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The Career Change Guide

The Career Change Guide

Five Steps to Finding Your Dream Job

Summary

Discover what you really want from work - and how to get there - with this empowering, practical guide from expert career coach Rachel Schofield

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ONE OF THE TELEGRAPH'S BEST SELF-HELP BOOKS OF 2023

'A doable plan to make changes that'll stick. This is the only book you need to take the leap' STYLIST

Are you dreaming of a new career? Or do you just want more out of your job? Either way, The Career Change Guide ensures that work works for you . . .
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This empowering, practical guide takes the confusion, fear and indecision out of career change.

Whether making small adjustments or life-changing moves, it provides simple, achievable steps to turn your dreams into reality.

The Career Change Guide will help you investigate your skills as well as discover your drives, interests and inspirations. It will take you on a structured five step journey. . .

· Preparing · Reflecting · Imagining & Designing · Taking Action · Keeping Going ·

. . . to lead you to the job of your dreams.

You'll learn to . . .

- Be clear about who you are and the work and life you want
- Devise and explore career ideas
- Tackle self-doubt and build confidence
- Design an action plan for change

The Career Change Guide is your first step to a better career and a happier life.

So enough procrastination. . . are we doing this, or aren't we?

Reviews

  • Rachel Schofield's book is hitting the zeitgeist perfectly, offering a doable plan to make changes that'll stick. From retraining your brain and making a move from your current safe space to actively detailing how you'd like your new job to look, this is the only book you need to take the leap
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About the author

Rachel Schofield

Rachel Schofield is a qualified personal development and career coach and a former journalist. She worked for the BBC for over twenty years including reporting for Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' and presenting on the BBC News Channel before making her own career pivot into coaching.

Connecting her journalism and her coaching is a deep curiosity for people and their stories and a desire to effect change. She supports clients from senior leaders to women returners to get unstuck, take action, and reshape their working lives.

She lives in London with her husband and two teenage daughters. The Career Change Guide is her first book.
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