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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 in Careershifters Blog

"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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Career Change Clinic: I have many interests that could become possible careers. How do I choose which one to pursue?

By Sab on 20 September 2011 at 15:07 in Careershifters Blog

" I have hated my job as a corporate administrator for the past 7 years. I am at a point where I am desperate for a change, but it is so difficult to know what I might enjoy. I have thought about doing reflexology, or maybe becoming a pet-sitter. I read loads of books on self development  which I am drawn to. I don't know exactly what I want to do, or where to start. How do I make up my mind?"

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Career Change SOS - I Don't Have Any Talent, Strengths or Passion and I don't Know What To Do

By Sab on 16 June 2011 at 11:24 in Careershifters Blog

Recently I received an email from a site user who was having trouble identifying his strengths, talents, and passions. He had even asked his loved ones what they thought his strengths could be, and was coming up with nothing. Want to know what I told him to do? Sure you do! Read on to find out.

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What advice would you give to your 2007 self?

By Sab on 22 December 2010 at 11:28 in Careershifters Blog

In this blog post, I share with you some of the things I wish I had known at the start of my career change journey, in 2007. Looking back over the past few years yourself, what have you learnt about yourself and career change hopes? What actions could take you forward in 2011?

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The New Careershifters Course is now available!

By Sab on 8 September 2010 at 11:31 in Careershifters Blog

I'm very happy to say that the Careershifters Course has now LAUNCHED!

The Course is a 5-step plan to get a career you love. It's self-paced, iPod-ready, and designed so that you can fit it into your busy life.

To to find out more and to get your hands on one, just click on the link below:

www.careershifters.org/course

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It's a recession - should you forget career shifting for a while and hang on tight?

By Rosie Walford a...

Far too often people ignore their feelings of discontent at work and with recession hitting the market many feel that it would be best to sit tight. But career coach, Rosie, warns that during recession there are even greater risks of sticking with a job you have little passion for than taking the leap and making a career shift. More

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