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Founder · Speaker · Honest about work

Lauren Spearman

Founder of Careering, helping people stop drifting through work and start designing careers that fit the life they want to lead.

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About

From drifting to designing

Lauren Spearman is the founder of Careering, a careers platform helping people stop drifting through work and start designing careers that fit the life they want to lead.

With two decades of experience spanning sales and marketing, Lauren worked at businesses including Sky, Benefit Cosmetics and MADE before building her own portfolio career combining consulting, speaking and content.

Named a Changemaker by Marketing Week, Lauren now speaks about career design, confidence and the changing world of work; combining practical experience with honest, human conversations that challenge conventional ideas of success.

Work

What Lauren’s building

Careering

The career design app that helps you stop drifting through work and start designing a career aligned with your version of success.

Whether you want to work through it yourself, learn alongside others or get one-to-one support, Careering meets you where you are.

Visit Careering.com ↗
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Compass

A self-paced career design journal and toolkit that helps you gain clarity, make better decisions and take intentional action.

Cohorts

A guided six-week programme where you’ll design your career alongside a small group of people navigating similar questions, with practical frameworks, accountability and expert guidance.

Coaching

One-to-one career design support for people looking for personalised thinking, challenge and a clear plan for what’s next.

Speaking

Book Lauren for your stage

From conference stages to roundtable workshops, Lauren talks about work the way people actually experience it - honest, funny and useful.

Seen & heard on

  • BBC Woman's Hour
  • AdWeek
  • MAD//Fest
  • Festival of Marketing
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Career design

Stop drifting through work - design a career that fits the life you want to lead.

Self-belief

Backing yourself through uncertainty, change and career decisions.

The changing world of work

Portfolio careers, changing ambitions, and designing success on your own terms.

Pay & hiring, out loud

Salary transparency, fairer hiring and calling out the practices that hold people back.

Formats: Keynotes · Panels & moderation · Workshops & roundtables · Podcasts & broadcast

Everywhere

Follow along

Career talk without the LinkedIn voice - honest, practical and usually a bit funnier than the subject deserves.

Enquiries

Let’s make work, work

Booking Lauren for a keynote, a panel or a podcast? Chasing a quote for a piece? Curious about Careering for your team? Tell her what you’re planning.

Prefer email? hello@laurenspearman.com

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