JobsWorth
Welcome to JobsWorth, a podcast filled with stories from people changing their relationship with work, inspiring others to do the same
Visit the JobsWorth website; https://www.jobs-worth.com/
Watch JobsWorth on YouTube; www.youtube.com/@jobsworthpodcast
Follow JobsWorth on Instagram; https://www.instagram.com/jobsworthpodcast/?hl=en
Follow me on LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhawker/
Follow me on TikTok; https://www.tiktok.com/@globaltechcollective
Subscribe to my newsletter 'The Job Journal from GTC'; https://tinyurl.com/TheJobJournalFromGTC
Learn more about my proper job; https://www.globaltechcollective.com/
Episodes
67 episodes
JobsWorth Best Bits: Let the games begin
While me and the team are taking a break, Producer Tom and I have handpicked a few of our favourite JobsWorth games and jammed them into a very special episode. Let the games begin #jobsworth #podca...
•
40:33
.png)
JobsWorth - Lucy O’Brien
My guest on JobsWorth this week is Lucy O’Brien, Director of Essex based creative agency, Social It. At just twenty three years old, Lucy has already built a reputation for helping brands and businesses of all shapes and sizes share...
•
1:28:46
JobsWorth - Samantha Ford
This week’s guest is Essex based tattooist and Director of Silver Needles tattoo studio, Sam Ford.As a second generation tattooist it’s safe to say that the art form is quite literally in her blood and she’s seen a whole host of chan...
•
1:37:44
JobsWorth - Bee O'Dame
On this week’s episode of JobsWorth, I’m joined by Hair and Makeup artist, Bee O’Dame.Bee certainly knows how to make an impression. From the moment she walked in to record the podcast, she quite literally lit up the room. She’s...
•
1:09:24
JobsWorth - Ben Nichols and Alice Skeats
This week on JobsWorth, I’m sitting down with Ben Nichols and Alice Skeats, co-founders of Re:Made.Ben and Alice are a couple from Essex, and theirs is a love story that started like so many others in the twenty-first century – on Bumble...
•
1:20:41
.png)
JobsWorth - Anneka Lange
On JobsWorth this week, I’m joined by Leigh on Sea based sign writer, illustrator and artist, Anneka Lange.Since moving to Leigh from the West Country seven years ago, Annie has become the go to person for anyone looking to have...
•
1:18:36
JobsWorth - Charli Davies
JobsWorth is back and this week I’m speaking with Charli Davies, Director of Do It Like A Mother. Prepare yourself for a very real, very open, very raw conversation about all things motherhood and parenting. <...
•
1:28:11
JobsWorth Express - Chris Whitley
JobsWorth Express returns this week as I speak with Founder of Figure 8 Consulting, Chris Whitley. Based in Cornwall, Chris is living up to most of the Cornish stereotypes you can imagine. Yes he’s got a camper van and sp...
•
43:22
JobsWorth - Peter Knock
On this week’s episode of JobsWorth I’m speaking to Leigh on Sea based Illustrator and Artist, Peter Knock. Over the course of his 50+ year career Peter has created work for the world’s most iconic publications-think GQ, ...
•
1:02:35
JobsWorth - James Lawrence
On JobsWorth this week, I’m sitting down with storyteller and adventurer James Lawrence (aka Man About Country).James is a man on a mission. Earlier this year, he set out on a 400km walk around Essex in an effort to gather, preserve, an...
•
1:27:15
JobsWorth - Luke Williams
On this week’s episode of JobsWorth I sit down with Luke Williams, Founder and Director of Essex Metalworx. Despite the name of his business, Luke does so much more than ‘just’ make stuff from metal. He’s honed his craft ...
•
1:08:14
JobsWorth - Liam Lingwood
JobsWorth is back and this week I’m speaking to Liam Lingwood, Head Chef and Owner of Essex based restaurant Food Leigh on Sea. Liam couldn’t be any more different from so many of the chefs we see portrayed on our screens in shows l...
•
1:06:15
.png)
JobsWorth Express - Will Grashoff
On this week’s JobsWorth Express episode I sit down with Recruitment Agency Owner, Will Grashoff. Will, like almost everyone working in recruitment, fell into it. A little over a decade later, he’s still doing it and has ...
•
41:48
.png)
JobsWorth Express - Dave Officer
We’re back with another JobsWorth Express episode and this week I’m speaking with Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Founder of Doodle Juice Design, Dave Officer. I’ve known Dave for some time now after first meeting on LinkedIn lan...
•
50:06
.png)
JobsWorth - Tobias Smith
On this week’s episode of JobsWorth I’m joined by Essex based Musician Tobias (Toby) Smith. What does it take to turn something most people view as a hobby into a fully fledged career?Well, in Toby’s case, it involved two par...
•
1:10:25
JobsWorth - Abby Thomas
My guest this week is Essex based Social Media Manager, Strategist and Content Creator, Abby Thomas.“I spent the majority of my 20’s working in a corporate role feeling like I was watching myself live out someone else’s life.”<...
•
1:16:35
JobsWorth - Alexandra Allan
On JobsWorth this week I’m speaking with Essex based Nutritional Therapist, Alexandra Allan. Alex describes herself as having been lucky enough to have had two careers. The first was a 20 year run in publishing…a world s...
•
1:01:27
JobsWorth - Gemma and Will Jones
On this weeks episode of JobsWorth I speak with Gemma and Will Jones, the husband and wife team behind Essex based bakery business Wilma's.This conversation is, as its heart, a lesson in starting again. After the pair were ...
•
1:18:55
.png)
JobsWorth Express - Mark Green
In the first of our brand spanking new JobsWorth Express episodes I jump on a call with Mark Green, CEO and Founder of Change Rebellion. Mark has been working in the change and transformation space for almost two decades and in 2023...
•
42:20
JobsWorth - Ralph Tait
This week I'm sitting down with Ralph Tait, founder and owner of The Hatch in Leigh on Sea. The Hatch has become a bit of a haven for me over the past couple of years. You'll regularly find me there a couple of times a week hunched ...
•
1:05:53
.png)
JobsWorth - John Hawker
This week we flip the script on the traditional JobsWorth format.It’s my turn to be on the receiving end of a barrage of questions and there’s only one person I’d trust with the job. My little brother Luke Adam Hawker.This convers...
•
1:40:22
JobsWorth Reshare - Roll Boys Rising
We wrap up this batch of JobsWorth Reshare episodes with Roll Boys Rising from October 2024. George Artemi, founder of Roll Boys, was certainly a fan favourite and 6 months on he's gone from strength to strength, building a brand that is renown...
•
1:31:22
JobsWorth Reshare - Breaking Boundaries
For our penultimate Reshare episode we're going back to a conversation I had in March 2024 with Charlotte Debond-Sayer, founder of Essex based wedding and events venue, The Boundary. Ever wondered how a childhood passion can i...
•
1:26:34
