Richard Butler's ShiftSurgery

I want to use my teaching skills but don't know what my options are

Richard Butler — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:25:57 +0100

Consider all the contacts you've made over the years that could help to open a door - although chemistry isn't your thing now it could provide useful insights to help you learn about training type possibilities. Make a contract with yourself to meet at least three people every week, ask each one to give you two more contacts who could help you on your journey...

I want to shift but I'm comfortable where I am: how can I find the momentum to move?

Richard Butler — Sat, 26 May 2007 23:24:02 +0100

Start to consider what it is that is missing from your current job and list out all the things you don't like. Even though you are getting plenty of satisfaction from what you do now, your feelings seem to be telling you that a more satisfying career is possible...

It's never too late to Careershift

Richard Butler — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:04:25 +0100

To help you move forward I'd like you to consider each of your issues separately. Find a person, a friend or relative whom you trust and whose advice you value, to act as a sounding-board and test each of the ideas with them.

I want a career, not just a job

Richard Butler — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:57:30 +0100

You certainly appear to have a clear and positive view of where you want to get to and your focus will need to be on exactly which career that could be.