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How to Tell Loved Ones About Your New Career Direction

By Andrea Perry

Just as you have to adapt to changes when making a career move, so do those close to you. They need time and support too! Andrea Perry suggests how best to introduce the idea of your career change to your friends and family. More

How to Cope with Negative Reactions from Those Close to You When Changing Career - Part 2

By Sarah Cooper

Sarah Cooper offers her thoughts on how to deal with the doubts and fears of those close to us when changing career. More

How to Cope with Negative Reactions from Those Close to You When Changing Career - Part 1

By Sab

Advice and tips on how to cope with negative reactions from your family and friends during your career change. More

What will people think? Why listening to others might waste 40 years of your life.

By Marianne Cantwell

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


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