My Career Crisis
by Rosina Sound / Chalk & Blade
An interview and Q and A show about the work problems we tackle throughout our lives. Presenter Ruth Barnes and career guidance expert Sue Ahern invite a guest into the studio to tell the personal story of their career crisis and receive advice from Sue. One major topic is covered in each episode, like 'Post Redundancy Crossroads' 'My Boss is Creeping Me Out', or 'Creative Fulfilment vs MONEY.' Expect no holds barred stories with plenty of swearing and tears, life lessons and laughter. Our careers are not straightforward, if you are having a work/life wobble this is the show for you.
Episodes
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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 guest, just a heap of bulls*** free advice.
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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 around her life to help her feel more confident about the series of choices she has made and worry…
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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 in south London. A real passion project which they are both utterly committed to. Sophie was...
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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 happy in any of her jobs as an accountant and is a loss at what to do. We also hear from Richard...
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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 loved her job working for a boutique design agency, but when she had her daughter - everything...
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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, but what else can she do?
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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 whilst smashing it out of the park at work. Right now she feels like she is failing at both. Can Sue...
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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 freelance rollercoaster. Uncreative admin work to pay the bills is taking its toll on her self...
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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 everything from nightmare competency interview questions to whether Roz should take a minimum wage…
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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 for the job, can Sue help Ellie ask for more money and climb that hallowed ladder?
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Series 2 The prequel
We had already recorded most of series two before the #MeToo phenomenon took place, but we wanted to get Sue and Ruth's thoughts about what to do if you are experiencing unwanted attention in the workplace as well as trail our new series of My Career Crisis which begins next week, so here is a...
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Trailer
Ruth is on the look out for new contributors for season 2. Do you have a career problem that Sue can help with?
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Postbag Edition
To round off Season 1 of My Career Crisis it's over to you. Ruth and Sue dig through the mail bag and answer your queries on everything from dealing with a colleague's terrible body odour to how to ask for that pay rise you want so badly.
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Did I make the wrong choice?
This week's guest has unhelpful voices in her head telling her she has ruined her education by making the wrong career choices. Is this the reason she feels like she is always underachieving at work? She has had a variety of careers, none of which have felt spot on, from P.R. to stand up comedy,...
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When Drew Barrymore Changed My Life
Bouncing back after a breakdown - both in your personal life and in your work life is easier said than done. Annie was signed off work and found herself on a yoga retreat in Mexico with Drew Barrymore. That's a life changer all right, and on returning to London she's slowly picking up the pieces…
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Will I Ever Get My Break?
A career as a musician is glamourous right? Wrong! Making a living as a musician is an age old conundrum, how do you earn a living following your passion which pays you next to nothing? Charlie Hinchcliff has had some success as Dear Pariah, the name she records under. Successful support slots…
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"Don't Mention The Cerebral Palsy”
Job interviews can be hideous....imagine going to an interview and being advised ‘don’t tell people you’ve got cerebral palsy' and wondering how the hell you hide the fact that you have a disability. Natasha shares a lifetime of awkward moments like this and why she wants to make a change in her...
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Post Redundancy Crossroads
Is getting made redundant after working in a job for 15 years a blow or an opportunity? This week's guest, Hannah has been made redundant after a long haul working in jewellery and isn't sure what to do next. A single parent with a mortgage to pay, she takes some hard advice from Sue about how to...
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Life, Loss and Starting Over At 41
Nothing can prepare you for the loss of a child. When this week's guest Hattie found herself faced with this unbearable grief, her life changed forever. Once a successful food writer, Hattie gave it all up after the death of her third child and became full time carer and campaigner for her first...
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My Job Is A Gilded Cage
Do you dread going in to work every day? Do you feel trapped because the money is good but the job makes you unhappy? Perhaps your job is a gilded cage. Careers counsellor Sue Ahern explores when it is time to jack in the job and how to do it with style, panache, and most importantly, without risk.
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My work is my baby, but help I'm pregnant!
One big curveball as a small business owner could be when one of your staff has a baby, but what happens when that person is the boss (a.k.a. you)? How will you manage your own maternity leave, or keep the business going whilst looking after a small baby? This weeks guest, Sophie, is trying to…
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Creativity vs Money
Photographer Lottie Davies asks is it ever possible to earn money in the creative industries? Sue Ahern and Ruth Barnes help answer career advice questions on happiness in the workplace.
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My Career Crisis Trailer
Ruth Barnes introduces this new show to guide us all through our sh*tty times at work. For those having work worries and job stress, you can find solace, advice and business guidance to help you go from work place moper to high achieving hoper right here.
About this show
An interview and Q and A show about the work problems we tackle throughout our lives. Presenter Ruth Barnes and career guidance expert Sue Ahern invite a guest into the studio to tell the personal story of their career crisis and receive advice from Sue. One major topic is covered in each episode, like 'Post Redundancy Crossroads' 'My Boss is Creeping Me Out', or 'Creative Fulfilment vs MONEY.' Expect no holds barred stories with plenty of swearing and tears, life lessons and laughter. Our careers are not straightforward, if you are having a work/life wobble this is the show for you.
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Rosina Sound / Chalk & Blade