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The Confident Mother

Helping ambitious women in technology manage their career with confidence and purpose

8th December 2016

Confident Conversations with Rebecca Jeffery – 004

Confident Conversations is a weekly podcast show for ambitious women about confidently balancing work and life, hosted by me, Sherry Bevan, Author, Coach & Speaker. Because I love having conversations about career and confidence.

This week’s episode 004

Following last week’s conversation with former BBC Apprentice candidate, Aleksandra King, this week I talk to Rebecca Jeffery fired in Week 6, after confusing tagine with tahini and soap for soup. How’s a Manchester girl supposed to know how far Streatham is from Canary Wharf.

Known as Becs, she is a freelance copywriter, bookworm, mum, tea drinker and sausage dog owner.

She joined her sister’s company 3 years ago; together they have built a successful design & marketing business that fits around life and family. Her business plan for The Apprentice was built around recruiting other parents who want work that works.

Our conversation (over a cup of tea, of course) discussed:

  • how lonely it can be working for yourself
  • the pros and cons of running a business with your sister
  • how to make business work around your children
  • she applied for The Apprentice on a whim, encouraged by her brain surgeon brother-in-law
  • outsource the skills you don’t have (like accounting which Fi & Becs outsource to their Dad!)
  • that being a parent doesn’t make you any less ambitious in your career or your business

Her top tip for ambitious women “Don’t apologise for wanting to work in a different way.” 

GUEST: Rebecca Jeffery
HOSTED BY: Sherry Bevan 

Mentioned on the show

Becs’ website: fiandbecs.com or connect on Twitter @_rebeccajeffery, Instagram _rebeccajeffery.

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