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
By Alison Ottoway
Alison Ottaway previously worked for Microsoft in software support. She relocated to Italy, and founded a lifestyle coaching organisation. In this article she shares her story of how she made the change, and offers her tips for changing career successfully. More
By Francesca Geens
Francesca Geens previously worked in grant giving for the Arts. She founded and now runs her own technology consultancy. In this article she shares her story of how she made the change, and offers her tips for changing career successfully. More
By Sab
David McGeachie shares his career change story from working in the music industry to setting up his own property business. More
By Sab
Laura worked in Canary Wharf for an Online News Agency for three years before embarking on a teaching career. In this video she explains how she made the change as well as giving encouragement to help you make your own career change.
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By Sab on 1 March 2011 at 16:28 in Careershifters Blog
From Support Worker to Model Scout is a great interview from Gala Darling with a woman who had an unconventional career change. Hope you enjoy it!
Whether you’re into fashion or not, her story can help anyone wanting to make a big career change.
Her journey shows that:
- Whilst some career changes come about in a more planned way, others can happen organically and incrementally, building up over time
- The right career path for you, that uses your natural abilities, may become clear to you when you’re not searching or trying to ‘figure it out’ - her move into scouting was quite natural rather than forced
- Qualifications or retraining are not always necessary; natural aptitude and passion can count for much more
- You may have to supplement your income working part time whilst building up your new career
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From working in IT to a career in acting: Dan Richardson shares his story and advice for making a successful career change. More
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Theatre director and drama facilitator Ed Bartram used to work in the health sector in a managerial role. Whilst working in his old job, he studied theatre part time for two years, then used redundancy as an opportunity to dive into a new drama career.
In this video, Ed shares his story, lessons, and advice for making a successful career change. More
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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
By Fran Monks
Reed Paget started as a documentary film maker for the first ten years of his career. Wanting to make an environmental impact through business, he changed career to set up Belu, the carbon neutral mineral water company. Read his story here.
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