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Changing career can be incredibly daunting for many people. So, when your heart is in your throat and your palms are starting to sweat, how do you go about being brave and taking action when it’s the last thing you feel like doing? More

Grace Owen has just released her new book - The Career Itch – 4 Steps for Taking Control of What You Do Next. Here she gives her 4 key top tips to taking control of your career. More

Are you put off the idea of changing career because of finances? If so, then you're not alone - it's one of the biggest obstacles that wannabe career changers come up against. Here, career coach and former career changer, Toby Buckle talks you through how to figure out what it will cost you to make the career change you dream of... More

It’s the start of a new year and a new decade. You’ve been thinking of doing your own thing for a while so is this going to be the year you finally make it happen? John Williams has been helping people make their own businesses work for the past 5 years. Here he offers some top tips on how to make it happen... More

What do you do when a career that’s worked for you stops working? Suddenly you find yourself - an expert in your field with many years of experience, serious credibility and a hard earned reputation – and you're miserable. It’s a bit like realizing that the person you have loved and lived with for many years is no longer the person you want to be with. You don’t want it to be that way; you desperately want to get back the early years, when things were great, when you were alive and engaged, hopeful and inspired. But you can’t. It’s over. And you are left, feeling trapped, oarless, hopeless. So what next? Career coach, Sonia Lakshman, offers some excellent guidance... More

Are you starting to get impatient and frustrated that your career change isn't happening fast enough? that you're not moving forward as quickly as you'd like? Do you see the delay in reaching your career change goal as a sign that something is wrong?

Then listen to these wise words by Jessica McGregor Johnson as to why careershifting often takes longer than we expect and why it’s usually with good reason.
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Another stunning article from career change expert, Sarah Cooper. She takes a look at 'failure' and our fear of it - often one of the biggest obstacles to career changers.

Sarah takes a look at why  the idea of failure holds such power over us and offers some practical exercises which guarantee to shift your perspective on 'failure'... More

We get a lot of people coming to Careershifters in a hurry to change career as soon as possible.
The problem is, if you try to rush through your career change you'll often skip over essential steps and it will end up taking you even longer to find the career that's right for you.
So what can you do if you want a new career, but you're in a rush? More

Wouldn't it be great if everyone around you was supportive of your career shift? Unfortunately, the reality is that some of your family, friends or colleagues will advise against career change. They may not see why you want to leave where you are, or they might not approve of the career you think you want to move into.
This can have a big impact. When you're considering something as big and new as a career shift, hearing others voicing your own secret fears can be scary - for many it is the excuse they need not to make the shift.
Sound familiar? Here are 3 things to consider before you give in to those fears. More

As usual, career coach and author, Sarah Cooper, gets right to the heart of what makes for a successful career change. This time she is talking on the subject of happiness. If you're feeling miserable at the moment, then take some time out from thinking about your career change and focus on getting yourself happy first. Here's how... More