How Did You Get That Job?

About How Did You Get That Job?

Explore the secrets of career success through insightful conversations with STEM leaders at the top of their game. In each episode, we meet senior professionals who have the coolest jobs in tech, life sciences and engineering and ask them to share how they’ve got to the top of their career. Expect conversations with global experts including cyber security leaders, directors of data, chief technology officers and AI specialists.

Publisher

Hays

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jun 2021

Latest episode

3 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

2 of 45 episodes have a transcript.

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   3 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How humans remain crucial to resilient cybersecurity

   Our ‘How Did You Get That Job?’ mini-series continues as host Shaun Cheatham, Chief Relationship Officer at Hays, welcomes back two former guests to discuss the cyber security landscape. Jessica Nemmers first appeared on the show in 2021. A former ballerina, she is now CISO at Flare Data Systems. Alongside her is Hays’ own CISO, Neil Khatod, who spoke on the show in 2023 about his experiences as the head of the US Army Cyber Command. Together, they discuss: What organisatio...

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   8 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Making AI successful (and ethical) for real business needs

   The new mini-series of ‘How Did You Get That Job?’ sees host Shaun Cheatham, Chief Relationship Officer at Hays, explores the trends and technologies impacting the future of work. This time, Shaun meets Antony and Claire Roberts, founders of Full Fathom Five. With a combined 40 years of experience of experience in digital and IT transformation, they join the pod to discuss the challenges for businesses regarding AI adoption. Expect to hear more about: AI as a “punk” democra...

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   3 Sept 2025

   Building careers in an AI-disrupted workplace

   ‘How Did You Get That Job?’ is back – and we’re changing up the format a little bit! In our new mini-series, host Shaun Cheatham, Chief Relationship Officer at Hays, explores the trends and technologies impacting the future of work. In the first episode, Shaun speaks to James Milligan, Hays’ Global Head of STEM, and James Hutt, founder of transformation consultancy Paradigm Junction. Listen as they discuss how AI is already impacting the labour market for young people, what this means for sen...

Inside a recent episode

How humans remain crucial to resilient cybersecurity

Published 3 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then let's look at if I'm working for a hospital, for instance, how do we continue patient care? What is the risk of your patients if this entire system is down? Do you even have pen and paper downtime procedures to be able to carry out business? But I usually try to get to the crown jewels. And then we start talking about defensive technologies to protect it. We talk about resiliency, how quickly can we restore it? And then that kind of gray area of business continuity in between, how can we limp along without it for two weeks, up to 30 days, possibly? Yeah. In a world where obviously there's some financial challenges for companies going around, everybody's very budget conscious these days. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 21 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

4

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

97

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