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Ten years and nine jobs later, and I'm still no nearer to my dream career

Careershifter question

By Anonymous

Since graduating from university in 1997, I have worked in 9 different jobs in some diverse sectors and I always want to leave almost immediately. I've never known what I want to do with my life and I feel like time is running out to make a decision.

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By Sonia Lakshman on 3 June 2007 at 11:06 in ShiftSurgeries

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Not knowing quite what to do is one of the most common reasons for finding yourself in a career fog. The good news is that you are probably closer to the answer than you think.

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It's never too late to Careershift

Careershifter question

By Anonymous

Although I have spent a huge amount of time trying to determine what I may like to do I am completely stuck. At the moment I need to find some work and it is likely that I will return to the same work because I cannot find the answers.

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By Richard Butler on 19 May 2007 at 16:04 in ShiftSurgeries

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To help you move forward I'd like you to consider each of your issues separately. Find a person, a friend or relative whom you trust and whose advice you value, to act as a sounding-board and test each of the ideas with them.

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The Power of the Follow-Up Call

By Satu Kreula

Have you sent an email with your CV to someone you didn't know and are still looking to hear back from them? I woke up this morning thinking about all the things I have hanging. Three emails in my inbox came immediately to mind. You see, I have three people's emails with their CVs awaiting a respose from me. I know what the response is, no, but among all the other things I have to do, I just haven't got round to sending those emails. More

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