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
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
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
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
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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By Brian Cormack Carr
Brian Cormack Carr shows how important it is to build a support team for yourself when changing careers, to keep you on track and to celebrate your successes! More
By Sonia Lakshman
Sonia Lakshman provides some great insight and advice on how to start doing the work you want to do by collaborating with others. More
By Sab on 7 October 2010 at 14:49 in Careershifters Blog
Recently one of our bloggers posted a comment about how, after months of deliberating, they have handed in their notice at work without knowing what will come next. Despite this sounding scary, I got a sense that this was also hugely liberating for them. And that’s something that often happens when people finally cut the cord on their old job. It takes a lot of guts to do, especially if you have clear space in front of you rather than another job lined up to go to. But something that seems to happen (and happened to me) is that by creating that space things will happen - opportunities will come along, new things, unexpected encounters, will come along into your future. Part of the buzz is in discovering what these new things will be!
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By Philip Bolton
In Part I of our '3 Steps to Getting Your Dream Job' series, career coach Philip Bolton showed how the first step to finding your dream job is to figure out who and where your 'network' is. In this article - Part II - he shows how the next step is to create a powerful and concise message to deliver to your network about what you want... More
By Sab on 8 December 2008 at 13:00 in ShiftLogs
Lesson learnt no.3: talk to people about what you’re going through
Not everyone will totally understand but chances are you’ll start to meet people feeling the same things or have been through career changes. It’ll really help you to know you’re not alone (and not going crazy!). I remember just after I’d left my horrid office job I went to a Bollywood dance class (to get back in touch with things that ignite my fire I.e dance) and in the waiting area I saw a man in his late thirties reading ‘What Colour is Your Parachute?’ That alone made me feel bette...
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