Career Change Hub
Changing careers can be an exciting but daunting prospect. So how can you approach a career change so that you’re confident that you’re making the right decision, for the right reasons, and in the right way?
Our career change hub is here to help, with free advice and guidance for those of you thinking of switching careers or even just changing jobs.
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Are you in the early stages of your career transition or looking to accelerate your career change?
Advice and guidance for your career change
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How to find a job you love (and not go mad in the process)
Hunting for a job you love is a daunting prospect. There simply aren’t enough good jobs out there to hunt 24–7 and if there were you’d go mad! Here’s our top tips on how to find a job you love.
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Interview advice for career changes
We’re often asked for advice about the interview process by candidates who are changing careers. Here’s a short guide for the On Purpose Associate Programme interview process...
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Changing careers — How it’s not what you might expect
Undertaking a career change involves a lot of unpicking of expectations about how to best discover and transition to your ideal career. Here’s one person’s experience of how their expectations changed when they switched careers.
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On Purpose: Career Change & Clairvoyance
One person’s experience on changing careers to a more impactful job and how the On Purpose programme equipped them for doing purposeful work.
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It is OK not to hate your job.
How working with a purpose-led organisation can make you more aware of how deep the problems facing the world run, but how you can become aware of how many people there are trying to fix them.
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Changing careers from the corporate world to a purpose-led start-up
Henry identified the need for a change in his career; and what a change it has turned out to be! Read his career change journey, from the corporate world to a purpose-led start-up.
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Three things I have learned from moving to the Social Enterprise sector
In our latest blog post, Dimitra Tzigianni (April 2014 Associate) shares her experience of joining the Social Enterprise space I recently took a leap of faith and left the corporate world for the world of social enterprise. So, what made me do it? Like for many other people, chasing money didn...
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How to Change the World
Which career path will enable you to have the biggest impact on society? Guest On Purpose blogger, Jake Hayman, considers this question below. Jake is the Founder of The Social Investment Consultancy , Future First and Frame Again. He sits on the boards of the LankellyChase Foundation and t...
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How to find meaningful work
How to find meaningful work? On Purpose Fellow Martin Underwood shares his insights. My work, next to my family and friends, is the most important thing in my life. It’s been the biggest investment of my time — it shapes not only what I do but who I am. These are some of my reflections havin...
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Five lessons from a career shifter
Noor Khan, Oct ’14 Associate, is moving from a career in investment banking technology to social enterprise. Nine months into the On Purpose programme, he shares what he’s learned from the transition. 54% of people in the UK are unhappy with their jobs. This time last year, I was one of them.
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Are you thinking of changing careers?
We hope the advice in the career change hub has been helpful. Come back regularly to get more advice on changing jobs or switching to a more impactful career.
If it has and you’re excited about changing careers or moving to a more impactful job, take a look at On Purpose’s Associate Programme, a year-long scheme that transforms your career through doing real work in purpose-led organisations.