Love Your Career

This week we are joined by Fiona, head of franchise performance for Anytiem Fitness Australia and UK.
In this conversation, we discusses the significance of mentorship in career development, the impact of influential books, and effective recruitment strategies. Fiona emphasizes the importance of defining non-negotiables in hiring, crafting effective job descriptions, and attracting talent through a compelling purpose. She also shares insights on preparing a winning CV, impressing in interviews, and the traits of effective leaders. He concludes with advice for his younger self and recommendations for future guests.
Key takeaways
Mentorship is crucial for career growth.
Recognizing and nurturing relationships is key.
Time management is really about choice management.
Authenticity in interviews is essential.
Defining non-negotiables helps streamline recruitment.
Involvement in various roles aids career progression.
A concise CV is more effective than a lengthy one.
Preparation and punctuality are vital for interviews.
Effective leaders genuinely care about their work.
Enjoy the journey; career paths are rarely linear.

Cam Bridger is an Account Director at Love Recruitment, leading the Commercial, Boutique Fitness and Suppliers division, where he specialises in placing management and senior leadership talent across the fitness industry. Cam has over 6 years of experience working with industry brands of all sizes and working with hundreds, if not thousands of industry professionals. With first-hand experience as a Fitness Manager at David Lloyd Leisure and as a business owner running his own personal training operation. This blend of practical experience and recruitment expertise allows him to truly understand the challenges faced by both employers and professionals in the sector.

On the Love Your Career podcast, Cam brings these experiences to life, sharing honest perspectives, practical advice and industry insight to help businesses recruit better and individuals make more informed career decisions. His people-first approach reflects the podcast’s mission: improving recruitment outcomes, strengthening the sector, and helping careers thrive through better understanding, communication and leadership

This week on the Love Your Career Podcast we are absolutely thrilled to be joined by Nathan D'Rozario, Head of International Business Development for The Fitness Group Education. Nathan joins us after previously hosting Lawrence on his own podcast previously so it was a pleasure to be able to return the favour.

With an extensive career within the industry, Nathan joined after leaving professional football and progressed into management with some of the most well known operators in the industry. From 2014 though Nathan stepped into the Education sector in the industry and has seen his career go from strength to strength, spending 7.5 years with TRX and becoming a well respected part of the company.

Nathan talks us through his career, his keys to success and biggest tips.

We hope you love the episode as much as we did.

This week we are joined by industry Titan Jay Worthy, CEO at Myzone. Fresh off setting the industry abuzz with the recent Myzone Update show, Jay joins us on the Love Your Career Podcast to tell us all about his career.

Jay talks us through navigating leadership challenges, traits of highly successful leaders and something that is often forgotten about in the world of high paced business, the importance of self care and wellbeing.

An absolute barnstormer of an episode, we cant wait for you to hear it!

The reason we started this podcast was really simple, to bring the best advice from absolute experts in our industry, this week we could not have brought you anyone better when it comes to being a people expert as Peta Young - people director at Oxygen Activeplay.

Peta started out in the world of retail with a career spanning 23 years with the entertainer, in store management all the way up to Senior L&D Manager before moving across into the leisure industry with Oxygen, where she became head of people in 2022 and now resides as people director.

Peta talks to us about her journey, her learnings throughout her career and how she would advise people to implement this into the future.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.