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How to give outstanding informational interviews

By Philip Bolton

In the final part of our 3-part series on 'How to find your dream job in the hidden job market' Phil Bolton explains what information interviews are all about and how they are the final key to finding and landing your dream job. More

Getting started: informational interviewing

By Sarah Cooper

Pretty much everything you could want to do has been done already by someone else. So when you're getting started on the careershift journey one of the best things you can do is get out there, find those people and talk to them. Sarah Cooper, Careershifters coach, shows you how...
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Ten years and nine jobs later, and I'm still no nearer to my dream career

Careershifter question

By Anonymous

Since graduating from university in 1997, I have worked in 9 different jobs in some diverse sectors and I always want to leave almost immediately. I've never known what I want to do with my life and I feel like time is running out to make a decision.

ShiftDoctor answer

By Sonia Lakshman in ShiftSurgeries

Not knowing quite what to do is one of the most common reasons for finding yourself in a career fog. The good news is that you are probably closer to the answer than you think.

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It's never too late to Careershift

Careershifter question

By Anonymous

Although I have spent a huge amount of time trying to determine what I may like to do I am completely stuck. At the moment I need to find some work and it is likely that I will return to the same work because I cannot find the answers.

ShiftDoctor answer

By Richard Butler in ShiftSurgeries

To help you move forward I'd like you to consider each of your issues separately. Find a person, a friend or relative whom you trust and whose advice you value, to act as a sounding-board and test each of the ideas with them.

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The Power of the Follow-Up Call

By Satu Kreula

Have you sent an email with your CV to someone you didn't know and are still looking to hear back from them? I woke up this morning thinking about all the things I have hanging. Three emails in my inbox came immediately to mind. You see, I have three people's emails with their CVs awaiting a respose from me. I know what the response is, no, but among all the other things I have to do, I just haven't got round to sending those emails. More

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