Category: Podcast

Lauretta Ihonor tells the story of how she came to have five careers in the space of ten years before starting The Ambition, a global career change platform.  She also discusses how you go about answering the question: do I hate my job or my career? (more…)

Tim Dickinson tells us how he spent 17 years working towards a senior management position before deciding, once he’d got there, that it wasn’t for him and he needed a complete change of career. (more…)

Isy Otto explains why she decided to move from an apparently steady job to become a “slasher” with a portfolio career that encompasses everything from weight-loss consultant to dog-sitter with some DIY thrown in. (more…)

Interview coach Margaret Buj explains how to nail your job application, what makes the perfect CV and how to succeed at interview. (more…)

Sarah Turner explains why, in her 30s, she decided to switch from event management to nursing and how she found her calling. (more…)

Writer and star of Channel 4 show “Lee and Dean” Miles Chapman tells us how he left his “beige” career and came to write and star in a hit TV comedy. (more…)

Stacey Ogden of Side Hustle Teachers explains her process for deciding what sort of side business to start and how you go about implementing it. (more…)

Ballet dancer Jordan Tilton explains how she got into ballet, why she started a furniture restoration business on the side, and how she’s encouraging and supporting other ballet dancers as they start to think about what they can do once their career as a ballet dancer has come to its end. (more…)

Former lawyer turned fitness coach Oliver Johnston explains how he went from being told after a serious car crash that he would never run again to successfully completing a 10k run within two years and qualifying as a physical trainer. (more…)

Jane Marshall of Optimising Futures explains why she didn’t have much choice but to start her own business in order to carry on doing what she loved. (more…)