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


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
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 ↗
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.
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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
Press
Seen, heard and quoted
Marketing Week
2024 Year in Review: Changemakers
Metro
Lauren Spearman's tool to boost creativity revealed
Vogue
Inside the Fashion Entrepreneur's Next AI Playground
Marketing Week
Stop, start, stick: Leaders' advice
Stylist
Flexible working: why are job shares still taboo?
The Telegraph
Inside the hellish jobs market where applicants face 140-1 odds
The i Paper
How I Manage My Money: Consultant, on £11k, spends £600 on eating out each month
Raconteur
HR & Talent report
Euronews
CareerTok: Why are young people turning to TikTok for career tips?
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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Career talk without the LinkedIn voice - honest, practical and usually a bit funnier than the subject deserves.