The RFS Podcast Recruit for Spouses

We’ve created this podcast to give YOU maximum success in your career. We’ll talk to experts, specialists, and other spouses, to help your job search success. 
Lucy Key is a professional actress and communication coach.  She works alongside her husband Christopher in their business "Performing Perfectly".  Together they coach clients in effective communication. 
During this chat with Heledd you'll get some great tips for communicating with potential employers and much more besides.
The official Performing Perfectly website: https://christopherkeyltd.com/
Lucy's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lucykey40
To find out more about Recruit for Spouses and the work we do: https://recruitforspouses.co.uk/
 

We’ve created this podcast to give YOU maximum success in your career. We’ll talk to experts, specialists, and other spouses, to help your job search success. 
Don Macpherson is a mind coach known as ‘The Monkey Whisperer’ who uses ancient techniques combined with modern neuroscience, all centred around the notion of ‘The Monkey Mind’. He coaches world famous stars and high achievers who need to be on their a-game. 
During this episode he chats with Heledd about the issues military spouses face, and offers actionable advice to make life more manageable for us.
Don's official site: https://www.donmacpherson.co.uk/
Don's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Master-Your-Monkey-Mind-ebook/dp/B088T7G4MB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KVJBBK8Q0KQT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jr8J78xwhOXuv1lX6XIKmyo9Nl3CqY7Rc2GDl-Rj2oypIgX73l8REoGwXzfHoHmoVPav_wTroeELXwQ90AMwmRyzCXOaM5Keqt9NdM-uZLe5hVD5EZL6iLTw3CdPRSXy3zzBw1VXCISUKGqXUGKlYg.83rdKCUk4SnaqwkktnIbFwKTx93RxsR9sa4Tvk1Hipk&dib_tag=se&keywords=don+macpherson&qid=1709901969&sprefix=don+macpherson%2Caps%2C64&sr=8-1
To find out more about Recruit for Spouses and the work we do: https://recruitforspouses.co.uk/
 

On this episode we are talking to the incredible Wendy Stand.Wendy is an award-winning VC/PE backed Business Founder, an Entrepreneur and a Visionary.Following the near loss of her young son in a swimming-pool accident whilst on holiday, she went on to change the face of the international travel industry by creating an entirely new family-friendly product class.Sadly because of Covid, things took a turn for the worse, but Wendy didn’t let that stop her. She is now a specialist People, Product and Culture strategist and is on a mission to lead the Resilient Britain movement.During the podcast we also hear about her husband having to eject from a fighter jet after a complete engine failure. We hope you enjoy this episode.

In this episode we have the Premiership’s most decorated rugby player... Geordan Murphy!He ended his 16th and final season in a Leicester Tigers shirt in 2012/13 with the eighth Premiership title of his career and announced that he would be moving into coaching at the club.Geordy arrived in Leicester as a teenager with just one senior season at Naas RFC in Ireland behind him, he then made his debut against Rotherham in November 1997.He scored 93 tries and 691 points for the club as well as winning 72 caps for Ireland and making seven appearances (including Tests against Argentina and New Zealand) with the British & Lions.Playing in four Heineken Cup Finals for Tigers, he collected back-to-back winners’ medals in 2001 and 2002. He also starred in a record seven Premiership Finals for the club.He is still Leicester’s leading appearance-holder and tryscorer in the European Cup, and is 17th on the club’s all-time tryscorers’ chart.He started his coaching career by leading Tigers to the Premiership Sevens Final for the first time in August 2013 and also took a lead role in the run to the Anglo-Welsh Cup Final in 2016/17 as Tigers became the first three-time winners of the tournament.He took over as interim head coach when O’Connor departed after the opening game of the 2018/19 season and the appointment was confirmed in December 2018 before moving to the Director of Rugby role with the arrival of Steve Borthwick in July 2020.We’re also incredibly lucky to have Geordy as our Non Executive Director and since joining us 8 months ago he’s already made a huge impact within the Recruit For Spouses team.We hope you enjoy this episode!  

In this episode we talk to double Paralympic gold medalist and nine-time world champion Emma Wiggs MBE.Since a mystery virus impaired the mobility in her legs, Emma has fought her way to the top, dedicating herself to not just one, but two sports. She first competed in sitting volleyball before choosing to switch to the high-speed sport of paracanoe and still continues to compete and dominate on the world stage today. Emma won gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio and gold and silver at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, this is in addition to her nine World Championship golds that she’s achieved since 2013.Her success in Tokyo was also record-breaking as she became the most decorated female paracanoeist at a Paralympic Games of all time. She was also the only female paddler to medal in both the Kayak and Va’a races at the same Games.Now a trailblazer for the sport in the UK and the paracanoe community around the world, Emma’s achievements were recognised in the 2017 Queen’s New Year Honours list, where she was awarded an MBE for her services to canoeing. Emma has since joined forces with fellow elite athletes and the Women’s Sports Trust to challenge the lack of diversity in sports bodies at senior and boardroom levels as part of the ‘Unlocked’ initiative.We really hope you enjoy this episode! 

In this episode we talk to Lauren Duncan, an account director at Linkedin. Lauren is originally from a small town in the West Coast of Scotland near Loch Lomond. She attended Glasgow University and studied Political Science whilst working full time as a hotel manager.After graduating she began working as a Consultant for the global recruitment agency Michael Page giving her the first real taste of working with public sector organisations. She then moved to online recruitment with Total Jobs which in turn gave her the opportunity to relocate to England where she spent 7 years working in senior sales leadership roles with UCAS (Universities Colleges Admissions Service) and QAA (The Quality Assurance Agency). Those opportunities deepened her passion to work in the not for profit and public sector world and critically gave her the experience and credibility to join her bucket list and current employer LinkedIn in 2019. She’s married to Moray and together they welcomed their first child Nicole in March 2021. They live in Cheltenham and spend their free time exploring the Cotswolds, cooking and enjoying Formula One. Lauren also loved to draw and search Netflix for the most recent outrageous documentary.During this episode we talk about Laurens background and how she got to where she is today with LinkedIn. We explore how LinkedIn look after their staff and encourage them to act as an owner.We also talk about the importance of having a LinkedIn profile and how it can aid you in landing your dream job.We hope you enjoy this episode.