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.
Now What? - Life after redundancy
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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.
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June 30, 2026
How to Present Yourself After Redundancy - Speaking Without Freaking with Dave James
<p>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 — where suddenly you have to articulate your value out loud, to strangers, in real time, without your brain quietly filing everything under unavailable.</p><p><br></p><p>That gap between knowing your stuff and being able to say it, under pressure, while someone looks at you. That's what this episode is about.</p><p><br></p><p>Dave James is a twice TEDx speaker and speaker coach who spent years in healthcare before moving into coaching. What he took from nursing, A&E and podiatry was a single transferable skill: building rapport fast with people who are frightened and don't know what's coming next. His framework is called Speaking Without Freaking, and his approach has little in common with the presentation training you sat through once and immediately forgot.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about why confidence is the wrong thing to go looking for, why memorising interview answers reliably backfires, and why your redundancy story (the bit you're most tempted to skip past) is often the most powerful thing you've got. </p><p><br></p><p>There's also a Bon Jovi misheard lyric, which I stand by to this day!</p><p></p><p>Connect with Dave:<br><a href="http://www.davethecoach.co.uk">www.davethecoach.co.uk</a><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamdavejames/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamdavejames/</a><br>Book a conversation: <a href="https://cuppawithdave.youcanbook.me/">https://cuppawithdave.youcanbook.me/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find the show: <a href="https://www.thenowwhat.co.uk">https://www.thenowwhat.co.uk</a><br>The Invisible Queue community: <a href="https://www.theinvisiblequeue.co.uk">https://www.theinvisiblequeue.co.uk</a></p><p></p>
June 23, 2026
How to Work With a Recruiter (Before You Actually Need One) - with Neil Johns, Merje
<p>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 with everyone from startups and FinTechs through to national banking groups and global organisations, to find out what the job search actually looks like from the other side of the desk.</p><p><br></p><p>We get into the patterns Neil sees regularly — the habits that quietly work against candidates, what a CV does and doesn't tell a recruiter and why the people who tend to do well are usually the ones who built the relationship before they needed it.</p><p><br></p><p>If you're in redundancy, back on the job market, or just keeping an eye on things, this'll be worth your time.</p><p><br></p><p>Find out more about Merje at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/merje-ltd/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/merje-ltd/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find support from others navigating redundancy: <a href="https://theinvisiblequeue.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://theinvisiblequeue.co.uk/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Contact the show: <a href="https://thenowwhat.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://thenowwhat.co.uk/</a></p>
June 16, 2026
Salary Expectations After Redundancy - What to Say and When
<p>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 pressure of needing a role changes what you're willing to say out loud. And the advice available is either negotiation-bro overconfident or so hedged it's useless.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode unpacks why this conversation is specifically harder during redundancy than a standard job move, the traps people fall into that are entirely understandable given the circumstances and what useful preparation looks like before you're ever asked the question. That includes where to research a credible UK salary range, what to say when they ask first and you're not ready to commit, the difference between what you need and what you want, and why knowing your household floor number before the conversation is more useful than any negotiation script.</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with others on the same redundancy journey at <a href="www.theinvisiblequeue.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.theinvisiblequeue.co.uk</a></p><p>Find the redundancy runway calculator or contact the show at <a href="www.thenowwhat.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.thenowwhat.co.uk</a>.</p><p></p>
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