E13: Amy Rollings at Let’s Connect on coping with redundancy and the power of human connection

Mad Influence

Amy Rollings, founder of Let’s Connect, and Head of Partnerships & Mentoring at Good Nugget, joins Mad Influence to talk about the community she set up to support people going through redundancy. She created it after being made redundant herself five months ago, after a very successful career working for brands like Burberry, Kurt Geiger and Michael Kors. We have a very honest conversation about the genuine emotions people facing uncertainty in the job market are feeling right now. We also discuss the pros and cons of networking and how doing it well can be the ultimate marketing tool for yourself. We chat about staying positive, dealing with ghosting or rejection when applying for jobs, and the social responsibility that companies must uphold when they are handling recruitment processes. We also talk about young people trying to get on the career ladder for the first time, and the mentoring programme that Amy is involved in to help them get into the creative industries.

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Key topics

-Coping with redundancy

-The lessons you learn from living abroad

-Grieving your job loss in the pandemic

-Dealing with the emotions around redundancy, furlough and unemployment

-Ghosting and rejections in recruitment

-Staying positive through situations out of your control

-How companies and recruiters can handle the recruitment process positively

-Obstacles young people face getting into the job market

-Mentoring young people into the creative industry

Where to find us

Guest: linkedin.com/in/amy-rollings/ and __letsconnect on Instagram

Host: @madinfluencepod on Twitter and linkedin.com/in/helensaul/

This episode was recorded remotely with music by Joseph McDade