Success Stories
Real life stories from the careers advisor's casebook about why and how people have made their career change dream become a reality.
Below are our 21 articles in the success stories' category:
For Dominic Proctor, 39, a chance meeting with an old school teacher led to a career change that has, in turn, changed his whole life.
When...
Taking the brave decision to retrain is not one to be taken lightly. All too often people go on some terrific holiday and get all fired up to do...
When her seven year old brother Joel was diagnosed with autism, Melanie Goldman had no idea that it would lead to a fulfilling career for her. As...
For many people that decide to change career after a long period of time in a particular role, they have not come to the decision lightly....
A client recently contacted us to discuss their feelings about their career.
Having spent many years as a dietician employed by the NHS, the...
For many people that want to change career, an important hurdle to overcome is deciding what they actually want to do. It’s all well and good if...
For Sue Prentice, 56, from Leeds, her out-of-the-blue redundancy gave her the opportunity to fulfil a career change dream. Although she was shocked...
For many people, work is simply a way to make sure your mortgage and bills are paid, with any particular enjoyment of the actual work more of a...
It is rare that a new client knows exactly what it is they want to do. Usually they will have a very clear view about what they don’t want to do...
For some people, a career change presents itself and they just can’t shake it off.
This is what happened to Marie Simons, 32, when she was on...
The role of a careers advisor can often become very close to that of a counsellor.
As many of us spend at least eight hours a day, five days...
For many of us, we know what we don’t want to do and we know what we do want to do, but it can be really hard to work out what career gives us what...
It is all too easy to undervalue our own skills and overvalue those of others.
Career Advisor’s Casebook
A recent client came to us to talk...
Often, when a new client makes their first appointment with a careers advisor, what they think are their issues are not really the problem.
A...
Reaching a milestone age can be a turning point for many people.
A ‘Big O’ birthday can make us reassess our goals, achievements and...
Although Deborah Franks, 36, enjoys her full-time job as a logistics administrator for a haulage company, her real passion lies in a completely...
For Lynne Coulter, 45, the recession has given her the boost she needed to start her own business.
Lynne told us, “I’d been working as a...
For many of us, we’re not exactly sure what we want to do with ourselves. We can stumble from job to job, or simply take a new job in the same...
Redundancy is no longer the great disappointing stigma is used to be, as more and more of us have to deal with at least one redundancy at some...
Will Turner’s first six months of running his own business have been a rollercoaster ride of excitement and hard work.
The Idea
Since...
Although the recession has proved to be a very difficult time for many thousands of people, for Mary Stone it has brought an exciting set of...
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