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Talent Atelier presents... The Atelier

Episode 8: Neurodiversity w/ Taylor Handsley

This episode is all about neurodiversity and always with special subjects, Rachel and Jo have a friend joining them. If you look Taylor Handsley up on LinkedIn, she’ll tell you she’s a mom and she’s autistic but alongside that she was one of the original team at Refinery29 in New York, worked for Amazon in London as Head of Content on their Private Labels before moving to Amsterdam with Edelman and Hey Honey. She’s a guru of all things content and social and is now expanding her own business, Tailored the Agency. Having been diagnosed in her 30’s, Taylor talks us through her experience working within the creative world and how life would be so much easier if we all came with a crib sheet. She also gives some pointers about how to interview neurodiverse people and make the world a more harmonious place.

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Episode 7: Allyship w/ Allegra Haines: Just because you work in Shoreditch, doesn't mean you're open minded

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. This is a guide about how to be a better Ally to LGBTQIA+ people in the workplace. We’ve got the brilliant Allegra Haines (proud trans woman, activist and owner of talent agency, The Booking Project) joining us on the couch to help navigate the way. Together we cover topics such as; how employers can help their transitioning employees, how to be supportive of your LGBTQIA+ colleagues all year round (not just in June) and why it's common for creative companies to assume allyship without putting in the work needed.

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Episode 6: Staying Relevant w/ Alex Goat: No generation is a monolith

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. This episode Rachel and Jo invited Alex Goat who is the CEO of LIVITY which is an award winning youth specialist agency working with brands like Bumble, Nike and Footlocker. They spoke about; the difference between knowing the youth culture zeitgeist vs knowing young people, how to lead a multigenerational team and why brands are now targeting Gen A..

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Episode 5: Leadership: Letting go is one of the biggest challenges leaders face

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. Today Rachel and Jo are talking about Leadership! It can be lonely at the top and this episode is a love letter to the founders and bosses we work with who are trying to keep things running, ideally without being a d*ck. They cover micro-managing, empathy in the workplace and how Gen Z are reshaping the workforce.

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Episode 4: Mentorship w/ Rani Patel: 'Mentoring is my counter to nepotism'

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. This week Rachel and Jo invited Rani Patel to chat about her experiences with mentoring. Rani Patel is the Founder and Managing Director of the new powerhouse Creative Collective, Calling. Before launching the new type of Advertising agency in January of this year, Rani led award winning work at some of the best creative agencies in London. She won the #futureisfemale award for Advertising Week Europe in 2021 and is now sitting on the judge's panel ensuring the next generation of female creatives are empowered and heard. We talk through Rani's experiences as a young, black and south asian woman entering into the world of advertising who was searching for her mentor soulmate, through to becoming a thought leader and mentor herself.

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Episode 3: Assertiveness: How Do I Assert Myself In Meetings? + More

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. This episode is all about being assertive in the best way possible in the work place. Leadership isn’t easy and it’s something we’re often learning on the job, so sometimes finding the balance between being the fun approachable manager vs the boss that everyone listens to can be lost. Over the 30 minutes Rachel and Jo aim to tackle some of the big questions around assertiveness in the workplace such as; how do I assert myself in meetings? How do I deal with an intergenerational team? What’s the best way to reposition myself when my team think I’m an aggressive leader + more.

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Episode 2: Networking: Not Everyone Owes You a Coffee

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. Today we're talking all about networking. Rachel and Jo go on a deep dive of best practice when trying to build connections in the industry, why networking is not an instant process and why it's so important to pay it forward.

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Episode 1: Interviews: How Do I Negotiate A Salary Increase During A Process? + More

Welcome to The Atelier where we workshop your work life, brought to you by Talent Atelier, the Executive Search business where we essentially act as a dating agency between businesses and people. This episode is all about interviews! In a working culture where interview etiquette and following procedure are almost as important as being the best candidate, it can be tricky to navigate the hiring process. In this episode we’ll be answering all the sticky questions you never seem to get a direct answer to, such as: what’s the best way to negotiate a salary in a process? Should I tell my hiring manager I’m pregnant? Can I use a new position to leverage a pay increase at my current work? + more!

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Episode 11: Parenting: Scaling the career ladder with young kids in tow

Back with a BANG (crash and wallop), the Talent Atelier team are here to talk about how to manage scaling the career ladder while being a parent. We’ve got guests this episode in the form of Kirsty Hathaway, Creative Content and Creative Officer who is currently consulting for the likes of Psycle and was formerly at Refinery29 as well as Gemma Doyle- a lawyer in her past life and now consulting across luxury fashion and beauty brands as MD/CEO, Gemma has a background at Net-A-Porter as well as being on the board of Roksanda. We talk through how they got to where they are now while having young kids, the reality of managing people’s expectations and how businesses can help parents in order to retain great talent.

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Episode 10: Role Call: Who are the people taking the next generation of positions across digital and diversity?

Special guest alert!Today, Tacita Small from The Small HR Company - ex Apple, Ministry of Sound and Luxury Fashion HR pro joins us over Zoom. We’re talking about the hiring landscape, particularly within digital changing faster than ever as well as the relatively new title, Head of Diversity and Inclusion. Who are the people most qualified for the position and what kind of difference can they make to a company?

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Episode 9: Founders and Followers: how to survive and thrive in the start-up space

If you’re a business founder learning how to get the best out of your team on top of everything else you have to juggle, or you’re reporting into a founder who sometimes struggles to let go, then this one’s for you. Joined by Alison Chadwick, the mastermind behind grow people and creator of bespoke coaching programmes for business leaders the world over, we discuss everything from imposter syndrome to inflated egos, the crucial relationship with your right hand man and the importance of thought diversity within a team.

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Episode 8: Interviews: how to create a great candidate experience

How the heck do you actually interview someone?! We’re rarely given training on this side of work, and whether you’re a founder looking to bring your first team mate on board or a manager with a squad of people already in place, Jo and Rachel are here to talk through the questions you're supposed to ask and how to really get to the bottom of someone’s experience.

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Episode 7: Culture: how to build it, how to survive it and how to move on from somewhere you love

Culture and general vibes are some of the most important things to consider when making a hire - will this person fit? Did you get a good impression when you walked through the door of the office? Formerly the Executive Director of Partnerships at Dazed and now the Global Brand Director of Exposure, Priya de Souza is here to talk about creating a work utopia, fostering talent from unexpected places and how to get your confidence back when you leave somewhere you love.

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Episode 6: Maternity, pregnancy, parenthood and beyond

Put the kettle on because today's episode is a long one. Rachel and Jo speak with HR expert Elma O'Reilly about pregnancy and parenthood in the workplace. From telling your team and managing everyone's expectations while you (potentially) throw up in a bin, through to hiring your maternity cover, all the way to returning back to work.

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Episode 5: Failure: from being fired out of a cannon to rising from the ashes

After a short (long) hiatus, we are back with a brand new episode focusing on job break-ups. You might have joined a company where the role you were promised doesn’t exist, or maybe the business is going through hard times, or perhaps its just not the right match. Rachel and Jo are here to talk you through some of their own personal experiences of being fired, getting made redundant and offer some guidance about what to do when you know things just aren’t quite right..

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Episode 4: #CreativeAchievers: Jeii Hong the All Star Creative Services Guru

Ever wanted to know more about the people working behind the scenes in the creative industries? You're in the right place.... We're delighted to bring you the first of our #CreativeAchievers conversations with the wonderful Jeii Hong. Former Creative Services Director at Stella McCartney, Burberry and Beauty Pie and now fully fledged entrepreneur/consultant working in the fashion and beauty industries with her very own business, Modern Commodities, Jeii talks us through her experience to date and offers some helpful advice along the way.

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Episode 3: Salary Guide: reviews, rants and revelations

Today we're tackling the age old issue of salaries- from knowing your true worth in a business through to how to ask for more. Jo Gilmour is joined by Rachel Saywell-Burr and Stella the miniature Schnauzer puppy to talk through their experiences and topline ideas in order to get yourself ahead in the game.

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Episode 2: Portfolio Guide: your work in progress

Online, Offline and everything in between- today the team are talking about their advice for those looking to collate their portfolio together. From initially creating a body of work when you graduate to being able to present a concise but interesting book when you have a few years of experience under your belt, we'll be taking about those working in Product based positions (centred on Fashion) through to Brand Creatives in Art Direction and Creative Direction roles.

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Episode 1: Interview Guide: from Skype to Awkward Coffees

Welcome to Episode One of How to Hustle with Talent Atelier. For this episode, our Founder, Rachel Saywell-Burr and Director, Jo Gilmour will talk through some tips and tricks about how to get prepared and handle yourself throughout an interview process including advice on navigating even the most awkward situations.

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