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How one of our workshop participants made the move to her dream job

By Richard on 19 May 2008 at 13:28 in Careershifters Blog

It's always fantastic to hear when we've helped out in someone's career change, so it was particularly great to get an email from Nikki Welham this week.

Nikki took the time to tell us how the Careershifters site and then one of our workshops gave her the inspiration, confidence and momentum to leave her stuffy office jobs and follow her dream career of becoming a teacher.

"...My friend sent me a link to the Careershifters website as she knew I wasn’t very happy in my job. As I began reading other people’s stories about changing careers and the advice about how to go about it, I started to get a bit excited - maybe changing jobs wasn’t that impossible. My friend and I decided to go along to one of the workshops to find out more. It was easy to get to and would be a nice evening out, if nothing more. I can safely say now, that those two hours on a Tuesday evening in mid-June last year were the start of what has been the most amazing year for me..."

Curious to know what happened for Nikki after the workshop? Read her full story, here.

How has Careershifters helped you? Please let us know!

How Careershifters has helped me make the shift to my dream job

By nikki_welham

Nikki Welham, a recent participant in one of Careershifters' Reignite Your Career workshops, tells how taking part in a workshop propelled her from a boring, stuffy office job to her dream job of being a teacher More

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After attending a Careershifters workshop I had the energy to start researching how to get into teaching. I applied for a course, 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. More

I want to use my teaching skills but don't know what my options are

Careershifter question

By Anonymous on 7 June 2007 at 00:00

I got my BA in Biology in 1990 and somehow ended up in the field of chemistry - my worst subject. I would like to find a way to implement my teaching/training/mentoring goals and at the same time get out of the chemistry biz but I don't know what options there are to use these skills...

ShiftDoctor answer

By Richard Butler on 21 June 2007 at 23:25 in ShiftSurgeries

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Consider all the contacts you've made over the years that could help to open a door - although chemistry isn't your thing now it could provide useful insights to help you learn about training type possibilities. Make a contract with yourself to meet at least three people every week, ask each one to give you two more contacts who could help you on your journey...

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