Episode 15 – Why are you doing this?

Last week I wished for a quieter week, and I got it this week.   I spent a lot of of time trudging through temporary recruitment pools - lots of them closed with the end of the financial year which means you have to reapply to be in the new pool each year. That was half this week - applying for a l…

A quick episode this week, catching up on the ups and downs of the past two weeks of job hunting. Show notes: https://normalness.com/2026/08/07/the-second-time-podcast-episode-10-week-16/ Recorded and edited by myself, Vanessa Smith. Intro and outro music by Ben Dawson.

Welcome to The Second Time Podcast. I'm Vanessa Smith. This is my weekly update on how job hunting is going - it's the end of my 12th week of job hunting.   Objectively Pointless is my phrase of the week. That's how it feels, knowing that less than 1% of what I do each week is likely to have the d…

I’m pleased to say that yesterday I released my newest book - the First time. A memoir about job hunting for the first time as an openly disabled person.  https://normalness.com/2026/07/27/the-first-time/