By Sonia Lakshman
Does the term 'career' leave you cold and make you feel boxed in? Coach Sonia Lakshman stakes the case for doing work that doesn't conform to labels or ladders and expresses who you are. More
By Sab on 17 September 2010 at 21:15 in Careershifters Blog
I’m a little bored of the term ‘career’ making me think of hard-nosed professionals and stable ‘careers’, of career ‘ladders’ and so on. At one point I think I decided I didn’t want a ‘career’, but I didn’t really know how else to word it. And there, in the word itself is the answer. There’s a long forgotten oomph-side to ‘career’ that I think we should embrace. Do you know what else ‘career’ means?
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By ClaireM on 8 December 2009 at 22:12 in ShiftLogs
This is my first shiftlog...the first little account of how I decided to change the life that seemed to be living without me!
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By Sarah Cooper
How would you describe the way you earn a living? As a job, a career or a calling? Take this survey to find out... More
By Kaycareerscoach
We get a lot of calls for help left on the Careershifters site from sales people desperate to make a career change - they are sick of the relentless targets, the constant pressure and of being viewed as only as good as their last sale. So we asked careershift coach, Kay, to write an article with practical advice and exercises to help all those sales people to get realistic and find a way out... More
By Jessica McGrego...
This year many of you will have made a new year's resolution to change career and find a job that really excites you. Jessica McGregor Johnson shows you how you can turn that resolution into something even more powerful and inspiring... More
By Helen Slingsby
The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while, the company's not performing as well as it should be, the sector is feeling the crunch and people may have to be let go. A gloom descends and then some - what on earth happens now? Career coach, Helen Slingsby, gives a step by step guide to coping with redundancy and even coming out on top. More
By chelseagirl on 27 April 2007 at 22:10 in ShiftLogs
So there you have it, my background in a paragraph. There's a bit of a theme there ..... media and cleaning .... and if you ever see my house you'll see that cleaning isn't my strong point!! More
Careershifter question
By Wesley Forrest
After moving companies three times and finding the ever evident "glass ceiling" and "rails", I have quit the media entirely and now seek a complete career change.
ShiftDoctor answer
By Richard Butler in ShiftSurgeries
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.
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By Satu Kreula
Would you consider yourself self-critical or maybe even a perfectionist? I find that a lot of people use these two descriptions to give themselves a hard time. I believe that I used to be like this myself. Yes, it's partly cultural. There are groups of people who do not value acknowledging successes if there are a few small mishaps that occurred along the way as well. But if you only concentrate on the latter, when will you ever be happy? More
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