By Jessica McGrego...
So, you've decided what you want to do and planned the steps you think you need to take. It's now time to take the plunge and chances are you'll find yourself hesitating. In this article, career change coach, Jessica McGregor Johnson,offers a step by step guide to identify the root of your hesitation and how to go beyond it and get into action. More
By Sonia Lakshman
Many career shifters will say they don't have a clue what they want to do. However ften we do have clues but shoot them down before we've even given them a chance. Career coach, Sonia Lakshman, takes a closer look at the saboteur in us all. More
By Satu Kreula
I bet you can come up with loads of reasons why your dream job is not possible or realistic, right? I've heard quite a few of these just in the past week alone. Yes, but it doesn't pay anything. Yes, but I'm too old. Yes, but it's not a proper conventional job. Yes, but what would my friends think of me. Yes, but (fill in the blanks). More
By Mike Howard on 13 May 2007 at 19:55 in ShiftLogs
I’ve seen it as a life changing opportunity. As such it’s kind of scared me a bit. More
By skuft on 9 May 2007 at 09:37 in ShiftLogs
I handed my resignation in this week after almost 9 years working at the same company, to go freelance. It is amazing the effect that a positive decision can have on your career change. All the deliberation, doubts, fears and axieties melt away in one fell swoop.Now I have other things to tackle, but I've made the first step - and that's the most difficult part done and dusted.I'm starting to regain the excitement of endless opportunty - something I've not felt for a long, long time.Now to buy a new computer - mmmm Macbook Pro.... More
By Satu Kreula
I come across quite a few people who have played the ‘escaping game' many times, i.e. they have ‘escaped' from one wrong job to another without taking time to think through what they really wanted. They're now so burnt out that they have a fear of making yet ‘another wrong move'. Having said this, I have also met people who haven't changed jobs much, but who are also fearful of making the wrong choice. They seem to mostly be fuelled by well-meaning friends and family members who are telling them to stick to what's safe and what they know. Either sound familiar to you? More
Careershifter question
By Anonymous on 9 March 2007 at 01:00
I have worked as a mental health nurse for the past twenty years. Been off on long-term sick with stress and depression. I don't want to work in health or social care anymore, but I feel a bit institutionalised and find it hard to imagine working successfully outside of what I know so well.
ShiftDoctor answer
By Lisa Mitchell on 23 March 2007 at 11:32 in ShiftSurgeries
When you have been off sick and have been stressed the brain really shuts down in terms of considering possibilities and so I'm not surprised that you feel stuck right now. What I have tried to suggest are ways to reconnect to what brings you pleasure and what your talents are. These will be the first signposts to your future career.
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By Tony Li on 14 March 2007 at 00:42 in ShiftLogs
So there I was. Staring at a computer screen wondering what on earth I was doing there. Six weeks into a Graduate Trainee scheme and the job I thought would be the change I needed was anything but. Six weeks is not a long time, I know. But that moment has sparked off a change in my mental state which has given me a new found sense of hope for the future. More
By Richard
You have an idea for a social business. It’s a passion burning inside you. You’ve made some plans, you’ve taken the first small steps of your journey, but you’re still in your day job. Your job offers security and pays the bills, but it’s also holding you back from truly following your dream. What should you do? More
By Devi Clark on 14 February 2007 at 16:48 in ShiftLogs
Tummy butterflies flapping like mad. Left home half an hour ago and am now on the train on my way to my first day at work after 18 months maternity leave and weeks of having the job on hold while I moved house and found childcare. More
