about this - with the first Blue Monday being 2005. All of that said, I suspect that one of the reasons why the ...
It's here! The last of 3 episodes in this series shining a light on some very accomplished women who would likely enhance your feed if you follow them on LinkedIn. "Saluting Our Sisters" is the theme of Black History Month 2023 in the UK. This has inspired today's topic of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - "32 awesome UK-connected black and mixed heritage women to follow on LinkedIn" (Part 3 of 3).In this episode... I am proud to introduce the final11 of the 32 women who feature...
"Saluting Our Sisters" is the theme of Black History Month 2023 in the UK. This has inspired today's topic of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - "32 awesome UK-connected black and mixed heritage women to follow on LinkedIn" (Part 2 if 3).In this episode... I am proud to introduce 11 of the 32 women who will feature in this series. (If you've listened to the first episode you will see that there were meant to be 20... but I added a few more!)Please note... there was no vote. There are no rank...
"Saluting Our Sisters" is the theme of Black History Month 2023 in the UK. This has inspired today's topic of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - "32 awesome UK-connected black and mixed heritage women to follow on LinkedIn" (Part 1). ***(Please note that since recording this episode - the total number of number of women mentioned in these 3 episodes will be 32)In this episode... I am proud to introduce 10 of the 20 women who will feature in this series. Please note... there was no vote....
How do I make new friends? What is the accommodation like?How does cleaning work in halls? Conversations about creating a positive start to the new academic year are taking place far and wide - and while not all of these questions above are addressed - this 2-part episode episode highlighting "10 ways to have a positive start to the new academic year" is my contribution. Listen to Part 1 (featuring numbers 1-5) hereIn this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - there are even more sug...
Happy New Year! Okay okay... that's not quite right. Happy New ACADEMIC year! (If you're listening in real time), it is September - and it's back to school season, whether you are heading back to secondary school or starting / returning to university. New academic years are so full of promise, but also before you get into the swing of things, can be nerve wracking and uncertain - especially if you are in a new environment, be it:a new post-16 setting like a college or new sixth form to y...
If you, or anyone you know is in a situation where it recently became apparent that your "Plan A" wasn't going to happen as you hoped - then this will be a useful episode for you. Inspired by A-Level (& GCSE) results season, this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast gives some food for thought and specific ideas around how to change direction and create a new vision for your future. Coming to terms with the fact that your original plan will not be happening in the way yo...
As we enter A-Level results day 2023, my mind and heart goes out to students around the U.K. and globally who follow the British system, with their own hearts in their throats right now. On the cusp of greatness (whether or not they achieve their grades) and soon to realise whether the expectation and hope they have for themselves for their immediate next chapter is to be realised as they envisioned it… or whether it is time for them to dream a new dream (or pivot the existing one, or at the ...
In the 100th episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast (that's right - 100... woohoo!!!) and today we are focusing on "8 ways to dive into your career which will improve your life and make your career journey more fun". At Your Career And Future, it's my mission to support students and graduates on their journey from education to employment (and entrepreneurship) in a spirit of fun and optimism, not fear and overwhelm. That fear and overwhelm on the journey to employment can be a...
Hello. Helloooooo?! Anybody there?! If you are a subscriber / regular listener to the podcast (and huge thank you if you are!) - you may have been knocking on my podcast door and asking this question. It has been over a month since I published my last episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast. Not great (says my inner critic) for someone who intends to publish one podcast episode per week. But (she says, determined to turn lemons into lemonade) - what better time to talk about this week's ...
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