Hired. Fired. Tired: What No One Tells You Before Choosing a Career

Pause before your career commitment. Start with clarity.

Many students, graduates, and young professionals are told to choose the course, get the degree, apply for the job, and keep moving.

But what happens when the degree does not create direction?

What happens when ambition becomes exhaustion?

What happens when you realise you were prepared for achievement, but not necessarily for fit?

Join the webinar with Tushara Reddy for a thoughtful conversation on the parts of career building that are rarely discussed openly.

Why This Conversation Matters

• Career uncertainty

  You are not alone if your next step feels unclear. Many capable people are still figuring out where they fit.

• Burnout is real

  High achievers get tired too. This session opens up an honest conversation about ambition, exhaustion, and misalignment.

• Workplace reality

  Beyond job titles and polished CVs, there is a real world of work that students and graduates are rarely prepared for.

• Clarity before commitment

  Before choosing another course, role, skill programme, or career path, it helps to understand your direction.

Meet Tushara Reddy

Author | Speaker | Alumna of QMUL

Tushara is an AI product leader, ex-founder, student mentor and debut author of Hired. Fired. Tired. With over eight years of experience turning complex data and machine-learning systems into user-centric products, she brings together technology, product thinking, entrepreneurship and lived experience of modern work. Her professional journey spans product leadership, data and AI, venture building, climate tech innovation and mentoring with Queen Mary University of London.

For this British Alumni Network webinar, Tushara will help open an honest conversation on ambition, burnout, workplace reality and the career questions students, graduates and young professionals are rarely prepared for before choosing their next direction.

What we will explore

• Why ambition and direction are not the same thing

• What students and graduates are rarely told before entering work

• How burnout and misalignment can show up early

• Why “applying everywhere” may not always be the answer

• How to pause before committing to the next career step

• What it means to move from confusion to clearer direction

Who should attend

This webinar is suitable for:

• Alumni mentoring young people in career and education direction

• Mentors, counsellors, and parents

• University students thinking about future career direction

• Final year students preparing for placements or internships

• Recent graduates unsure where they fit

• Young job seekers applying for their first serious role

• Early-career professionals questioning their next move

Frequently asked questions

Clear answers to the most common concerns before registration.

Limited spots: First 10 participants to enjoy a 20% discount on your Career Discovery Report!

Register now for the webinar!