<description>This audio accompanies the blog post at www.comebackgirl.com entitled "Should Your Job be the Main Provider of Your Sense of Purpose?. I have learned over time and in particular the last few years that we possibly ask too much of ourselves and our jobs. Of course, it is vital to find work which chimes as much with your values as possible, but you can discover a sense of fulfilment along the way. You don't have to wait for the perfect job that will serve your life's purpose! Take the pressure of yourself.</description>

This audio accompanies the blog post at www.comeb…

This audio accompanies the blog post at www.comebackgirl.com entitled "Should Your Job be the Main Provider of Your Sense of Purpose?. I have learned over time and in particular the last few years that we possibly ask too much of ourselves and our jobs. Of course, it is vital to find work which chimes as much with your values as possible, but you can discover a sense of fulfilment along the way. You don't have to wait for the perfect job that will serve your life's purpose! Take the pressure of yourself.

Should Your Job be Your Sense of Purpose?

<description>This is the new podcast format for Comeback Girl; the format is an accompanying audio to my regular blog post on the Comeback Girl website. 
https://comebackgirl.com/
I am talking here about the new expectations you should have from an employer in terms of wellbeing, job progression, hybrid/remote working, recognition and out-of-office rules. We have all changed as a result of the hardships of the last two-ish years. 
We look more holistically at our jobs and what we need from them. Statistics prove it is not just money we are looking for. The new hybrid working environment has changed everything and the Great Resignation means that good employees are harder to find. Good news!! 
We can be more discerning in the conditions that we expect. 
I've interviewed myriad people and I know what is at the heart of what we need. This audio accompanies my first blog post of 2022 on the website. The best is ahead!</description>

This is the new podcast format for Comeback Girl;…

This is the new podcast format for Comeback Girl; the format is an accompanying audio to my regular blog post on the Comeback Girl website. 
https://comebackgirl.com/
I am talking here about the new expectations you should have from an employer in terms of wellbeing, job progression, hybrid/remote working, recognition and out-of-office rules. We have all changed as a result of the hardships of the last two-ish years. 
We look more holistically at our jobs and what we need from them. Statistics prove it is not just money we are looking for. The new hybrid working environment has changed everything and the Great Resignation means that good employees are harder to find. Good news!! 
We can be more discerning in the conditions that we expect. 
I've interviewed myriad people and I know what is at the heart of what we need. This audio accompanies my first blog post of 2022 on the website. The best is ahead!

What to Expect in a Job in 2022

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https://www.mottmac.com/
http://stemtosteam.org/</description>

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http://stemtosteam.org/

Podcast #15 - Sarah Bearpark - How to Return to Work in STEM

<description>Can work shadowing help you find the right role for you? Short answer: Absolutely! Long answer, in her podcast Chartered Occupational Psychologist Lucy Standing describes the evidence base to prove it. Listen to this pragmatic, humble innovator here.



As founder of social enterprise Viewvo, Lucy is creating a market for returners or career pivoters to encounter a life in the day of their dream job. Carefully vetted "experts" will allow them to experience their ideal job field. The results are remarkable and in each case stop clients wasting precious time being fearful of making the wrong move or indeed any move.
Here are the highlights of the podcast (with timings):
Just Do It
1.35 – I need to do my best to change the status quo –I tire of people whining and not taking action



We Need to Change The Way We Are Recruiting


1.44 Our decisions are improved by having an experience of whatever we are deciding about before we do it, not with a general mental ability/integrity test and a job sample (current model)



3.07 Work experience in the form of internships and apprenticeships is becoming more popular. Gives people a chance to prove themselves



3.44 At Chase Manhattan Lucy introduced internships. On every single metric the interns were more successful in the medium term due to work shadowing



4.56 Nurses who had a chance of work shadowing in their trainings were 60% more likely to complete their diploma so (getting some experience) was incredibly powerful



5.05 I am giving people a chance to test drive the work they think they want to do e.g. a guy from a private equity firm who looked at a micro brewery; and invested hundreds of thousands before deciding against it as a career after work shadowing



6.17 From a day of working with a fashion designer, Mary now has a factory and ten staff!



How Viewvo Work Shadowing Helps You Find a Job


7.15 Each "expert" crafts their own experience of real life e.g. the author



8.4 Viewvo has come to help someone who does not have social privilege, who may be taken less seriously. e.g. Rosetta who is continuing a working partnership with her “expert”



12.2 How Vive works: will feed Viewvo  as an outplacement service





How Lucy Manages Her Portfolio of Work


14.08 –Everyone is supportive of each other at the ABP. Forging trust and being tolerent of each other is key



15.39 We are driven by drive to learn, defend, acquire and bond. They change in emphasis through life so our career preferences change



Sometimes Passion can Cloud Performance


17.09 There may not be a market for your passion. I cannot necessarily guaranteed myself a job out of my passion



18.35 Success  (who will get promoted) is not predicted on passion rather: proactivity, extroversion, conscientiousness. Passion is not the predictor



How much Can You Actually Glean in a Day’s Shadowing?


20.00. We apply our developed “taste buds”and the number of skills you can apply to any job are quite limited



20.48 Evidence would seem to be work shadowing helps you establish whether job is right or not e.g. Vanorama call centre



 Too much emphasis is placed on knowledge and experience


22.22 Emphasis on knowledge and experience are incorrect. We should be putting emphasis on transferrable skills



24.03 Pigeonholing  people into vertical sectors is very non-2019



Two Things that You Know for Sure That Bring Success


24.25 Two things I know for sure that you need to pivot in your career are:

1) take action,



2) be prepared to fail. We are so hung up on not admitting that we are perfect. It it so much easier to be vulnerable….your buddies will be more interested in you  not whining...and will big you up anyway. The startup world is heartening…..there is failure everywhere..

Catch Lucy through Linkedin and the Viewvo website</description>

Can work shadowing help you find the right role f…

Can work shadowing help you find the right role for you? Short answer: Absolutely! Long answer, in her podcast Chartered Occupational Psychologist Lucy Standing describes the evidence base to prove it. Listen to this pragmatic, humble innovator here.



As founder of social enterprise Viewvo, Lucy is creating a market for returners or career pivoters to encounter a life in the day of their dream job. Carefully vetted "experts" will allow them to experience their ideal job field. The results are remarkable and in each case stop clients wasting precious time being fearful of making the wrong move or indeed any move.
Here are the highlights of the podcast (with timings):
Just Do It
1.35 – I need to do my best to change the status quo –I tire of people whining and not taking action



We Need to Change The Way We Are Recruiting


1.44 Our decisions are improved by having an experience of whatever we are deciding about before we do it, not with a general mental ability/integrity test and a job sample (current model)



3.07 Work experience in the form of internships and apprenticeships is becoming more popular. Gives people a chance to prove themselves



3.44 At Chase Manhattan Lucy introduced internships. On every single metric the interns were more successful in the medium term due to work shadowing



4.56 Nurses who had a chance of work shadowing in their trainings were 60% more likely to complete their diploma so (getting some experience) was incredibly powerful



5.05 I am giving people a chance to test drive the work they think they want to do e.g. a guy from a private equity firm who looked at a micro brewery; and invested hundreds of thousands before deciding against it as a career after work shadowing



6.17 From a day of working with a fashion designer, Mary now has a factory and ten staff!



How Viewvo Work Shadowing Helps You Find a Job


7.15 Each "expert" crafts their own experience of real life e.g. the author



8.4 Viewvo has come to help someone who does not have social privilege, who may be taken less seriously. e.g. Rosetta who is continuing a working partnership with her “expert”



12.2 How Vive works: will feed Viewvo  as an outplacement service





How Lucy Manages Her Portfolio of Work


14.08 –Everyone is supportive of each other at the ABP. Forging trust and being tolerent of each other is key



15.39 We are driven by drive to learn, defend, acquire and bond. They change in emphasis through life so our career preferences change



Sometimes Passion can Cloud Performance


17.09 There may not be a market for your passion. I cannot necessarily guaranteed myself a job out of my passion



18.35 Success  (who will get promoted) is not predicted on passion rather: proactivity, extroversion, conscientiousness. Passion is not the predictor



How much Can You Actually Glean in a Day’s Shadowing?


20.00. We apply our developed “taste buds”and the number of skills you can apply to any job are quite limited



20.48 Evidence would seem to be work shadowing helps you establish whether job is right or not e.g. Vanorama call centre



 Too much emphasis is placed on knowledge and experience


22.22 Emphasis on knowledge and experience are incorrect. We should be putting emphasis on transferrable skills



24.03 Pigeonholing  people into vertical sectors is very non-2019



Two Things that You Know for Sure That Bring Success


24.25 Two things I know for sure that you need to pivot in your career are:

1) take action,



2) be prepared to fail. We are so hung up on not admitting that we are perfect. It it so much easier to be vulnerable….your buddies will be more interested in you  not whining...and will big you up anyway. The startup world is heartening…..there is failure everywhere..

Catch Lucy through Linkedin and the Viewvo website

Podcast #14 - Lucy Standing

<description>Welcome to the Comeback Girl podcast This week, I am talking to entrepreneur Rebecca Newenham, founder of Get Ahead Virtual Assistant agency. How would you like to do what you love working from home, around all of your other priorities your smartphone as your office? Or finally run your own franchise with a proven toolkit and a ready made blueprint for success? 
Notes:
(2.20) Left retail buying in London for 8 year career break – strategic decision. It wasn’t until Robin, youngest started school that she thought “I’d love to be doing something but I don’t quite know what”. She had been chair for the local pre-school and was loving being a mum. "It was part of my career but just not working in a professional sense".
(2.5) “Inspiration to run something for myself came from my mum who had run a tutorial agency when I was young, I benefited from her flexibility”
(3.09) Rebecca researched lots of jobs, she wanted to have her own thing. She also didn’t want to sacrifice travelling.
(3.3) Had heard of VA concept, strong in US.  Did day’s training course and set up business. 
(4.00) The excitement was that it opened up lots of doors.  My fourth child! Didn’t feel panicked (she gave herself time )….found course really interesting.
On Networking
(5.00) She was good at telling people what she was doing in her existing world of mums. Advice: be open in talking to people and you suddenly realise who you know, ask: “What do you think”? Networking is  “a more grown up version of a playgroup where you have to talk to people you don’t know”. 
(6.47) What did Mum pass on? E.g. really defined space if working from home…Be very disciplined.
Methods of self-care
(7.53) Self-care: breakfast with girlfriends, it’s looking at you as an individual and how best you work… “I love a list”. For mental health: podcasts.  Running as an escape.
Finding Purpose
(9.41) Mum said “ you will find your thing”…I was looking at people appearing to have found “the job”. I didn’t want to be controlled by some big hairy boss …this let me play to my strengths
(10.5) On having a professional family… can have thousands of connections but Instagram perfect life is not real.
Integrating Family and Work Life
(12.2) Big on planning her week…goals to work towards, family goals,   big planner everyone fills in…"I need visuals".
Advice in taking step back into work:
(12.5) Ask “what are you wanting to achieve?”  e.g. money, not thinking about it outside work hours…. understanding our motivations. Look at Talented Ladies Club website…
(13.44)I have seen a lot of people in 8 years who are not around anymore, they didn’t know what they wanted to achieve and waste energy in wrong directions. 
(14.36) Networking is listening to needs… whether you can provide it yourself or refer it on. 
Your elevator pitch
(15.3)About having a confidence, never apologising for your story,  bringing something alive (about yourself). What brought you to where you are
Limiting beliefs about Returning to Work
(17.00)One limiting belief: “Why would they want me” – it should be totally the other way around!
What does a VA do?  
(17.50)VA is a freelancer, they manage their own tax and insurance, beauty of us is that we provide our team with clients that they find interesting. Often all you need is access to a PC and a printer for remote working. 
Overriding benefit is interesting work and can manage own diary.
They help a business owner to focus.
Life of a Getahead VA Franchise Owner
(25.00) e.g Fiona, Leeds franchisee wanted a move from corporate life….2 children….. she has something she could run, Getahead VA has the toolbox. She does the business development and there' s a core team that can support. Fiona like that we researched everything ,e.g. providing website. “Professional family”. Men as well.
 Won’t it be great when legislation supports men taking long career breaks! 
(26.00)Say to anyone, your purpose is out there! 
https://www.getaheadva.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-ahead-va</description>

Welcome to the Comeback Girl podcast This week, I…

Welcome to the Comeback Girl podcast This week, I am talking to entrepreneur Rebecca Newenham, founder of Get Ahead Virtual Assistant agency. How would you like to do what you love working from home, around all of your other priorities your smartphone as your office? Or finally run your own franchise with a proven toolkit and a ready made blueprint for success? 
Notes:
(2.20) Left retail buying in London for 8 year career break – strategic decision. It wasn’t until Robin, youngest started school that she thought “I’d love to be doing something but I don’t quite know what”. She had been chair for the local pre-school and was loving being a mum. "It was part of my career but just not working in a professional sense".
(2.5) “Inspiration to run something for myself came from my mum who had run a tutorial agency when I was young, I benefited from her flexibility”
(3.09) Rebecca researched lots of jobs, she wanted to have her own thing. She also didn’t want to sacrifice travelling.
(3.3) Had heard of VA concept, strong in US.  Did day’s training course and set up business. 
(4.00) The excitement was that it opened up lots of doors.  My fourth child! Didn’t feel panicked (she gave herself time )….found course really interesting.
On Networking
(5.00) She was good at telling people what she was doing in her existing world of mums. Advice: be open in talking to people and you suddenly realise who you know, ask: “What do you think”? Networking is  “a more grown up version of a playgroup where you have to talk to people you don’t know”. 
(6.47) What did Mum pass on? E.g. really defined space if working from home…Be very disciplined.
Methods of self-care
(7.53) Self-care: breakfast with girlfriends, it’s looking at you as an individual and how best you work… “I love a list”. For mental health: podcasts.  Running as an escape.
Finding Purpose
(9.41) Mum said “ you will find your thing”…I was looking at people appearing to have found “the job”. I didn’t want to be controlled by some big hairy boss …this let me play to my strengths
(10.5) On having a professional family… can have thousands of connections but Instagram perfect life is not real.
Integrating Family and Work Life
(12.2) Big on planning her week…goals to work towards, family goals,   big planner everyone fills in…"I need visuals".
Advice in taking step back into work:
(12.5) Ask “what are you wanting to achieve?”  e.g. money, not thinking about it outside work hours…. understanding our motivations. Look at Talented Ladies Club website…
(13.44)I have seen a lot of people in 8 years who are not around anymore, they didn’t know what they wanted to achieve and waste energy in wrong directions. 
(14.36) Networking is listening to needs… whether you can provide it yourself or refer it on. 
Your elevator pitch
(15.3)About having a confidence, never apologising for your story,  bringing something alive (about yourself). What brought you to where you are
Limiting beliefs about Returning to Work
(17.00)One limiting belief: “Why would they want me” – it should be totally the other way around!
What does a VA do?  
(17.50)VA is a freelancer, they manage their own tax and insurance, beauty of us is that we provide our team with clients that they find interesting. Often all you need is access to a PC and a printer for remote working. 
Overriding benefit is interesting work and can manage own diary.
They help a business owner to focus.
Life of a Getahead VA Franchise Owner
(25.00) e.g Fiona, Leeds franchisee wanted a move from corporate life….2 children….. she has something she could run, Getahead VA has the toolbox. She does the business development and there' s a core team that can support. Fiona like that we researched everything ,e.g. providing website. “Professional family”. Men as well.
 Won’t it be great when legislation supports men taking long career breaks! 
(26.00)Say to anyone, your purpose is out there! 
https://www.getaheadva.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-ahead-va

Podcast #13 - Rebecca Newenham on the Life of a Virtual Assistant

I'm Laura Izard, and I am passionate about helping people find their confidence and get back to work.
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