Karin Timothy – Customer Services Manager for British Airways to Colour Therapist and Personal Stylist for the House of Colour Franchise What did you used to do? Until September 2017, I had worked for British Airways for 27 years. The majority of my career was spent as a frontline Customer Service Manager. What made…
Jean – Now working as a Receptionist/Administrator in a totally new field! In my previous job I was a receptionist/administrator. I had been there for 5 years and was feeling bored, stifled and unappreciated. I was determined not to end my working career in a job I had come to loath. I updated my CV…
Many of us will assume our ‘Dream Job’ is just that – a dream. It can be very difficult to get past the point of turning that dream job in to a reality. Let’s face it, in the ‘real world’ you have lots of responsibilities such as a paying a mortgage or the rent. You…
We are all in such a hurry, frantically finding quicker and smarter ways to achieve success and move on to the next best thing; to tick off our ever increasing to-do lists and be more productivity. However, whilst Technology and the Information Age drives us on to achieve more, quicker and harder, our brains have…
I have been doing a lot of work on the subject of ‘reflection’ lately. Traditionally, reflection isn’t something we tend to do. In fact we will tend to avoid it and even consider it as a waste of time! Few people are naturally strong reflectors. In today’s world we are swept up in ‘instant everything’;…
The digital and technological revolution we are experiencing is moving at such a rate, we need to ask ourselves what the word ‘Career’ really means now. In particular, how long are we really expected to be working?! Have you considered what is meant by the traditional word ‘career’? Punch it in to ‘Google’ and it…
Most people fall in to their careers purely by accident. Suddenly they get to a stage in their lives when they think “how did I get here? And “how did I end up doing this?” More often than not, it isn’t what they really wanted to do in the first place and it seems almost…
I was looking out of a cafe window watching the world go by when I saw this sign at a construction site opposite. I instantly loved it. “The Road to Success is Always Under Construction” It made me think about my own career path and the journey I have taken to get…