You did it! You made the leap, you retrained, you sold your transferable skills, and you convinced an employer to give you a chance in a new area. Or perhaps you even set out on your own. You set up a website, you’ve blogged your heart out and you invested in inventory. But you’re still […] Read more…
Money and career are inextricably linked. Like fish and chips, you can’t really have one without the other. I am the first to admit that I have some serious money hang ups. As someone who grew up with very little, I have a real scarcity approach when it comes to money. I struggle to spend […] Read more…
For a long time in my career I felt like I was playing a part. The part of interested, enthusiastic, go-getting professional services marketer. I would go along to meetings and nod my head, take notes and be tenacious at following up on actions later. I would put in the hours on a tender, I […] Read more…
In the past if you’d have asked me to picture an entrepreneur I’d have thought of Richard Branson, one of the judges on Shark Tank or a tech geek working out of a garage. I never would have pictured me. I was a company woman. I always wanted the security of a pay cheque and […] Read more…
How do you go with making decisions? Are you a pros and cons kind of gal or do you go with your gut instinct? Do you consult everybody else before deciding? Or do you avoid making decisions completely? A lot of the women I work with describe themselves as indecisive. I fully get this – […] Read more…
The labour market is booming and, if the number of spots at after school care is anything to go by, women are returning to work after being hit hard by the pandemic. According to statistics from WGEA and ABS women’s participation rate in the workforce has increased from 61.4% in February 2021 to 62.1% in […] Read more…
I am sometimes asked how long it takes my clients to change career and the answer is that it varies. I have clients I worked with four years ago that have not yet made the transition and other clients that I finished up with six months ago who are already in their new career. Everybody […] Read more…
A lot of people see LinkedIn as an online resume tool. But it’s so much more than that. And for career changers it can be a really powerful research tool. In this training video I share some of the ways you can use LinkedIn if you’re changing career and I also have a handout you […] Read more…
I don’t know what to do. Is there a test I can take? If you’ve ever typed career change quiz into google then you will see that there are lots of tests that claim to help you. I quite like 16 personalities, CliftonStrengths and Self Directed Search (you need to pay for the last two). […] Read more…
I’ve been talking about networking a lot lately because it really is sooooo important if you’re changing career or looking for a new job. But I know how difficult some people find it. There is way of networking though that can make the most introverted time poor mum feel comfortable and I made a short […] Read more…