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Career Inspiration: Getting happy first

By Sab on 14 April 2010 at 14:46 in Careershifters Blog

This is the first in a regular series of blogs by me, Sab, sharing career change inspiration and ideas with you from across the 'net. In this first edition, I look at 'getting happy first' and putting career change to one side, and have a bundle of career change article links to wet your appetite - including MPs previous careers...

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Unemployment Week 1 – Inspiration Vs. Frustration

By kmorgan on 19 June 2008 at 12:27 in ShiftLogs

One week in; a lot of CVs sent; a lot of coffee drunk; a lot of pondering done. So far so good. More

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Cath Rooney

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Diane Cassidy

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