Success Stories

Every month, Fran Monks, from HowToMakeADifference.net,
brings a new Success Story to Careershifters. This month Fran speaks to
Jamie Wallace, founder of Walkit.com on how he made his dream a
reality.
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Michelle had worked as a barmaid for many years before deciding to change career. She has recently qualified as an electrician and has no regrets.
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Holding down an office job, running around after two young boys and training to be a plumber is all in a day's work for supermum, Charmaine Warman. The 36-year-old, from Southend-on-Sea, is proving that you can do it all as she looks after her two sons, works as an admin assistant four days a week and trains to be a plumber.
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Jackie was a lawyer in the city until one day she decided to run with an idea - to set up her own designer handbag company - now her designs are sold all over the world.
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Nikki Welham, a recent participant in one of Careershifters' Reignite Your Career workshops, tells how taking part in a workshop propelled her from a boring, stuffy office job to her dream job of being a teacher
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Proving that there's really no excuse not to leave behind the Ikea flat packs for full-on carpentry, Kim McGinley bounced back from a bad relationship and a back injury to turn herself from a hairdresser into a one-woman DIY business. More