Megan Robinson
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90 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 29 Jan
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I don't think I have the answers.
I think a lot of job advice now is that it is a numbers game but I would also encourage young people to do whatever they can to regain a sense of control over their lives.
For me it's focusing on writing but for other people it might be vocational training.
It's more satisfying to work hard at something where you have control over the outcome and isn't dependent on someone handing you an opportunity.
Thank you so much.
Low-balling is when job applicants offer an employer to work for less than the listed salary.
Candidates do it to appear cheaper and therefore hopefully more desirable to employers.
It's something I've done myself and have seen amongst other younger female job seekers.
But in my own case and in the other women I interviewed, it didn't help any of us get a job.
I think it's more of a symptom of how difficult the job market is for young people right now.
Yeah, absolutely.
So
After graduating from my master's degree last year, I applied to over a thousand jobs and only had three interviews.
One of these interviews was for a writer-editor role at a small health publication.
But after my first interview, I was rejected.
It made me really panicky because I'd been unemployed for so long and I didn't know when I might get another interview.
So I was quite desperate and I followed up saying I'd be willing to accept less than the posted salary if they'd keep me in consideration.
Surprisingly, it worked, and the hiring manager said he'd bring me back into the running.
But in the end, I still wasn't hired.
I was told that I wasn't meeting output expectations, and they didn't have the budget or the capacity to train me.
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