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Career Change at 40
Career Advice

Is it Too Late to Change Career at 40?

Please stop searching "Am I too old to change careers at 40?" The short, simple and resounding answer is "No". If you're feeling bored, burned ...
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Career Advice

Don’t Let Them Drift: How a Professional Careers Advisor Can Help Your Child Find Direction

Unsure how to help your child choose their next step? Discover how expert career analysis and a professional careers advisor can help young people find ...
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Mary Andrews, Finding the Right Career
Career Advice

What exactly is career analysis?

Can Career Analysis Help Me Find The Right Career? Are you mid-career, dreading every day because you hate your job? Have you had what people ...
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Career Advice

Careers I’ve never thought of

Many people who are stuck and unhappy in their careers, who have no idea what they want to do, or are not motivated toward any ...
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Mary Andrews Development
Professional Development

What sort of coaching do you do?

I’m often asked, “What exactly is it that you do?” By this, I assume people are wondering what it is I can help them with. ...
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Professional Development

What is Transformational Coaching?

I work at a transformational level rather than a transactional level to achieve change. To illustrate the difference, let me explain what I don’t do. ...
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Professional Development

Procrastination – can it be telling us something useful?

Originally, when I thought I’d like to write about procrastination, it was going to be a piece with tips on how to recognise and overcome ...
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Professional Development

Proud to be Perfectionist?

A long time ago, when I was involved in recruitment, I remember someone saying to me, “When I’m asked about my weaknesses, I say I’m ...
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Career Advice

Is University Worth It?

A very common question asked by young people and their parents is whether a university degree is worth the money. My experience tells me that ...
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Virtual Work Experience for Career Changers
Career Advice

Virtual Work Experience for Career Changers

In a previous article, I talked about how my younger clients and their parents worried about the limited opportunities for gaining work experience. To help ...
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Virtual Work Experience for Teenagers and Students
Career Advice

Virtual Work Experience for Teenagers and Students

One of the regular worries my clients and parents have is the challenge of getting work experience. Arguably work experience has never been an easy ...
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Career Advice

How To Learn – Six Strategies for Successful Study

The parents of my young adult clients understand that grades are important to career and, as we approach another academic year, you may also be ...
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