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  • I Got the Job. Now What?

    July 14, 2026 · 21 min

    After the best part of a year and somewhere north of a hundred applications, I've been offered a role and this episode is the honest version of what that actually feels like, recorded a while before I've even started, with none of the…

  • Coping With Redundancy When Everything Else Falls Apart Too — with Dan Roberts

    July 7, 2026 · 51 min

    There's a particular kind of unlucky where one thing goes wrong and you can just about laugh about it. Then there's Dan Roberts's 2025, where the wrong things queued up to take turns; right up until the week he finally caught a break and…

  • How to Present Yourself After Redundancy - Speaking Without Freaking with Dave James

    June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Most people navigating redundancy have spent years being good at their jobs. The doing was never really the problem. The bit that catches people out is the presenting — interview panels, networking rooms, video calls with recruiters…

  • How to Work With a Recruiter (Before You Actually Need One) - with Neil Johns, Merje

    June 23, 2026 · 55 min

    Most people treat a recruiter like a fire extinguisher — ignore it completely until something's on fire, then hope it works first time. In this episode, I'm joined by Neil Johns, Director at Merje, a specialist recruitment business working…

  • Salary Expectations After Redundancy - What to Say and When

    June 16, 2026 · 26 min

    The salary conversation is one of the most anxiety-producing moments in any job search — and when you're coming from redundancy, it's even more loaded. Your last salary exists but it may not reflect what the market currently pays. The…

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  • The Identity Crisis Nobody Warns You About - with Geoff Curtis, author of Embracing Your Own Purgatory

    June 9, 2026 · 50 min

    Redundancy has a way of doing something nobody really prepares you for. It doesn't just take the job it also dismantles the version of yourself that was built around it. Your title, the structure, the sense of purpose that came with…

  • When the Red Flags Are in the Job Ad

    June 2, 2026 · 20 min

    "Fast-paced environment." "We're like a family." "Hit the ground running." These could sound like reasons to apply - they could also sound like reasons to close the tab. Job ads are marketing copy. They're written to sell you on a role…

  • Navigating Unemployment: Recent Experiences from the Job Search

    May 26, 2026 · 16 min

    thenowwhat.co.uk⁠This week's episode is less polished structure, more honest reflection. I'm walking through some recent experiences from my own job search — the kind of things that happen when you're in the middle of redundancy and…

  • Redundancy Support Platform: The Invisible Queue Founders on Why It Matters

    May 19, 2026 · 40 min

    theinvisiblequeue.co.uk Over the past six months, I've spoken with dozens of people navigating redundancy. Through the podcast, messages and numerous conversations that started with "I thought it was just me." Every single one echoed the…

  • Why Trying Harder Doesn't Fix Redundancy

    May 12, 2026 · 25 min

    thenowwhat.co.uk⁠The basics of job searching. Updating your CV, tailoring applications, following up; they don't stay done. You do them, they work or they don't and then you have to do them again the next day. And the day after that…

  • Job Search Jealousy: Their Win Isn't Your Loss

    May 5, 2026 · 20 min

    thenowwhat.co.uk⁠ Other people's good news is one of the quieter challenges of redundancy. Not the hardest thing, but one of the most disorienting because the feeling it produces doesn't have a clean name and nobody warns you it's…

  • Redundancy and the ambition problem

    April 28, 2026 · 24 min

    thenowwhat.co.uk⁠ You know you're capable. You've got ideas, drive, the whole thing. But when you're job hunting, ambition starts to feel less like fuel and more like something you need to apologise for. This episode is about the weird…

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About the show

Redundancy. Layoffs. The brutal uncertainty of job hunting. Now What? is the honest, practical podcast for anyone navigating life after redundancy in the UK — covering confidence, job search strategy, interview prep, rejection, flexible working, career change and the emotional reality of trying to hold everything together while your inbox does nothing. Hosted by someone living it in real time, not dispensing advice from a mountain. New episodes weekly.