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The Top 5 Places Where Career Changers Find Their Passions

By Nisa Chitakasem

You’ve decided you’re tired of a career you feel absolutely no enthusiasm for and that it’s time to find a new one. So how do you know which careers you want to target? In this article, Nisa Chitakasem shares five places where successful career changers typically find new ideas and activities to try, eventually identifying their true passions. More

Career Change Clinic: How do I start identifying what makes me happy?

By Sab on 27 October 2011 at 10:53 in Careershifters Blog

"I've come to realise my career path isn't making me happy and I need a new path in life. But I have no idea what I should do instead. I don't know what would make me happy or how to find it. Where do I start?"

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How Can You Tell The Difference Between A Passion Or Interest?

By Jessica McGrego...

Jessica McGregor Johnson looks at how both interests and passion will inform your next career move, and how to use them to create a new career direction. More

My Passion Didn’t Translate Well Into Paid Work - Now What?

By Sab on 26 June 2011 at 14:19 in Careershifters Blog

Have you made a go of a new passion as a career and then realised it might not be quite right for you? What next? In this blog post I look at ways you can move forward rather than retreat to your old career!

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Does A Passion Always Turn Into A Career?

By Sab on 7 June 2011 at 12:53 in Careershifters Blog

Is turning your passion into a career the best path for you? Trial out turning professional to find out. If you discover that you don't enjoy your passion as much when it's a career, there are other options you can take to get the right balance between paid work and your passions. Read this blog post to help you if you are considering turning a passion into a career!

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Clues to Your Career Passions: Looking Closer to Home

By Jessica McGrego...

Rather than searching externally to find 'the right career', Jessica McGregor Johnson suggests you start integrating your talents and passions into your life right now. They may lead you naturally into a new career path. More

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

By Joanna on 24 February 2010 at 14:31 in ShiftLogs

The important lesson I've learnt is that Rome wasn't built in a day More

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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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I want a career, not just a job

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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