why the podcast?

The idea for The Career Cocktail Podcast came about through our experience working in recruitment, where we hear so many different stories of how people have arrived at where they are in their career today. Despite having been in recruitment for differing amounts of time, we both see that career journeys are often very different to what people expected them to be.

What we want this podcast to show is a range of different stories of people and where their career journeys have taken them. Those stories will show the reality that careers are subject to change, often driven by life events or opportunities that present themselves out of the blue. 

Through anecdotes, tales of lessons learnt, setbacks overcome, and successes celebrated, our conversations with diverse guests will show that there is a world of opportunities that we often don’t know about.

Our guests will talk through their career, sharing what they have learned and what advice they would give to their younger selves. We hope that these snapshots show you that you can approach your own career path with a sense of optimism, resilience and adventure. That you can adapt, reinvent and make mistakes that will be learnings for the next step on your journey.