The first thing I tell them is that you can’t change careers sitting behind a desk.
Then we talk about ways to switch your search technique to ‘finding people not jobs’. This conversation is about how to get out of your head and into action.
If you’re stuck for ways to start talking to real people working in jobs or areas you‘re keen to explore, here’s what I suggest.
Read MoreLooking for an effective career coach? I suggest these steps. They combine investigation and instinct in the hunt to find the person who’ll work with and for you.
Read MoreMoney. Sometimes the scary prospect of managing your finances can stop career change in its tracks. Will I earn less in my new career? If I take time off to figure out what next will I need to eat pot noddles for months?
Read MoreEvery new thing we try reveals something about our abilities and our interests. These insights can be priceless career change clues.
Read MoreWhen I was changing careers I wanted to wake up and know exactly what to do. Pretty quickly, I realised that my longed for lightning bolt wasn’t going to strike. I needed to create the right conditions for career change insights. I had to stop waiting expectantly for an epiphany to arrive.
Read MoreTransitioning from 9-5 in an office to making my own hours was one of the toughest things about going solo. I’ve learned to balance the competing demands on my time and energy in (mostly) sane ways.
Read MoreAmidst the many insights my clients have given me, these six things stand out. Each of them says something important and moving about our shared aims and experience at work and in life.
Read MoreCareer change is a prime source of fear and uncertainty. It’s hard to let go, and even harder to trust that what’s coming next won’t bring you unstuck.
Read MoreSparky moments - we all have them. They happen when we cross paths with someone or something that connects us to what matters most. Sparky moments light up our eyes and prick up our ears.
Read MoreWhy is it that despite great intentions and well-laid plans, we so often swap one unsatisfying job for another one just like it?
If you’re looking forward to making a genuine career change, I suggest you begin by looking back at your motivation and your methods.
Read MoreIf your career change efforts are dogged by confidence crunching rants from your inner demons – you’re not alone.
Let these monologues go unchecked and your carefully rehearsed peak performance can fall completely flat.
Here is what I recommend to help calm your demons when they start giving you the job seeking jitters.
Read MoreDespite the similarities, we don’t usually approach job applications as a form of performance art. In fact, winning any kind of role – vocational or theatrical, depends in large part (pun intended) on honing a set of wow worthy auditioning skills.
Read MoreFive books that span over three decade’s worth of practical, inspirational writing on how to manage career and other change with skill, self-awareness and grit.
Read MoreIf your next career step is proving illusive at least for the moment, these six pieces of randomly ordered, somewhat contradictory advice from a variety of videos may help.
Read MoreEver felt that your interview performance just cost you your dream job?
If you’re looking to add oomph to your interview performance these five strategies may help.
Read MoreHow to manage random irritations that you derail your day. Anything from spilling coffee on my new white shirt, getting cut off in traffic, arriving late to a meeting, a casual or calculated critical remark from a colleague.
Here are some of my favourite ways to stop tricky moments turning into difficult days.
Read MoreThe Wheel Of Life is a much-loved coaching tool. I use it often to check for gaps and overload in key areas in my life. My career and entrepreneur coaching clients also find it really useful for recalibrating their personal and professional balance.
Read MoreI’m keen to share what I’ve learnt about what’s involved in getting a business up and running, and transitioning from office life to solo business adventure.
Read MoreMilton Gan always knew he’d run his own business. In 2012, this thirty something ad man swapped a seventeen-year career in media and marketing for his flourishing full time business as a wedding photographer.
Read MoreI’m intrigued by personality profiling tools designed to help unravel and map the mystery of who I am. Among the many useful tools I use with my career coaching clients, I’ve found the Myers Briggs Type indicator both insightful and practical.
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