ShiftLogs

While there's nothing more interesting going on career-wise, I thought you might be interested in a career-change story that shows it doesn't always need to be difficult - from beginning to end, the total career change took maybe 6 months - and I'd say only about the last 4 weeks of that was spent really working hard to make a change. More

Well it has been an exciting month since my last post. My final exam was not as straightforward as I had hoped, but at least the studying is over, and I should hear by the end of July whether I can add a Diploma in Economics to my CV. Almost more excitingly, I passed the assessment day for the Government Economic Service last week. There are still another two assessment days to go before a chance of a permanent post, but there may be the option of a temporary role in the meantime – so now I’m enjoying checking my emails every 20 minutes to find out if I’ve been offered a job. More

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

The countdown begins! Suddenly, a month has whizzed by and I now have exactly three days of meaningful employment left! More

I was recently informed that I am to be made redundant. “Disaster!” You may think. “What on earth are you going to DO?!” More

The feeling of calm is starting to fracture a little now. I read statistics notes on the tube, I make lists of revision topics in my lunch hour and I’m constantly answering more and more implausible interview questions in my head More

Going back into a job which doesn’t help me find my new career feels like a bit of a failure. However, it is definitely the most practical option – every day I work means one day that I can do unpaid voluntary work or an internship once I’m done. More

A year and a half ago, after a year of being utterly miserable as an IT consultant, I finally bit the bullet and resigned. With no job to go to, and no real idea of what I wanted to do, I fluctuated on a daily basis between believing I was really brave, or really foolish. More

My new years resolution was that by May I would have a full time job and a healthy salary. Not knowing where or how I would do it I set off to find a job that was right for me. Last week, I started that job! Just 2 weeks before my May deadline... More

Time is nearly upon me to do what I've been planning to do for the past 18 months and finally leave the UK to volunteer abroad. I leave on the 16th of April and I'll be spending 5.5 months in Delhi working for an environmental charity and then a further 3-4 months travelling back to the UK very slowly indeed. More