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From Business Consultant to Photographer

By Selina Barker

Video interview: Jon Cunningham tells of how he left a highly paid job in the City to take a chance on a new career as a photographer that people warned him was too competitive. Ten years on, he is now a successful lifestyle photographer and owns a company that runs courses for wannabe photographers and writers... More

How to Love the Job You Do

By Jacqui Mitchell

You may not wish to change jobs or career at the present time or your job search may be taking longer than expected (the average time period is 3-6 months) so what steps can you take to make your working life more interesting? The following ideas may be just the thing to banish those Monday blues More

Why compromise?

By Richard on 24 April 2007 at 20:53 in Careershifters Blog

I can't decide what I want to be

Sheer brilliance (and insight) from Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void.

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By Dan Hillier

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Trusting in yourself and going with your heart is far better than sitting and wondering what might have happened... More

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By Petra Barran

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An idea arrived in my head one day and wouldn't let me go - I decided it was high time I ran with one of my ideas and my gut insisted! An impulse buy on eBay later and suddenly I had an ice cream van on my hands - then came the scary bit: executing the idea. More


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What people are saying about Careershifters

“After attending a Careershifters workshop I had the energy and drive to start researching how to get into teaching. I applied for a course, had an interview, got a place and left my old job in less than a week. It was so easy when I finally decided to go for it.”

Nikki

"The Careershifters workshop helped me realise that it’s never too late to change your career, that these advances take time and, I am confident that if I stick with my ‘plan’ I won’t make another wrong career move."

Claire Coveney

“As of yesterday, I officially have a new career and start my new and exciting role next week! So a massive THANK YOU to all of you at Careershifters for your support. You really do deserve every success in what you're doing.”

Liz

"For 17 years I worked in the travel industry. In the period of unemployment and after attending the Careershifters workshop I retrained and am now employed as a trainer and coach. I'd recommend the workshop to anyone who may not know what they want to do."

Paul Kensett

"This website has been a lifesaver for me over the past year!"

Lindsey

"I had a career in sales and now I run my own sales training company.  The Careershifters workshop gave me the motivation to get on and do things, as well as some good direction with regards to the sort of activities I needed to put in place."

Matt Hayden

“Thanks to Careershifters I'm shifting my career! Have been thinking for a while about the direction I'm going in and after looking at your website and reading some of the advice I realised that I've got to go for it.”

Justine

"Careershifters helped me realise that there were many small steps I could take towards improving my job satisfaction. Gaining greater focus has given me a renewed enthusiasm for my work, giving me the confidence to negotiate a one year sabbatical."



Cath Rooney

"The Careershifters workshop started me on the path to changing from the Practice Manager of a GP Practice to Community Engagement work that meets the needs I identified at the workshop."

Diane Cassidy

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