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The Meaning of the Word 'Career'

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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Career Inspiration: Video week

By Sab on 2 June 2010 at 09:54 in Careershifters Blog

This week I have five different videos for you to get you through the week. Enjoy.

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Career Inspiration: Getting happy first

By Sab on 14 April 2010 at 14:46 in Careershifters Blog

This is the first in a regular series of blogs by me, Sab, sharing career change inspiration and ideas with you from across the 'net. In this first edition, I look at 'getting happy first' and putting career change to one side, and have a bundle of career change article links to wet your appetite - including MPs previous careers...

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