Networking / relationship building is an important part of creating a successful career journey... however sometimes introverts may feel that networking is too overwhelming for them. Here on the Dive Into Your Career podcast, we don't want anyone to miss out on the HUGE benefits of networking due to either shyness or introversion and hope that this episode will help even the most reluctant of networkers know there's a way to make it work for them. If this episode is useful for you, be sure to sh...
Mar 12, 2025•27 min•Season 9Ep. 11
With Valentine's Day falling in February and the world seemingly headed in a less "loving" direction from some global leaders... today's episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast focuses on How to create a career you love After all, we all deserve joy and safety and part of that can include purposefully creating a career you love. Now, I am not being tone deaf about what is happening in the world and the fact that there will be many people who were surprised to be laid off recently, for whom ...
Feb 26, 2025•29 min•Season 9Ep. 10
These days, there are many viable, worthy options for students on their journey from education and / or entrepreneurship i.e. from school into the world of work. These options include university, apprenticeships and hybrids of the two. To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week 2025 , this week's episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast asks "Are apprenticeships a good option for me?" ... and guess what? The answer is yes! In that apprenticeships are a route that every young person should...
Feb 12, 2025•14 min•Season 9Ep. 9
2025... and in many ways, it feels like the world has gone nuts... More wars... Clear and direct threats of ethnic cleansing Removal of science and factual information from the public Fires and more evidence of climate change Further erasure of women's rights and autonomy Removal of DEIA / EDI initiatives (from organisations claiming anti-racism less than 5 years ago) An unelected citizen gaining access to private information via government sources ... and yes, most of this is mainly relates to ...
Feb 05, 2025•23 min•Season 9Ep. 8
Hey hey hey... HAPPY NEW YEAR! (To anyone listening in real time... and wishing the spirit and hope of a new year to anyone listening to this months later!) Welcome to the first Dive Into Your Career podcast episode for 2025. Regardless of how you spent the Holiday season, there's a chance that you experienced a change of pace and routine and as such may have deliberately or even subconsciously set some - insert appropriate word for you... intentions / resolutions / goals / promises for the year...
Jan 15, 2025•18 min•Season 9Ep. 7
In today's quickie episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, I (Gina Visram) reaffirm my commitment to you - to support you on your early careers journey, enhancing a spirit of fun and optimism. This episode is filled with Gratitude Reflections Hope Self-awareness Pledges ... and more and I hope you will stick around for more free (podcast and TikTok) and paid (soon to come - group coaching and job seekers planner) content, services and products designed to bring joy and impact on your journ...
Nov 28, 2024•15 min•Season 9Ep. 6
I am not okay. That's an important thing to admit these days right? While I had intended to record and release an episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast last week, on 6 November, my emotions in relation to the result of the 2024 US Election had left me reeling... and unless you wanted to listen to minutes of me sobbing... or stunned silence... I needed to step away for a week. And I have... Having paused and reset, somewhat... Today's episode of the Dive Into The Career podcast is focused ...
Nov 13, 2024•29 min•Season 9Ep. 5
Inspired by the 2024 theme for Black History Month (BHM) in the UK, "Reclaiming Narratives" - this episode of the Dive Into Your Career looks at this concept more widely as well as specifically in relation to proudly owning your careers story. In this episode, career coach and host of the Dive Into Your Career podcast shares thoughts around: Critical thinking in relation to history when it comes to who is telling stories and what their motivation is (as well as considering who is not telling the...
Oct 30, 2024•26 min•Season 9Ep. 4
GCSEs. A-Levels. IB. University and apprenticeship choices. There are so many decisions that students need to make on their early career journeys. How can you as a parent / guardian,help? That's what we're talking about this episode of the podcast and I have at least 11 ideas for you so I hope you'll try at least one and let me know how you get on. Do feel free to engage with this topic (or indeed with me) at any of the below: The Dive Into Your Career podcast page of the Your Career And Future ...
Oct 16, 2024•30 min•Season 9Ep. 3
Have you ever tried to engage your child/ren in conversations about careers, future plans and been shut down? They haven't engaged. Have maybe even been dismissive. Not in a rude way per se but often due to their confusion and lack of clarity and not feeling equipped to navigate this stage of their education and early careers journey. In today's quick (10-minute) episode, I have had a great time, sharing a (as one of my new favourite sit-com characters Mr Kim from Kim's Convenience would call it...
Oct 09, 2024•12 min•Season 9Ep. 2
At the time of recording this episode, it is Autumn. The days are getting colder, the nights are drawing in and the leaves are doing their annual magical process of changing colours and shedding. Change. It is a period of change. In terms of how our academic year works, September and October represents lots of change too and it is this 'season' that has inspired this episode about "How to navigate transitions and times of uncertainty on your early career journey" Whether you are in Year 11, 12, ...
Oct 02, 2024•26 min•Season 9Ep. 1
In today's episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, we approach a topic in direct response to the fears of some students this exam season... what happens if I fail? First of all - if you are listening to this in real time, I want to make the obvious point that there is still plenty of time to actively work towards your exam success: Focus Study (in a variety of ways) Believe in yourself However, whether you are in the middle of exam season and panicking about failure; have completed exams a...
May 29, 2024•28 min•Season 8Ep. 12
"Follow your passion" Follow your passion You ever heard that advice? Yes? Did it help? Hinder? How do you feel about this idea? In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, we take a look at whether advice to "Follow your passions" is received in the positive way in which it is usually intended. This episode is inspired by a chat I recently had with a parent of a teen... a parent who said that as her child doesn't really have a sense of what they want to do in the future - the idea of ...
May 15, 2024•23 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Want to know the foundation for a happy career? You do? Yay... It's "careers curiosity". I promise this is no more complicated than it sounds... it is literally the process of being curious about careers. Jobs. Sectors. Companies. Entrepreneurship. Curiosity is the process of being eager to know or learn something... and can take many forms. In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, we take a quick dive into discussing the importance of careers curiosity in your early career - and al...
May 06, 2024•19 min•Season 8Ep. 10
The word "Overwhelm" is used in many contexts and in this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - we are taking about it's definition as having too much to deal with. (Ha - a little but like how I felt when my computer didn't want to save this edited episode due to the disk being too full - Aaaaargh - but I digress!) The timing and topic is inspired by a LinkedIn post from fellow Registered Career Development Professional Elizabeth Lloyd - and of course, here in the world of Your Career A...
Apr 15, 2024•31 min•Season 8Ep. 9
As a school or university student, the term time / holiday cycles mean you have multiple opportunities a year to have greater control of your time. Whether it's the Easter holidays, summer holidays or any others - these moments provide great opportunities to build your employability skills - skills which ultimately result in you being an increasingly appealing candidate to future employers. In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, career coach and consultant Gina Visram encourages y...
Apr 10, 2024•23 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Ready for some tough love? Well good... that's what you've got today with this episode which focuses on 5 things holding you back in your career development (and what to do about them) . You my lovely... you are sometimes your own worst enemy when it comes to how you positively move your career forward. How can that be? Well... it's because there are certain things you do or attitudes you have which are not conducive to you moving forward positively on your career journey. There are a number of ...
Mar 25, 2024•34 min•Season 8Ep. 7
What's happening this National Careers Week? National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim of the week is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways. NCW is a dedicated week every year allowing schools, colleges, universities, alternative provision settings and organisation...
Mar 04, 2024•11 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Did you know that sometimes the highest achieving students are the most fearful when it comes to their career journey? Sometimes this can manifest as disinterest or not wanting to make decisions. In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, the topic of fear and uncertainty takes centre stage. How are you feeling about your early career journey? If you have any worries or fears, what are they? Take the time to name them. It may include fear of: The unknown Rejection Speaking to people M...
Feb 26, 2024•25 min•Season 8Ep. 5
If you want to get past the needing work experience to get work experience cycle that exists in the world of careers - this pep talk is for you... In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - you will get a full on work experience pep talk. I say full on because I started with certain points I wanted to convey to you... and then was on a roll so you now have half an hour of gems, designed to help you re/engage with the process of securing work experience. In this episode I mention that...
Feb 12, 2024•30 min•Season 8Ep. 4
This National Apprenticeship Week 2024 is based on the theme "Skills for Life" and what better time to go back to the basics about apprenticeships and whether they are a good choice for you. National Apprenticeship Week is a week-long celebration that brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. So... this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, Gina Visram -...
Feb 05, 2024•13 min•Season 8Ep. 3
What is a growth mindset? Is a fixed mindset or growth mindset better? Why is the word "yet" so magical when it comes to mindset? In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, Gina Visram takes a look at what a growth mindset is and why it is so important this and every year when it comes to making progress with our goals. Inspired by the work of American psychologist Carol Dweck, who studies human motivation, this episode is a short, sharp, important reminder of how: embracing a growth ...
Jan 22, 2024•21 min•Season 8Ep. 2
For nearly 20 years, there has been talk of "Blue Monday" - the most depressing day of the year which is said to be the third Monday of the year. In 2024, that is Monday 15 January. Now, you and I know that there is unlikely to be a scientific way to confirm this as the most depressing day. In fact, it was a travel company (albeit led by a psychologist) who first created a campaign about this - with the first Blue Monday being 2005. All of that said, I suspect that one of the reasons why the not...
Jan 15, 2024•15 min•Season 8Ep. 1
It's here! The last of 3 episodes in this series shining a light on some very accomplished women who would likely enhance your feed if you follow them on LinkedIn. "Saluting Our Sisters" is the theme of Black History Month 2023 in the UK. This has inspired today's topic of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - "32 awesome UK-connected black and mixed heritage women to follow on LinkedIn" (Part 3 of 3). In this episode... I am proud to introduce the final11 of the 32 women who feature in this serie...
Nov 20, 2023•16 min•Season 7Ep. 8
"Saluting Our Sisters" is the theme of Black History Month 2023 in the UK. This has inspired today's topic of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - "32 awesome UK-connected black and mixed heritage women to follow on LinkedIn" (Part 2 if 3). In this episode... I am proud to introduce 11 of the 32 women who will feature in this series. (If you've listened to the first episode you will see that there were meant to be 20... but I added a few more!) Please note... there was no vote. There are no ranki...
Oct 30, 2023•23 min•Season 7Ep. 7
"Saluting Our Sisters" is the theme of Black History Month 2023 in the UK. This has inspired today's topic of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - "32 awesome UK-connected black and mixed heritage women to follow on LinkedIn" (Part 1). *** (Please note that since recording this episode - the total number of number of women mentioned in these 3 episodes will be 32) In this episode... I am proud to introduce 10 of the 20 women who will feature in this series. Please note... there was no vote. There...
Oct 09, 2023•23 min•Season 7Ep. 6
How do I make new friends? What is the accommodation like? How does cleaning work in halls? Conversations about creating a positive start to the new academic year are taking place far and wide - and while not all of these questions above are addressed - this 2-part episode episode highlighting "10 ways to have a positive start to the new academic year" is my contribution. Listen to Part 1 (featuring numbers 1-5) here In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast - there are even more sugg...
Sep 11, 2023•21 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Happy New Year! Okay okay... that's not quite right. Happy New ACADEMIC year! (If you're listening in real time), it is September - and it's back to school season, whether you are heading back to secondary school or starting / returning to university. New academic years are so full of promise, but also before you get into the swing of things, can be nerve wracking and uncertain - especially if you are in a new environment, be it: a new post-16 setting like a college or new sixth form to you... o...
Sep 06, 2023•20 min•Season 7Ep. 4
If you, or anyone you know is in a situation where it recently became apparent that your "Plan A" wasn't going to happen as you hoped - then this will be a useful episode for you. Inspired by A-Level (& GCSE) results season, this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast gives some food for thought and specific ideas around how to change direction and create a new vision for your future. Coming to terms with the fact that your original plan will not be happening in the way you intended ca...
Aug 21, 2023•18 min•Season 7Ep. 3
As we enter A-Level results day 2023, my mind and heart goes out to students around the U.K. and globally who follow the British system, with their own hearts in their throats right now. On the cusp of greatness (whether or not they achieve their grades) and soon to realise whether the expectation and hope they have for themselves for their immediate next chapter is to be realised as they envisioned it… or whether it is time for them to dream a new dream (or pivot the existing one, or at the ver...
Aug 17, 2023•27 min•Season 7Ep. 2
