Careershifters blog

Constantly procrastinating and undermining your own progress when it comes to your shift? Know you're doing counterproductive things, but can't seem to stop yourself? Meet your inner saboteur. Natasha shares an unusual (and rather lovely) approach to getting it back under control.

“I didn’t want to build a career in something I wasn’t passionate about.” 

When Pippa looked into her future, she couldn't imagine staying in the career she was in. Here's how she threw herself into something she'd always loved – and how, once she started, the way forward opened up on its own.

Doing lots of research into your career interests, but not getting very far? Know you should be talking to people, but don’t know anyone who could help? Natasha shares simple techniques to meet the folks who can give you the ‘inside scoop’ on the work you’re curious about – and who can help you make progress, faster. 

“I'd become quite ill from stress and overwhelm. I knew I had to change what I was doing.” 

“I worked so hard, but I didn’t enjoy most of what I was doing.” 

Sean McCarville had the kind of job that impressed everyone – except him. Here’s how an ice-breaker at an Italian dinner table set him on a path to work he genuinely enjoys, and where he could take his skills with him.