The Gen X/Z Exchange
You might be wondering why you aren’t happier, where your career is going, or feeling adrift without a clear sense of direction. You’re asking, “How do I figure out what I’m even supposed to be doing?”
If you feel that familiar knot of confusion, dissatisfaction, or just plain stuckness, you've just found your kindred spirits.
This is The Gen X/Z Exchange. Where a Gen X dad and his Gen Z daughter bridge the generational divide to tackle modern life’s biggest headaches.
These aren't just your problems, they're the unspoken struggles of an entire generation - or two!
You're not alone in battling the quiet anxieties of a life that feels off-kilter. Happiness can be hard to find. Perhaps concerns about your mental and physical wellbeing are always bubbling away. Your most important relationships might feel strained, or the relentless demands of your career and finances are leaving you exhausted. These are the universal whispers that, surprisingly, span generations. We can help you untangle all this.
Chris has navigated layoffs, career pivots and found happiness after the infamous midlife slump, while Lily is figuring out her career after changing her degree path and reflecting on her early choices in the world of work. Our different generational viewpoints bring new ideas to tackling the big issues we’re both grappling with.
We chat about all this with honesty, realism and the openness a father-daughter relationship brings.
Our candid conversations will help you realise that you’re not alone in feeling this way too. You’ll gain fresh perspectives, practical insights, and the comforting realisation that many of your worries are universal – and solvable.
We’ll get to the heart of your frustrations, offering solutions we figure out together that you won't find anywhere else.
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The Gen X/Z Exchange
Launching on LinkedIn with Sarah Burgess - new grad or new job seeker? How to get started on LinkedIn
If you’ve thought you need to be doing more with Linkedin, but don’t know how, this episode is for you. Whether you’re a student or new grad building your network, or a mid-career professional starting a job search, we break down how to get the most out of LinkedIn.
We’re joined by LinkedIn expert and career coach Sarah Burgess. For over 20 years Sarah has coached everyone from school leavers to C-suite execs, becoming an expert LinkedIn user along the way.
You’ll learn:
- The essentials of building your Linkedin profile
- LinkedIn etiquette for new users
- How to get started liking, commenting and posting (if you want to)
- Whether you should use AI for content
- How to get started job searching on LinkedIn
- How to get more recruiters looking at your profile
- Whether you should use the Open to Work green banner and LinkedIn Premium
We’ve split this episode in two, but Sarah offers so many great tips we think the whole episode is worth a listen, whatever stage you’re at!
To connect with Sarah about her workbooks and coaching, see below.
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3.25 Sarah’s journey to becoming a LinkedIn expert
PART ONE
6.15 Gen Z launching on LinkedIn - how to get started
6.53 Building your profile
7.57 Starting to build connections
8.20 Starting with liking and posting
9.08 Linkedin etiquette
10.52 What kind of posts get more engagement
12.25 The Three P’s for your post boundaries
13.22 How to get started with posting
14.20 Sophie Broome’s authentic, diary-like posts https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-broome/
15.05 What kind of tone of voice to use on LinkedIn
16.46 How to use your university’s alumni page for networking
18.13 Example of how powerful alumni connections can be
19.38 Shout out to our reviewers - Thank you!
20.25 How LinkedIn can help with your studies
22.34 Is there an acceptable amount of AI to use?
23.36 How JobMatch works
24.24 Sarah’s forthcoming workbooks
26.55 LinkedIn for Smart Students sessions and parent consultations on career choices
27.40 PART TWO
28.12 Gen X: the essential things to get started with LinkedIn’s job search capabilities
30.06 What’s the point - why should I bother?!
30.50 How to easily boost your visibility with people outside your network
31.20 How to get people looking at your profile - including recruiters
31.46 How commenting can showcase your expertise
33.21 Controversial topic 1: the green ‘Open to Work’ banner
35.54 The little known prompt the green banner triggers
37.18 The importance of ‘current role’ for recruiter searches - how to not be invisible
39.22 Controversial topic 2: LinkedIn Premium - is it worth it?
40.18 How taking the free trial and cancelling can work to your advantage
41.45 LinkedIn’s less well known features that are worth looking at
45.17 How to follow up with Sarah and learn more
Connect with Sarah Burgess
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahburgess/
https://www.koru-associates.co.uk/
Send us a voice message on Speakpipe!
https://www.speakpipe.com/thegenxzexchange
Connect with us:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisperkins172/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-perkins-8446a82bb/
