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Book Review: Strategy For You by Rich Horwath

By Sab on 14 April 2012 at 16:35

In Strategy For You, Rich Horwath explains how to use the principles of business strategy to create a fulfilling life — including how to identify what you want, designing how you take steps towards what you want, and how to be continually taking action. If you need some structure in your career change, this book could be for you!

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How to Deal With the Anxiety of Career Change in 5 Interesting and Fun Ways

By Ryan Rivera on 23 February 2012 at 11:36

Career change can create anxiety, whether it's facing the unknown, approaching potential employers or taking a risk on a business idea. In this guest blog post, Ryan Rivera shares his top tips for how you can handle anxiety during your career change.

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Book Review: The Start-up of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

By Sab on 20 February 2012 at 15:44

The Start-up of You is a book by Reid Hofman, co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn, and Ben Casnocha, an author and entrepreneur, which shares start-up strategies that can help anyone navigate their careers and career changes successfully. If you are looking to have greater control over your career or want to learn how best to maximise opportunities for yourself, check this book out!

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As We Finish 2011, Here's To You

By Richard on 22 December 2011 at 05:41

Here's to you for daring to believe that it's possible to do work you love (and that still pays the bills). 

Here's to you for staying the course, despite the naysayers, the doom mongers and the non-believers.
 
And here's to you for being part of the Careershifters community. A genuine 'thank you' from all of us on the team.
 
Finally, whatever progress you've made on your career change in 2011 (let us know here and see how others have done, if you're curious...), don't stop taking actions towards your dream in 2012.
 
Why? Well, if you needed a reminder, few people have said it better than Steve Jobs:
 
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life... Most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
 
That's it from us in 2011.
 
Have a great festive season, don't think about your career change for a few days (seriously, this could help you!), and we'll be back in touch next year.
 
 

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Do you want the kind of career 'most people' have?

By Hattie B on 3 December 2011 at 13:53

Most people would rather stay in a miserable work situation that step into the uncertainty of change. In this guest blog post, Hattie B takes you through a step by step process to work through fear and begin to take action in your career change.

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Career Change Clinic: How do I identify work that is meaningful, fun, and makes people happy?

By Sab on 29 November 2011 at 12:56

"I am a telecom transmission network engineer, and I have been unhappy at work for many years. I would like to do work that actually means something to people, and if I can make people happy then that’s a bonus too. I get bored very easily, how can I make my working life more fun?"

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You Have Many Options For Financing Career Change. What Will You Choose?

By Sab on 7 November 2011 at 16:50

There is no one simple way to handles finances during career change that would work for everybody, so you need to decide on a strategy that could work best for you. This blog post outlines some strategies that you can use for your own career change.

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Career Change Clinic: How do I start identifying what makes me happy?

By Sab on 27 October 2011 at 10:53

"I've come to realise my career path isn't making me happy and I need a new path in life. But I have no idea what I should do instead. I don't know what would make me happy or how to find it. Where do I start?"

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Practical Steps To Confidence

By Claire Howe on 24 October 2011 at 14:16

Do you feel anxious when it comes to job interviews or cold-calling? In this blog post coach Claire Howe shares her top five tips for boosting confidence.

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Career Change Clinic: How can I find my niche in my work area?

By Sab on 18 October 2011 at 09:45

"I'm only 3 years into my HR career, currently at an HR consultancy. I previously worked in HR in-house at a bank. I don't enjoy my current job and have decided I wanted to move back in-house. Because I have some gaps in my in-house experience, organisations I'm worried about career progression. I also wonder if I should be looking outside of HR. I have a degree in Modern Languages and a CIPD qualification I've recently completed via distance learning. How can I untangle the various threads and find something that makes me happy?"

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What people are saying about Careershifters

"The Careershifters workshop helped me realise that it’s never too late to change your career, that these advances take time and, I am confident that if I stick with my ‘plan’ I won’t make another wrong career move."

Claire Coveney

"I had a career in sales and now I run my own sales training company.  The Careershifters workshop gave me the motivation to get on and do things, as well as some good direction with regards to the sort of activities I needed to put in place."

Matt Hayden

“As of yesterday, I officially have a new career and start my new and exciting role next week! So a massive THANK YOU to all of you at Careershifters for your support. You really do deserve every success in what you're doing.”

Liz

“After attending a Careershifters workshop I had the energy and drive to start researching how to get into teaching. I applied for a course, had an interview, got a place and left my old job in less than a week. It was so easy when I finally decided to go for it.”

Nikki

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Lindsey

"For 17 years I worked in the travel industry. In the period of unemployment and after attending the Careershifters workshop I retrained and am now employed as a trainer and coach. I'd recommend the workshop to anyone who may not know what they want to do."

Paul Kensett

"The Careershifters workshop started me on the path to changing from the Practice Manager of a GP Practice to Community Engagement work that meets the needs I identified at the workshop."

Diane Cassidy

“Thanks to Careershifters I'm shifting my career! Have been thinking for a while about the direction I'm going in and after looking at your website and reading some of the advice I realised that I've got to go for it.”

Justine

"Careershifters helped me realise that there were many small steps I could take towards improving my job satisfaction. Gaining greater focus has given me a renewed enthusiasm for my work, giving me the confidence to negotiate a one year sabbatical."



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