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Are you preparing for a job interview for your first ‘proper’ job, or getting back into the job market after not having interviewed for a while?

You need to listen to this episode. While some fundamentals of the interview remain the same, AI, online interviews and what to do and say now have changed.

We break down what the different types of interview need to achieve from the recruiter’s perspective, so you know how to approach them with confidence. You’ll be better prepared for what to expect and more likely to progress to the next stage.

We cover tips on everything from how to make a strong first impression to the best kind of questions you can ask the interviewer.

You’ll learn:

• The most common interview formats and how to prepare for them
• Where people fall down with competency-based questions
• Interview etiquette for in-person and remote interviews
• The most common mistake hiring managers think candidates make
• What AI can now monitor in your interview and what it does with that info

So if you’ve got an interview coming up and you want to understand what the person the other side of the desk needs to get from you to move you to the next stage….

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0.54 Lily’s interview track record

3.00 Chris’ big interview mishap

4.40 Gen Z’s worries and uncertainties about interviews

5.20 Gen X’s worries and uncertainties about interviews

6.15 Challenges in the job market right now

7.40 The most common interview formats

10.40 The phone screen - what it is and isn’t

13.38 First hiring manager interview - what they’re looking for

14.45 How to prepare for the initial questions

16.03 How to prepare for competency-based questions

18.24 Where people fall down with competency-based questions

20.08 What to do when you don’t have any relevant experience

22.30 Cultural fit interviews

24.24 Interview etiquette for in-person interviews and the ‘Horns & Halo effect’

26.34 The most common mistake hiring managers think candidates make

28.00 How to make a strong first impression

30.50 Etiquette for online interviews

32.00 What AI can monitor in your interview and what it can do with that info

33.20 How to prepare for a video interview

34.18 The best kind of questions to ask the interviewer

37.10 How to make a strong last impression

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If you’ve thought you need to be doing more with Linkedin, but don’t know how, this episode is for you. Whether you’re a student or new grad building your network, or a mid-career professional starting a job search, we break down how to get the most out of LinkedIn.

We’re joined by LinkedIn expert and career coach Sarah Burgess. For over 20 years Sarah has coached everyone from school leavers to C-suite execs, becoming an expert LinkedIn user along the way.

You’ll learn:

• The essentials of building your Linkedin profile
• LinkedIn etiquette for new users
• How to get started liking, commenting and posting (if you want to)
• Whether you should use AI for content
• How to get started job searching on LinkedIn
• How to get more recruiters looking at your profile
• Whether you should use the Open to Work green banner and LinkedIn Premium

We’ve split this episode in two, but Sarah offers so many great tips we think the whole episode is worth a listen, whatever stage you’re at!

To connect with Sarah about her workbooks and coaching, see below.

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3.25 Sarah’s journey to becoming a LinkedIn expert

PART ONE

6.15 Gen Z launching on LinkedIn - how to get started

6.53 Building your profile

7.57 Starting to build connections

8.20 Starting with liking and posting

9.08 Linkedin etiquette

10.52 What kind of posts get more engagement

12.25 The Three P’s for your post boundaries

13.22 How to get started with posting

14.20 Sophie Broome’s authentic, diary-like posts https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-broome/

15.05 What kind of tone of voice to use on LinkedIn

16.46 How to use your university’s alumni page for networking

18.13 Example of how powerful alumni connections can be

19.38 Shout out to our reviewers - Thank you!

20.25 How LinkedIn can help with your studies

22.34 Is there an acceptable amount of AI to use?

23.36 How JobMatch works

24.24 Sarah’s forthcoming workbooks

26.55 LinkedIn for Smart Students sessions and parent consultations on career choices

27.40 PART TWO

28.12 Gen X: the essential things to get started with LinkedIn’s job search capabilities

30.06 What’s the point - why should I bother?!

30.50 How to easily boost your visibility with people outside your network

31.20 How to get people looking at your profile - including recruiters

31.46 How commenting can showcase your expertise

33.21 Controversial topic 1: the green ‘Open to Work’ banner

35.54 The little known prompt the green banner triggers

37.18 The importance of ‘current role’ for recruiter searches - how to not be invisible

39.22 Controversial topic 2: LinkedIn Premium - is it worth it?

40.18 How taking the free trial and cancelling can work to your advantage

41.45 LinkedIn’s less well known features that are worth looking at

45.17 How to follow up with Sarah and learn more

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https://www.koru-associates.co.uk/

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Are you thinking about leaving the UK?

Maybe you’re struggling with the cost of living. Or fed up with how broken the country feels right now. Perhaps you’ve been somewhere on holiday and thought ‘It would be so great to live here!’

But what about the post-Brexit practicalities of getting a visa and making the move, and the downsides?

We delve into all of this in this episode. Whether you’re Gen Z or Gen X, we talk about where you could go, how you’d manage the move and how to manage the possible downsides.

You’ll learn:

• What Gen Z talks about as to why they’re think of leaving
• The practicalities and downsides of a move
• Gemini’s shortlist of the most attractive English-speaking and European countries to move to (based on ease of entry, cost of living, expat lifestyle and employment prospects)
• Gemini’s recommendation as to whether dissatisfied Gen Z’s and Gen X’s should stay or go and why
• The probability that life in the UK might actually get better

So if you’re getting increasingly fed up with what life is like for you in the UK right now, listen in and discover how a move abroad could be easier than you think!

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1.08 Why Chris moved abroad in 1999

2.24 How seriously are Gen Z’s considering moving abroad?

5.20 The top countries people are moving to according to some Reddit threads

5.40 ONS stats on emigration

7.00 What Gen Z talks about as to why they think about leaving

10.10 The downsides of moving abroad for Gen Z

12.39 The practicalities for Gen X

14.43 The downsides of moving abroad for Gen X

15.24 Gemini’s shortlist of the most attractive English-speaking countries for British citizens

17.14 Gemini’s analysis of the most attractive European countries

18.59 How Digital Nomad visas work

19.55 What has to change to make it worthwhile staying in the UK?

20.18 Gemini’s recommendations as to whether dissatisfied Gen Z’s and Gen X’s should stay or go and why

22.00 What’s the probability that life in the UK will improve?

23.48 What will Lily and Chris do as a result of all this?

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