126. COMEBACK - Helen Rickards - Allianz/Lloyds of London - springing forward from redundancy after 25 years - using LinkedIn effectively - networking - perimenopause

About this episode

Helen Rickards shares her uplifting journey of returning to work after redundancy and discusses the impact of perimenopause on self-worth.

Ask me a Q Hello Bright Minds, my guest today is Helen Rickards, who last year was made redundant from the German insurer Allianz after 25 years. It was traumatic. She’s now back in role at Lloyd’s of London and she’s loving it. You are about to eavesdrop on a wonderfully uplifting tale of how Helen got back to work. We talk about networking, the nuts and bolts of making LinkedIn work, what it’s like to be suddenly without structure and purpose, how the perimenopause affects self-worth and th...

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Chivers

Guest: Helen Rickards

Topics covered

• redundancy
• networking
• LinkedIn
• perimenopause
• career transition

Keywords

• redundancy
• LinkedIn
• networking
• perimenopause
• career transition
• self-worth
• Allianz
• Lloyd’s of London

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Allianz, Lloyd’s of London

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