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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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Identifying Your Strengths and Talents When Making a Career Change

By Nisa Chitakasem

If you’re to find a new career and job that’s right for you, you need to be aware of your strengths and talents. What would you actually be good at doing? Here are some tips for getting clear on this: 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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How To Get Career Change Clarity

By Jessica McGrego...

Jessica McGregor Johnson shares a great exercise that you can do to discover the things you really love which you can encorporate in a new career. More

Living Your Life to the Full

By Clare J Hughes

Clare J Hughes encourages you to find and live your very best dream More

Next steps

By ClaireM on 5 January 2010 at 19:18 in ShiftLogs

So I did the dramatic thing and left my job. Now what? What have I been doing to explore the kind of career I want? And how am I affording it? More

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How I got here

By ClaireM on 8 December 2009 at 22:12 in ShiftLogs

This is my first shiftlog...the first little account of how I decided to change the life that seemed to be living without me!

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The Happiness at Work Puzzle: Find the pieces you need to put together for career fulfilment

By Jacqui Mitchell

Put the pieces of the Happiness at Work Puzzle together and discover what's necessary in your working life to make you feel fulfilled. Each of the 6 pieces begins with the letter "P" and if you can work out what each of these means to you then you'll be well on the way to discovering you ideal career More

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