Hi, I'm Helen Tupper and this is the Squiggly Careers podcast and today's episode is one of a series of short conversations that Sarah and I have had with this year's LinkedIn Changemakers, which is really exciting because we're very proud to be one of those change makers too. And each of the people that we are speaking to is pioneering change in the world

of work and they're making a really important difference in areas including equality,

mental health and sustainability. We're really looking forward to learning more about how they've

made change happen, their hopes of the future and how we can all get involved to support them too. So today you're going

to hear my conversation with Andrew McCaskill. And Andrew is on a mission to end job search

misery, which gets big thumbs up from Sarah and I because I think that job search process can be

so hard for people and it takes a lot of energy

and resilience to keep going when it can sometimes feel quite difficult and you don't get

a lot of feedback on why. And Andrew himself actually went through an unexpected redundancy and now

he spends his time helping job seekers navigate the ever-changing job market to overcome setbacks and also give

people the confidence they need in those really big moments in their careers. He's got lots of

insights and so much energy as well and I really enjoyed talking to him. So I hope you enjoy

listening to our conversation and I will be back at the end to let you know

how you can learn a bit more about Andrew's work and also who else you're going to be hearing

from in this change makers series.

Hi Andrew and welcome to the Squiggly Queers podcast.

No, thank you very much for having me. It's great to be here, Helen.

And we're recording this on the day the campaign has gone live. How are you feeling? It's quite early in the

morning. It's not been out in the world for very long. No, I'm feeling really excited. We both

posted this morning, didn't we? And the initial reaction's been very, very positive. So the phone's been pinging. Sounds like there's a lot of support for what we're trying to achieve. So yeah, great start, I think.

So let's start there then. What are you trying to achieve? What is the change that you want to make in the world?

Sure. So our mission and the change we want to make in the world is to end job search misery. That's kind of our North Star. That's the thing that guides us every day in terms of what we're

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