What Exactly Do You Do?

Welcome to "What exactly do you do?", the podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we talk to someone to find out more about their job and working life.

In this special bonus episode, Rish Baruah meets Brandon Boyd, a media graduate currently working in recruitment, to discuss his career journey since he graduated into a pandemic. We consider the benefits of keeping yourself busy, get Brandon's networking tips, and how recruitment is not the career that he thought it might be. Brandon also participates in a quick fire round about modern working life.

We also revisit our careers conversations from our 2021 podcasts; what can we learn from our previous guests Mark Dennison (radio broadcaster), engineer Steve Burns, social entrepreneur Matt Parfitt, Rob Jones (primary school teacher) and Meghan Downs (copy writer)? 

Find out more about Brandon via his podcast archive, Wordpress and Youtube channel.

We'll be back with more podcasts in 2022, with a range of guests including a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Stand-Up Comedian, Furniture Designer, University Lecturer and a Business Development and Marketing Consultant. We hope you will join us again in the New Year!

Welcome to "What exactly do you do?", the podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life.

In our fifth episode, Rish Baruah meets Matt Parfitt, a social entrepreneur running a cleaning company that helps disadvantaged people get back into work.

We find out how Matt started doing this type of work, and what persuaded him to make the break from the world of work into running his own business. We also discuss whether Matt required any qualifications and technical knowledge, and working hours - do entrepreneurs ever stop working?

We also find out Matt's favourite (and least favourite) parts of the job, and subject him to a quick fire round about modern working life.

Useful links:

• Radiant Cleaners
• Unltd
• School for Social Entrepreneurs
• Sarah Townsend: Survival Skills For Freelancers
• Alison Grade: The Freelance Bible

Welcome to "What exactly do you do?", the podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life.

In our fourth episode, Rish Baruah meets Steve Burns, a qualified engineer, with an interest in sustainability.

We find out how Steve got started in engineering, and discuss routes into the profession, the qualifications and technical knowledge required, and the different roles available. Steve tells us about the importance of translating complex information into plain English, and the prospects for travel (pandemic permitting).

We also find out Steve's favourite (and least favourite) parts of the job, and subject him to a quick fire round about modern working life.

Welcome to "What exactly do you do?", the podcast from Karuna CV. Every fortnight we will be talking to someone to find out more about their job and working life.

In this episode, Rish Baruah meets Rob Jones, a primary school teacher working in an area of social deprivation in Nottinghamshire.

We find out how Rob started working in schools, and how this led to him becoming a qualified teacher. Rob did not take the normal route into the profession, so we discuss the qualifications and technical knowledge required, and working hours - do teachers really finish work at 3.30pm?

We also find out Rob's favourite (and least favourite) parts of the job, and subject him to a quick fire round about modern working life.

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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.

In our second episode, Rish Baruah meets Meghan Downs, a freelance copy writer and content creator.

We find out how Meghan started doing this work after a career as a ceramic artist, and discuss routes into the profession, the qualifications and technical knowledge required, and working hours.

We also find out Meghan's favourite (and least favourite) parts of the job, and subject her to a quick fire round about modern working life.

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.

In our first episode proper, Rish Baruah meets Mark Dennison, a radio presenter with a weekday show on BBC Radio Nottingham.

We find out how Mark got started in broadcasting, and discuss routes into the profession, the qualifications and technical knowledge required, and working hours - is it really a full-time job when you are only on air for four hours a day?

We also find out Mark's favourite (and least favourite) parts of the job, and subject him to a quick fire round about modern working life.

Welcome to "What exactly do you do?", the new podcast from Karuna CV.

In this very first episode, Rish Baruah (the Founder of Karuna CV) meets his fellow Careers Professional Rebecca Auterson. They discuss the kinds of questions that they are commonly asked and some of the perils and pitfalls facing people of all ages when making career decisions. Rish is also subjected to some quick fire questions about work, career choices and what is his favourite caffeinated hot drink.