My Little Rants

Carrie
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I'm Carrie , headhunter for 14 years, a lone parent for 13, with strong Manchester roots, even though Barcelona has been home for the past 9 years. My Little Rants is where I say out loud the things we all think about work, life, and modern madness. Raw, unpolished, and straight to the point. Perfect for your walk, commute, or coffee break , with a little northern humour on the go. Because sometimes a little rant is exactly what you need. LinkedIn Top Voice https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriealderson/

  1. 4D AGO

    The Human Cost of AI Hiring

    Fourteen years in recruitment, and I’ve never seen hiring feel this efficient… and this impersonal. AI is changing everything, and that isn’t a bad thing. But when automation replaces conversations instead of improving them, something important gets lost. In this episode, I talk about invisible candidates, algorithmic bias, ghosting by design, and why hiring will always be human work, no matter how advanced the tools become. Because recruitment isn’t just process. It’s trust.

    5 min

  2. FEB 20

    You Don't Sound Northern

    We talk a lot about diversity. But we rarely talk about sound. This episode explores the invisible hierarchy of accents in the UK and what it quietly says about class, credibility and belonging. From childhood elocution lessons to boardroom tone-shifting, I unpack the subtle ways many of us learn to edit ourselves before we even know who we are. Not out of shame. Not out of vanity. But out of protection. Because sometimes bias doesn’t shout. It smiles. This isn’t really about vowels. It’s about energy. Identity.And whether the world has changed enough that we can stop sanding down our edges to be taken seriously.

    6 min

  3. FEB 13

    Work Wasn't Designed Around Human Energy - And It Shows

    We’ve built modern work around a structure that ignores how humans actually function, then we wonder why people are exhausted, disengaged, or just getting through the week. In this episode, I unpack what really happens to focus and energy from Monday to Friday, why Tuesday is often the most productive day, why midweek friction is predictable, and why Fridays can produce some of our best thinking. I also revisit the four-day week debate and ask why it faded just as the results became hard to ignore. This isn’t a rant about laziness.It’s a challenge to outdated expectations. If your best work happens despite the working week, not because of it, this one will land.

    8 min

  4. FEB 6

    The Walls Closed In Again

    After last week's little rant, I came back to the UK expecting belonging.I thought familiar places, people, and history might settle the pull I’d been feeling from afar. Instead, I felt the walls closing in. In this follow-up to last week’s rant, I talk honestly about what it was like being back in the UK for a week. Seeing clients. Catching up with family and friends. And realising that the pull I’d been questioning wasn’t towards “home” at all. This episode is about mistaking familiarity for belonging.About what happens when stillness starts to feel like containment.And about recognising that some people aren’t meant to stay rooted in one place forever. If you’ve ever built a life that looks right on paper but still felt restless, this episode might put words to something you’ve felt but never quite named.

    5 min

  5. JAN 30

    When You're Living The Dream but ...

    I’ve lived abroad for most of my adult life.Japan. The US. And now nearly ten years in Spain. Brexit didn’t force me to leave the UK.It gave me the excuse and the momentum I needed. I packed up my life and my five-year-old daughter and started again in a country where no one knew me, the language, or my story. From the outside, it looks like the dream.Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in the world.People tell me all the time how lucky I am to live here. And I am. But lately, I’ve felt a pull back to the UK at the exact same time so many people are trying to leave it. This episode isn’t about Spain versus the UK.It’s about seasons. Identity. Anonymity.And what happens when a life that looks right on paper starts to feel unfinished. If you’ve ever questioned a choice that once felt certain, this one’s for you.

    5 min

  6. JAN 23

    Are We Scared to Say Anything These Days?

    In this episode of My Little Rants, I explore a quiet shift many of us are feeling the growing hesitation around what we say at work and in everyday conversations. After years of necessary progress around sexism, racism, power, and inclusion, something else seems to have crept in alongside it: fear. Not of doing harm, but of getting things wrong. Of being misunderstood. Of saying nothing feeling safer than saying something imperfectly. This isn’t a rant against progress or “PC culture”.It’s an honest reflection on trust, silence, humour, and what happens when psychological safety starts to tip into self-censorship. No hot takes.Just a conversation worth having.

    8 min

  7. JAN 16

    We Weren’t Built For This Much.

    This week’s My Little Rant is a reflection on what it feels like to live with constant awareness - of news, opinions, crises, and other people’s emotions and how that level of exposure quietly changes us. It’s not a rant about technology, and it’s not nostalgic for a different time. It’s simply an observation about distance, overload, and what it might mean to protect a bit of space so we can stay human. No solutions. Just a pause.

    4 min

  8. JAN 9

    The View I Couldn't See At The Time

    Quick note before we start. This is My Little Rant, but in video form now. So yes, this is actually me. Not an AI voice. Not a robot. No dramatic voiceover budget.Just my real face, my real voice, and the same slightly unfiltered thoughts. Alright, let’s begin.. This episode looks at a moment from my childhood that felt like abandonment at the time, and how it later became one of the most formative lessons of my life. It’s about perspective, difficult choices, and why you don’t always get the full view when you’re living through something. Press play if you’re questioning a decision, or being hard on yourself for not knowing what you couldn’t have known yet.

    9 min
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I'm Carrie , headhunter for 14 years, a lone parent for 13, with strong Manchester roots, even though Barcelona has been home for the past 9 years. My Little Rants is where I say out loud the things we all think about work, life, and modern madness. Raw, unpolished, and straight to the point. Perfect for your walk, commute, or coffee break , with a little northern humour on the go. Because sometimes a little rant is exactly what you need. LinkedIn Top Voice https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriealderson/

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  • Creator
    Carrie
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Carrie
  • Show Website
    My Little Rants