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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 20 MIN

Hitting the application brick wall

from The Media Mentor

When Clive Hammond came to me for help in 2021 he had hit an application brick wall. He was getting very few replies from applications and wanted to know how to get more positive repsonses. Within a few weeks of us working on his CV, Clive was attending a BBC recruitment event and getting added to its pool of talent. But then his life was about to change forever, when he suffered a serious health scare. Listen to find out how Clive responded to this moment and how it has changed the way he thinks about work.You can hear more in this excellent BBC documentary that Clive produced.If you are suffering from a radio silence from applications, like Clive was in 2021, then support and mentoring sessions are available via the website.There are also 6 pages of media jobs to browse and a WhatsApp channel for alerts.If you have any questions about media careers or a story that you would like to share about job hunting, then please get in touch.More details about The Media Mentor can be found here.For all the latest job listings head here.To get alerts on media jobs as they drop follow the MM WhatsApp channel here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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