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From Detective Sergeant to Property Development Business

By New Career Skills

Dave Masters previously worked as a Detective Sergeant. After taking a career break, he retrained in plumbing and now runs his own property development business. In this article he shares his story of how he made the change, and offers his tips for changing career successfully. More

6 Financial Secrets Every Job Quitter Should Know

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

From Strategic Policy to Coaching Potential!

By Sab

Marcelle Fletcher worked for many years in a variety of rewarding roles in the public sector, but wanted to draw on her skills and experience to work with people to help them reach their potential. She suggests we do have options and we can embrace change and let go of fear. Read her story here. More

The one thing you must do to make self-employment work

By John Williams

It’s the start of a new year and a new decade. You’ve been thinking of doing your own thing for a while so is this going to be the year you finally make it happen? John Williams has been helping people make their own businesses work for the past 5 years. Here he offers some top tips on how to make it happen... More

I'm my own boss now...

By Selina Barker on 23 August 2006 at 16:25 in ShiftLogs

I'm in an odd kind of space right now. My 2 months of time out have come to an end. This is it. This is where it starts. Life without a 9 to 5, without a daily structure handed to me on a plate.
I'm my own boss. My life is in my hands.
It feels great but it also feels odd. Even sitting here now writing this blog I have the strange sensation that I'm bunking off.
Am I really allowed to do this? More

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