The Careers Podcast

Jasmine - Research Executive, DJS Research

Jasmine works for a leading, employee-owned market research company that specialises in conducting consumer and B2B research across the UK and internationally.Her work, pulling out stories from the numbers, is across a number of sectors : education, transport and infrastructure, utilities, medical and healthcare.A graduate in psychology, Jasmine describes herself as " pro active, confident and enthusiastic " and has long carried a desire to excel in the field of research.This is the conversation that tells you how she did it and why she finds this career incredibly rewarding.If you want to be best prepared for a role like it, listen up!

Getting to be a Supervising Social Worker

Doing this job, you will impact lives at the point of greatest need.Amy is a Supervising Social Worker and relatively new to this rewarding, challenging and influential career.She tells us how much of a difference you can make to children and young people and specifically what her role involves.Listen out for the tips, anecdotes and some great motivation if you're looking to move into this life changing profession.

How to be a Speech and Language Therapist

Amy Williams is a Speech and Language Therapist and her story is such a rich and varied one that we had to feature it.You'll discover the way she got into this profession and what it means to problem solve, reassure and treat the many and varied clients she sees.It's a story that really lets you get under the skin of this work and helps you understand the requirements ( qualifications, skills and attributes ) that it asks of anyone entering the field.There's a number of big and important lessons here, so have a listen!

Driving a train - getting more women into the industry

Mel is a driver for East Midlands Railway. She's also @thattraindrivermum on Insta where you can get a great behind the scenes look at the day to day detail of her job.So we're really pleased she's come on the podcast to chat over the choices she made, the work she's put in and what it's like to work for EMR.We've also got Chris from the company to cherry pick for you the kinds of vacancies that are going in the current recruitment drive,

Careers Week 2025 - Getting the most from that job

As young person, there's so much to consider when choosing a careen and an employer.What kind of company culture could make you feel valued and like you have a future there?Which are the best and most effective ways to approach CPD ( Continuing Professional Development ) and how will that benefit your progress?Silje and John mark National Careers Week with some well chosen words from its founder Nick Newman and run the rule over all of the stuff that makes you want to stay in your job.