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Take an Investor Mindset in Your Career Change

By Sab on 24 November 2010 at 16:53 in Careershifters Blog

Are you using your resources (time and money) effectively to help your career change? If you feel money could be the barrier to your change, it might help to think of what you can do to invest in your career change, and ways in which you can use the resources you have right now to help you move to where you want to be.

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7 ideas for funding your dream work

By Sarah Cooper

One of the main reasons we stay stuck in a job we don't like is that it pays us well, or at least adequately.  However, whilst a career change (particularly if you're setting up a business) will almost inevitably require a financial sacrifice in the short term, in the long term, fulfilling work does NOT have to mean less pay.  In fact if you find something you love to do, you'll get really good at it - and the chances are you'll make more money than you did previously. 

Here Sarah Cooper goes through 7 ways that you can fund your career change. More


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"Careershifters helped me realise that there were many small steps I could take towards improving my job satisfaction. Gaining greater focus has given me a renewed enthusiasm for my work, giving me the confidence to negotiate a one year sabbatical."



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“As of yesterday, I officially have a new career and start my new and exciting role next week! So a massive THANK YOU to all of you at Careershifters for your support. You really do deserve every success in what you're doing.”

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