Career Farm

Really enjoyed volunteering earlier this week to run Resurrected Bites1st Team Building Day.

Michelle Hayes the Director is an incredible leader of this community interest company which 'fills bellies not bins' by taking food waste & and serving it up in 3 'pay as you can' cafes and 2 community groceries.

With 100 volunteers and many many perishable items - there are a lot of moving parts!

We celebrated plenty of successes and brainstormed solutions to many challenges as well as getting to know each other and having a lovely 'food waste' lunch.

Please DM me if you know anything about how to apply for charitable status or want to investigate how you can be a corporate sponsor.

From now on I am going to donate the commission from the book I wrote with the late Camilla Arnold to Resurrected Bites- the food and waste CIC (soon to be charity).

As you will know if you follow me Career Farm fundraises for them and set up a job club, with many of our clients being refugees and staffed by volunteers Anne Wells, Charlotte Cook Claire Coxon and myself.

With international women's day next Wednesday & works book day today I know Camilla would have approved, as many of our clients are women and she sure loved books! You can buy a copy at all major bookstores, Amazon and please contact me for bulk rates.

Struggling to get ahead in your career?

In this month’s episode of the podcast, Jeremy Schifeling, author of the #1 LinkedIn Best-Seller on Amazon and Director of Consumer and Product Marketing at Khan Academy shares his advice on how to get ahead in your chosen path.

Here are 5 simple steps Jeremy and I discussed on the podcast.

For more helpful career tips and tricks, check out the full episode: https://thecareerfarm.com/pod133/

LinkedIn could be the key to landing your next big role.

Jeremy Schifeling, author of #1 LinkedIn Best-Seller on Amazon and Director of Consumer and Product Marketing at Khan Academy joins the podcast to share his insider secrets to getting the best out of LinkedIn.

You'll learn:
👉 How to stand out from the crowd on LinkedIn

👉 How to be the number 1 candidate for a job

👉 How to connect and network effectively

For more, check out the full podcast episode: https://thecareerfarm.com/pod133/

I think Sarah Pierman is spot on here.

“Boards really need a fantastic mix of people to make good decisions and to understand their customers, their employees, and all their stakeholders.”

In the month’s episode, Sarah shares her insights on the importance of diversity for the best non-executive directors and most effective boards.

Catch more of Sarah on the podcast: https://thecareerfarm.com/pod132/

According to Sarah Pierman, CEO of Dynamic Boards, these are the 3 characteristics that make great non-executive directors.

→ Strategic decision making
You enjoy strategic discussion and decision making

→ Good governance
You like to ensure people consider data and insights appropriately and you want to make sure there's a good mix of people to make those decisions.

→ Belief in an organisation
You want to offer your skills, experience and perspective to an organization that has a purpose that you care about.

To find out more, listen to the full podcast episode: https://thecareerfarm.com/pod132/

How do you become a non-executive director?

If you have ever wanted to enter the non-exec world, then this podcast episode is for you!

Our guest this month is Sarah Pierman. Sarah is a non-executive director and CEO of Dynamic Boards. Sarah began her journey in the non-executive director world at 29, and now with Dynamic Boards, she helps connect people to board opportunities.

What you will learn:

👉 The importance of all types of diversity on a board
👉 The responsibilities of a non-executive director
👉 What it takes to become a non-executive director
👉 Sarah's essential interview tips

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://thecareerfarm.com/pod132/

Our latest episode is out now! If you're looking to improve your personal brand this episode is for you!

Our guest this month is Joseph Liu. Joseph is a public speaker, career consultant, and host of the Career Relaunch podcast.

He helps professionals define and market their personal brands more effectively when making a career transition. Previously he worked for more than 10 years in brand management in the US and UK.

What you will learn:
*The biggest mistakes candidates make when branding themselves
*How to grow your visibility
*How to make the most of LinkedIn
*The 3 keys to re-branding yourself when transitioning careers

Listen to the full episode here:
https://thecareerfarm.com/pod131/

What's Lucia Knight's best career advice?

Experiment.

"The best advice I can give is, deliberately play. Deliberately play an experiment with your career every day. I mean, tiny little experiments. 'I'm going to try to bring my superpowers into that meeting...' Our careers can be dynamic if we choose to experiment and play."

Listen to the full episode and subscribe here:
https://lnkd.in/eACWNsZX

Our latest episode is out now! If you're looking to change careers this is the episode for you.

Our guest this month is Lucia Knight. Lucia is the founder of Midlife Unstuck: Design work that feels great and fits better and describes herself as a mid-life career satisfaction designer. Previously she was a headhunter at Page Executive where she focused on recruiting CFOs.

What you will learn:
*How to get the best out of working with search firms
*The biggest mistakes candidates make
*How to prepare for an interview- The Inverted Pyramid model
*How to find your superpowers
*The secrets to a successful career change

Listen to the show and subscribe here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-career-farm/id1529554222