“What Exactly Do You Do?” Episode 4: Steve Burns, Engineer

Welcome to “What exactly do you do?”, the new podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life. Subscribe via Apple, Google or Spotify, or listen via our podcast page. In our fourth episode, Rish Baruah meets Steve Burns, a qualified engineer, …

“What Exactly Do You Do?” Episode 3: Rob Jones, Primary School Teacher

Welcome to “What exactly do you do?”, the new podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life. Subscribe via Apple, Google or Spotify, or listen via our podcast page. In our third episode, Rish Baruah meets Rob Jones, a primary school …

“What Exactly Do You Do?” Episode 2: Meghan Downs, Copy Writer

Welcome to “What exactly do you do?”, the new podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life. Subscribe via Apple, Google or Spotify, or listen via our podcast page. In our second episode, Rish Baruah meets Meghan Downs, a freelance copy …

You’ve got the job!

2020 was a strange year for many obvious reasons. The Covid-19 pandemic put many people out of work, many onto furlough, but there were some areas that kept hiring, notably logistics, retail, warehousing and the games industry. In this post we try to offer a helping hand to people who may be just picking themselves …

“What Exactly Do You Do?” Episode 1: Mark Dennison, Radio Presenter

Welcome to “What exactly do you do?”, the new podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life. Subscribe via Apple, Google or Spotify, or listen via our podcast page. In our first episode proper, Rish Baruah meets Mark Dennison, a radio …

Job searching in the 21st Century

Every single working person will have had periods when they are looking for a new job. This could be because they are out of work, or perhaps someone who is casually browsing for what could come next. What unites us all is that searching for jobs has changed a lot in the last 20 years …

“What Exactly Do You Do?” Episode 0: Introduction

Welcome to “What exactly do you do?”, the new podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life. Subscribe via Apple, Google or Spotify, or listen via our podcast page. In this very first episode, Rish Baruah (the Founder of Karuna CV) …

“What Exactly Do You Do?”: the NEW podcast from Karuna CV

After a short summer break we are back in business! We have really enjoyed bringing you careers advice and content via this blog, and are now delighted to introduce our new podcast, “What exactly do you do?”. The aim of the podcast is to get under the skin of what people really do in their jobs; we …

Recruitment agencies: a secret weapon in your job search

We are getting to the time of year when lots of people are looking for jobs, as the school and college holidays loom and thousands of students finish their degrees. It is a competitive market, so could someone else help you find a job? The job market: the iceberg principle Finding work is hard work …

Starting your job search after redundancy

At the time of writing, the UK has called a one-month delay to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, and “Freedom Day” is now scheduled for 19th July. Underpinning all of this is the fact that some workers are still on furlough, some businesses are still at a reduced capacity, and some people will have lost …