Hiring Manager First
Find the decision-makers and reach out with a relevant reason to connect.
About Lucy Gilmour
I've been on the other side of the hiring table.
Now I help brilliant people stop being overlooked and show hiring managers exactly why they're worth talking to.
Hi, I'm Lucy. Former recruiter, hiring manager and search firm owner turned career coach. I've spent years seeing how hiring decisions really get made. Spoiler: submitting another hundred online applications usually isn't the answer.
50+Countries worked across in recruitment
10 yearsRunning my own search firm
Top VoiceLinkedIn · Job Search Strategies
1,000+Professionals using my frameworks
The experience behind the advice
First, I helped companies hire. Now I help people get hired.
Before coaching full-time, I built a career in recruitment, including ten years running my own search firm. I worked across technical and professional markets, partnering with employers and candidates internationally.
I saw extraordinary people missed because they couldn't explain their value quickly enough, didn't know the right decision-makers or were following advice that simply didn't reflect how hiring works.
So I switched sides. Today, I teach the strategies I learnt in recruitment, with a healthy dose of common sense and absolutely no advice to “just apply to more jobs”.
Being good at what you do matters. Making sure the right people can see it matters too.
Practical, not fluffy
What I teach is what I used to look for.
No endless CV tweaking. No crossing your fingers after every application. Just a more strategic way to get noticed, start conversations and interview well.
The 20-10-5 strategy
Give your job search structure, consistency and measurable momentum.
Positioning that lands
Make your CV, LinkedIn and achievements clear and commercially relevant.
Interview psychology
Answer with confidence, read the room and make interviews a real conversation.
Two things I'm passionate about
Helping you become the obvious choice.
Whether you're trying to land a better role or build a business around your expertise, the principle is remarkably similar: the right people need to understand the value you bring.
For professionals
Career Growth with Lucy
I help experienced professionals uncover hidden opportunities, build a reputation that gets noticed, interview strategically and negotiate with confidence.
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For coaches & consultants
Get Consistent AF
I help coaches and consultants get clearer on their positioning, create content that attracts the right people and build more consistent client acquisition.
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The bit I love most
Real people. Real momentum.
Nothing beats hearing that someone has landed a role, negotiated a better offer or finally understands how to talk about what they do.
One client publicly shared that she secured a new role in 50 days after improving her CV, LinkedIn profile, interview preparation and confidence.
Client-reported experience. Outcomes vary.
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In the conversation
It's not all CVs and job interviews.
I've also been invited into conversations about careers, business and technology, including the AI Adoption Summit in London in June 2026, where I interviewed Liz Kendall, then Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
It was a brilliant opportunity to ask questions about how AI is changing the world of work. And yes, I brought my questions on my phone.
Beyond events, I share practical career advice on YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram, and have appeared in podcasts and published case studies.
AI Adoption Summit 2026LinkedIn Top VoicePodcasts & interviews
Supportive? Absolutely. Sugar-coating? Not so much.
I like straight answers, practical plans and a good laugh along the way. If something in your job search isn't working, I'll tell you, and we'll work out what to do differently.
Because I don't think career advice needs to sound like a management consultancy report. It should be useful, understandable and, ideally, leave you feeling a lot more capable than when you started.
When I'm not coaching or creating content, I'm usually getting on with real life, family and the endless balancing act of running a business.
The next chapter
Ready to make your next move a smarter one?
Start with the advice, explore the coaching, or simply say hello on social. There's more than one way to work out what comes next.