The RFS Podcast

We’ve created this podcast to give YOU maximum success in your career. We’ll talk to experts, specialists, and other spouses, to help your job search success.

Cerise, Rob and Rusila are all part of the recruiting team, in this episode, Along with Heledd, they'll be discussing how they recruit people and how they got to where they are today.

During this chat you'll get some great insight on recruiting and how it all plays out.

To fi...

We’ve created this podcast to give YOU maximum success in your career. We’ll talk to experts, specialists, and other spouses, to help your job search success. 

Lucy Key is a professional actress and communication coach.  She works alongside her husband Christopher in their business "Performing Perfectly".  Together they coach clients in effective communication. 

During this chat with Heledd you'll get some great tips for communica...

We’ve created this podcast to give YOU maximum success in your career. We’ll talk to experts, specialists, and other spouses, to help your job search success. 

Don Macpherson is a mind coach known as ‘The Monkey Whisperer’ who uses ancient techniques combined with modern neuroscience, all centred around the notion of ‘The Monkey Mind’. He coaches world famous stars and high achievers who need to be on their a-game. 

During this epi...

On this episode we are talking to the incredible Wendy Stand. Wendy is an award-winning VC/PE backed Business Founder, an Entrepreneur and a Visionary. Following the near loss of her young son in a swimming-pool accident whilst on holiday, she went on to change the face of the international travel industry by creating an entirely new family-friendly product class. Sadly because of Covid, things took a turn for the worse, but Wen...

In this episode we have the Premiership’s most decorated rugby player... Geordan Murphy! He ended his 16th and final season in a Leicester Tigers shirt in 2012/13 with the eighth Premiership title of his career and announced that he would be moving into coaching at the club.

Geordy arrived in Leicester as a teenager with just one senior season at Naas RFC in Ireland behind him, he then made his debut against Rotherham in November ...

In this episode we talk to double Paralympic gold medalist and nine-time world champion Emma Wiggs MBE.

Since a mystery virus impaired the mobility in her legs, Emma has fought her way to the top, dedicating herself to not just one, but two sports.  She first competed in sitting volleyball before choosing to switch to the high-speed sport of paracanoe and still continues to compete and dominate on the world stage today.  Emma won...

In this episode we talk to Lauren Duncan, an account director at Linkedin.  Lauren is originally from a small town in the West Coast of Scotland near Loch Lomond. She attended Glasgow University and studied Political Science whilst working full time as a hotel manager. After graduating she began working as a Consultant for the global recruitment agency Michael Page giving her the first real taste of working with public sector org...

On this episode we talk to Commodore Mel Robinson CBE who was appointed Commander of the Maritime Reserves in February 2020.  Mel was commissioned in 1993 as a warfare officer and has served in a number of frigates and minor war vessels. This included command of HMS EXPRESS and Wales URNU, an assignment that was the first of its kind in terms of a woman taking sea command of a warship.  To make her career work and balance the dem...

On this episode we talk to Alix, Kate and Boo from Forces Wives Challenge... Alix is currently based in Glasgow where she runs her own marketing consultancy and training business in the field of life sciences.  Boo is based in Wiltshire and runs her own business focused on Sports and Physical Rehabilitation. Kate is currently based in Buckinghamshire where she is working as a GP. They along with 9 other ladies are set to become...

In this episode we’re joined by Pip and Jools from Edge NLP! At Edge NLP their aim is to not only teach, but to guide, inspire, motivate and help people change their lives.

We talk about how they do that and how important it is to take a step back and evaluate the way you do things and present yourself. Everyone at Edge has a real passion for NLP, they combine passion with a zest for life and take great pleasure in creating extra...

This week we’re joined by Steve Leach who has served as a member of Alexander Mann Solutions’ Executive Team since 2005.   Having joined the business in 1999, he's has held a variety of operational, management and executive roles and is currently Managing Director, UK & Ireland.  Passionate about enabling the AMS team to be the best they can be, Steve’s focus is working with our clients to develop relationships and solutions t...

The number 13 is unlucky for some... Not for us though because this week we're talking to Jo Salter, the UK's very first female fighter jet pilot!  Jo Salter flew the Tornado ground attack aircraft with 617 Squadron in the Royal Air Force.  She later became an inspirational speaker and in November 2016 she joined PwC as a director and Chief of Staff, responsible for digital capabilities within the People and Organisation practice...

This week, as part of our Diversity Month, we are honoured to be joined by Penny Mansfield CBE who is the director of One Plus One.

One Plus One is a UK charity that creates resources that strengthen relationships. Relationships are as diverse and as complicated as they are necessary and fulfilling. Whether romantic, platonic or professional, you'll find Penny's insights and knowledge timeless and important - especially in our curr...

On this weeks episode we're talking to military spouse Louise Fetigan who is the founder of the charity Little Troopers.  Louise herself served in the British Army and saw active service in Kosovo. Her husband is also currently a serving soldier and has undertaken seven operational tours of duty since their daughter was born in 2003.  Louise is passionate about helping all the Little Troopers at home through the anxiety of deploy...

Our guest this week is Heather Sharp from Forces Wives Challenge. Heather graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2005, commissioning into the Royal Engineers. Throughout her 10 year career in the Regular Army, she had the opportunity to deploy to Afghanistan and take part in expeditions around the world - enjoying all the opportunities for adventure and travel that a military career offers. 

In 2007, Heather marrie...

Our guest in this episode is Charlotte Sjoberg, a Communications Director at Virgin.

She's also a Military spouse and talks about the reality of juggling a full-time role for a big Corporate Brand with a young family. She also tells us how she started working for Virgin.

Charlotte has been “doing” communications for nearly two decades now – Having cut her teeth in the financial sector including launching and floating one of them, s...

In this episode we welcome the formidable Lucy Feltham Leonelli, who was introduced to Recruit for Spouses back in 2011 by the charity Heropreneurs. 

Lucy, an executive search specialist had her eyes opened to underemployment in the military spouse community when she first started working with RFS and was determined to help raise awareness.

We talk about the Journey from helping RFS approach No 10 to her move to LA, her tragic acci...

We are incredibly excited to bring you the first ever episode! It’s a chance for you to get to know who we are and what we do and also to find out what you can expect the podcast to be about. We have some brilliant guests lined up for you over the next few weeks and months so please sit back, relax and enjoy! Oh and please share, we are so passionate about the content of this podcast and how it can help military spouses that we ...