By Marianne Cantwell
Do you want to go freelance or launch your own business? Is the idea of handling the financial aspect of this change putting you off? Or have you already begun to move towards self-employment and are finding your finances overwhelming? In this article Marianne Cantwell gives you her six tips for having a healthier, more manageable and easier financial life. More
By Sab on 7 November 2011 at 16:50 in Careershifters Blog
There is no one simple way to handles finances during career change that would work for everybody, so you need to decide on a strategy that could work best for you. This blog post outlines some strategies that you can use for your own career change.
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By Sonia Lakshman
This is a brilliant comprehensive guide by career coach, Sonia Lakshman, on financing your career change, packed with useful tips and information on everything from applying for a study grant to apprenticeships to winning the money you need for a career change. A must-read if finances are holding you back in making a career shift. More
By Sab on 17 January 2011 at 16:23 in Careershifters Blog
When deciding to embark on a new career, we also consider the salary or payment we will receive. Are the figures we pencil in for ourselves reflective of our true worth, and what expectations do we bring to the table both as a payer and payee?
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By Sab on 14 December 2010 at 16:22 in Careershifters Blog
Your attitudes to money and how you choose to handle (or not!) money will strongly affect your career choice. In this blog, Sab looks at financial archetypes as a tool for helping you with your career choice.
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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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By Simon North
Is economic motivation and need really enough by itself to keep us in our current careers? Research has proven time and again that human needs are not based solely on economic motivation. Read more to find out what really drives us... More
By Toby Buckle
Are you put off the idea of changing career because of finances? If so, then you're not alone - it's one of the biggest obstacles that wannabe career changers come up against. Here, career coach and former career changer, Toby Buckle talks you through how to figure out what it will cost you to make the career change you dream of... More
By ClaireM on 8 February 2010 at 20:02 in ShiftLogs
How do you keep forcused on applying for jobs amidst clouds of recession depression? More
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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