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As you are an account manager presumably you are good at managing relationships and dealing with people so ask yourself what sectors are growing and need someone of your calibre. Is it worth looking at the energy and energy conservation domain perhaps?

People often think that you have to show that you've done a similar job before when going for a new role, but it's actually a matter of demonstrating effectively that you have the skills required for the job. Here's how to do it...

How are your employers preparing you for the redundancy? Have they offered a support package which will help you with your job search? If not, why not?...This is an excellent opportunity to do something new, something that perhaps you have always been interested in but have never been in a position to pursue...

Henry Ford said "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right"...
Start to challenge your beliefs - those are what are getting in the way of you creating a job that grabs your interest, that motivates you to want to go to work everyday and do the best you can.

The key to my advice today is your comment that TV is feeling 'shallow'. It suggests to me that you would be fulfilled by work which felt as though it was somehow contributing to the greater good, or tackling subjects that are important to you...Here's an exercise for you...

Self confidence builds through action. Prioritise the career areas you are interested in and go on a fact finding mission. The best way to do this is through an incredibly useful technique called "informational interviewing."

The key to success for you is to find a way to focus your time and energy on what you're best at - creating new stuff - and collaborate with others who will keep you tuned into the market and find you funding to leverage your creations.

Think of your experience and qualifications as a set of ingredients that can be used to make a variety of roles. Identify which ingredients you would most enjoy to use and pursue roles that can use these...

I am not surprised that you have little joy scanning the job websites. We can only become enthused about what's on offer once we have become excited about what we are looking for...So Instead of trying to match your current skills to another job, reconnect with your interests - your passion and purpose - and go from there.

The trick is to find ways in which both these motivators (i.e. the desire to pay your way, and the desire to enjoy a job) can work together, rather than seeing them as mutually exclusive