(Originally published on LinkedIn August 2020) I’m playing corporate word bingo at the moment. The complex and unfathomable game of chess with recruitment ‘tools’ that have their very own binary idea of who gets through to the human stage. If I miss a keyword in my application, does that automatically…

(Originally published on LinkedIn in September, 2020) Well, I never thought I had a problem with verbal reasoning. Until now. Or rather, a potential employer has a problem with my (lack of) verbal reasoning. I’m tired and have spent all day on one application. I submitted it and to my…

Life after redundancy — I’m grieving. It’s three days since my employment ended at Heathrow, and I’ve taken some time to reflect how this break in the thread of my career has shaken me, and found me wondering how healthy it is for us to have an identity so entwined with our workplace. I…