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What work were you doing previously? Initially I worked in Professional Services marketing in the City for 15 years. After I took redundancy I worked in fundraising for a local hospice for five years which involved working with local school children. During Covid I took a temporary role at a big sixth form college and … Read more

What work were you doing previously?     I was a software consultant (at the time the name of the role was Solutions Architect), for a company that creates, sells, markets and implements technology for B2B organisations.   Once someone buys the software, there are teams of consultants who implement and ‘plug it in’ for the company who … Read more

What work were you doing previously? I was a professional Opera Singer performing in the UK, France and other European countries since I graduated, for about seven years.  What are you doing now? I am now a Management Consultant and work for one of the world’s top consulting firms, Deloitte.  Why did you change? A … Read more

There’s a lot of discussion in career change circles about fears and limiting beliefs – the niggling, negative assumptions and concerns we tell ourselves that can keep us stuck. I call them ‘quiet passengers’. Quiet passengers are subtle narratives we’ve constructed, learned, or internalised over time about the world of work and career change.  And, … Read more

What work were you doing previously?     Klara: I’ve always worked in marketing.  After studying marketing at university I worked on the corporate side for a company in their communications department. Then I worked in numerous agencies for a range of clients. Marketing was always what I’d wanted to do. Mel: The last 10 years of … Read more