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Want a new job this year? Get a game plan

By Nisa Chitakasem

Hate your job and desperate to change? Don't leap into another bad job! Make sure your next career move is at least a stepping stone to the right career for you. Nisa Chitakasem writes about how having a game plan can enable you to make the most of your career change. More

A novel and creative way to find work

By Sab on 4 October 2010 at 11:13 in Careershifters Blog

Here's an idea for an alternative job-hunting method -  wearing a sandwich board and walking the streets of London! Andrea Sacrini is a career changer who wants to move from business to marketing, and is doing exactly that as part of her job hunting strategy. Her website provides updates with how her campaign is going.

If you have any tales of unique job hunting methods you could share with other career changers, do leave us a comment!

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Top Tips for Cover Letters

By Jacqui Mitchell

Too often job seekers spend ages on their CV or application form and then hurriedly compose a covering letter or e-mail to accompany it. Big mistake! Your cover letter should be viewed as your key sales document. Recruiters will read this before looking at any other information you've attached so its vital that this creates a great first impression and makes you stand out from the crowd. More

I feel happy!

By Devi Clark on 1 March 2007 at 15:49 in ShiftLogs

I feel so lucky. There is a great balance for me, of home and work, time with my child and time as an adult without her. It just feels right.
As with my previous career changes, it is big in anticipation, fear and stress, and easy in hindsight. Something to remember for the next time! More

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The first day arrives

By Devi Clark on 14 February 2007 at 15:48 in ShiftLogs

Tummy butterflies flapping like mad. Left home half an hour ago and am now on the train on my way to my first day at work after 18 months maternity leave and weeks of having the job on hold while I moved house and found childcare. More

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