The Job Hunting Podcast

If you are a senior executive listening to this show, or you one day want to advance in your career to become a senior executive, Amber Knight's experience job hunting as a senior executive is an important one for you to listen to. In this episode, we revisit my conversation with Amber, a senior communications executive, who has worked for the BBC and The Walt Disney Company. 

In March 2019, Disney purchased the film and TV assets held by 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion. This was an enormous deal, and it reverberated down the company structure. It's expected that mergers and acquisitions will result in restructures, aka, redundancies. Amber and her team left Disney towards the end of 2019, and the pandemic prolonged her unemployment. This is a topic we discussed a few times during the last episodes of 2021, so if you are interested in learning more about long-term unemployment and how to handle it and avoid it, please listen to episodes 108 and 109.

Amber has been a huge supporter of this podcast, writing about it and praising it in her LinkedIn posts. I invited her to be a guest and share her experience, and afterward, she also participated in the 2021 Job Hunting Made Simple Online Course and Group Coaching program.

We are soon re-opening registrations for the program, and the best way to find out about it is to register for the Free Job Hunting Masterclass happening on the 1st and 2nd of February. You can find it on my website or on any social media platforms. If you are a newsletter subscriber, please check your inbox, I will have sent you details and look forward to seeing you there.

This year, the Free Job Hunting Masterclass will be huge, with critical advice and tips for corporate job hunting in 2022 and beyond. I am ambitious this year and hope to share, as always, essential information you will not find anywhere else. That's always my motto and my promise to you: I don't want to waste your time, explaining what you already know. My goal is always to make the most out of your valuable time, and share information that can be a gamechanger for your career success. I hope to see you there.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The Job Hunting Podcast Episode 108: How long does it take to find a new job?

• The Job Hunting Podcast Episode 109: Will the "Great Resignation" Affect my Job Search?

• Free Job Hunting Masterclass

• The Job Hunting Made Simple Program
• The Job Hunting Podcast Episode 35: Interview With Recruiter Anita Ziemer "Let me call you back" - Recruitment trends shaping the job market in 2020
• Amber's favorite free resource: The Optimized Job Search Schedule
• Reset Your Career: Workshop & Action Plan To Get You Back On Track
• LinkedIn video interview prep tool
• Amber's LinkedIn Article about The Job Hunting Podcast
• Transcript of this episode

About our guest, Amber Knight

Ocean Swimmer, inflexible yogi. Passable cook and endlessly curious, Amber Knight is a senior commercial and marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in creative industries – specifically film and television distribution. Starting with a career in ad agencies, she has spent the bulk of her career with two of the world's most successful and respected media companies – the BBC and The Walt Disney Company. After being made redundant in late 2019, Amber started an MBA program with AGSM at UNSW and spent 2020 in a frustrating job search. In 2021, Amber participated in my Job Hunting Made Simple Group Coaching and Online Course Program, and is working as a consultant for a few companies including Optus, while she finishes her MBA. 

About your host:

Hello, I'm Renata Bernarde, the Host of The Job Hunting Podcast. I'm also an executive coach, job hunting expert, and career strategist. I teach corporate, non-profit, and public professionals the steps and frameworks to help them find great jobs, change, and advance their careers with confidence and less stress. 

• Subscribe to the weekly newsletter.
• A free resource for job hunters: The Optimized Job Search Schedule.
• Learn more about my career services: www.renatabernarde.com.
• Book a time to discuss 1-1 coaching and achieve your goals faster
• Or please email me at rb@renatabernarde.com.       

---------

Host: Renata Bernarde

Editing: Cianna Reider

Music: Scott Holmes

Contact us: rb@renatabernarde.com

The Job Hunting Podcast is a podcast by Pantala Pty Ltd.

Pantala acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Bunurong people. We pay our respects to their Elder's past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.