My Career Crisis Podcast
1) Postbag Edition Season 2
For the season finale, Sue and Ruth answer the job problems sent in to the postbag. Questions like 'how do you ask for a pay rise?' 'my boss is manipulative' and 'I'm scared of committing'. There's no...Show More
2) What Other People Think
You can't underestimate peer pressure from family and friends when you are making choices about your early career. Sue helps 24 yr old pensions administrator Amanda find an alternative narrative aroun...Show More
3) What the F*** just happened?
How to manage a business crisis. Sophie returns from Season 1 when newly pregnant she was terrified about telling her business partner she was expecting a baby. They ran a successful business, a bar i...Show More
4) Change Your Attitude, Not Your Job
It’s a new year and time to look afresh at our working lives. Can we be happier at work? Is it possible to turn the Monday morning blues to Monday morning hi fives? Caroline says she has never been ha...Show More
5) I'm Burnt Out
There comes a time when you have to say 'enough's enough'. When an employer demands too much that it takes it's toll on your home life it's a good time to reconsider your priorities. 31 year old Fiona...Show More
6) Teaching Has Driven Me Crazy
School teachers are under so much pressure to deliver on educational targets and the emotional wellbeing of our children. At 50 years old, english teacher Judy finds herself overwhelmed and unhappy, b...Show More
7) You Can't Have it All
It's the age old problem - can parents hold down successful careers whilst raising young children? This week solicitor Sandra is struggling to see how she can be the parent she wants to be at home wh...Show More
8) The Freelance Crisis
Becoming a freelancer can be at once the most liberating and terrifying of career moves. Angie is a musician and ad industry creative who was made redundant 18 months ago and now finds herself on the ...Show More
9) 100 Job Applications and Counting
After applying for 100 corporate jobs, Roz is beginning to think that her lack of success in landing a new role is a sign from above. Should she be rethinking her aspirations? Sue offers advice on eve...Show More
10) Overqualified and Underpaid
There's nothing worse than feeling undervalued, undervalued in terms of your sills and experience and also your pay packet. 28 year old Ellie works in a sector she loves but is vastly overqualified fo...Show More