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How To Find Your Ideal Job/Partner In 5 Steps

By Sonia Lakshman

Featured Article: Featured articleFinding your ideal career can be a similar process to finding your ideal partner. In this article Sonia Lakshman shares five strategies you can apply as part of your career change, that may also help you in the realm of romance! More

How To Handle Rejection

By Jessica McGrego...

Are you ploughing through job applications but don’t seem to be getting anywhere? In this article, Jessica McGregor Johnson offers advice on how to regroup, reconnect with your ideal career, and handle rejection.
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The Secrets To A Successful Job Search

By Philip Bolton

You might be finding that one of the most frustrating parts of a career change is finding the right opportunity.
The great news is that the right opportunity IS out there – with a good plan, dedication and the right attitude you can find it. This article by coach Phil Bolton will arm you with a job hunting strategy and tactics that work. More

How To Use Social Media To Help You Change Career

By Nisa Chitakasem

Whether looking for work, or researching more about a new career area, networking is a very useful tool for career change. In this article, Nisa Chitakasem shares her top tips for making the most of networking online using social media. More

5 Ways to Motivate Yourself During a Career Change

By Simon North

Simon North shares his top tips for how you can stay motivated, focused and in your best form during your career change. More

Working the Social Network

By Grace Owen

Online networking offers many opportunities if you are willing and committed, and should be part of your career change strategy, says Grace Owen. More

Guardian Article with Tips for Sourcing Work in a Different Sector

By Sab on 16 February 2011 at 11:56 in Careershifters Blog

There's an excellent article on the Guardian site about changing from the public to private sector, and the article has useful tips for anyone changing career. Here are some highlights from the article for anyone in the process of looking for work in a new sector.

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How to Turn Your “Vital Vocation” Dream Into a Reality

By Brian Cormack Carr

Brian Cormack Carr shares his tips for how to turn your 2011 career resolutions into a reality. More

How to Change and Manage Your Career with a Remittent Illness

By Sab on 26 January 2011 at 13:28 in Careershifters Blog

Careershifters site user Cathryn Worrell shares her tips on how to manage a career change when also dealing with a relapsing and remitting illness.

I am facing a career change due to having become ill with M.E/C.F.S (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). CFS is classed as a disabling condition under the Disability Discrimination Act but is an illness that can vary in severity quite significantly. If you live with a remittant illness and are looking to find the right career for you, here are my top tips.

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Why Job ads are only the opening gambit: how to upgrade the work, pay and flexibility

By Sarah Cooper

It’s not surprising given this landscape that we can get into the habit of moulding ourselves to what’s out there, a disempowering approach which can seriously knock our self-esteem.But it doesn’t need to be this way. From personal experience – as a job-seeker and an interviewer – I know that it’s possible to turn the tables, and secure work that is a much better fit than the original job ad description. More

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