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Careershifters.org

For the last six months I've been involved in a startup called Careershifters. Careershifters is an online community for people thinking about changing their career. The site offers stories by successful career changers talking about the challenges they faced; diaries written by people going through changes; experts who can answer specific questions; expert advice in the form of columns, articles and exercises; and face-to-face events that you can sign up for (London only so far).

The reason this spiel sounds down pat is that I've given it to hundreds of people visiting our Careershifters stand at the One Life Live event, in Olympia. With all the online community building I've been involved in, it's easy to forget there are real people out there. Anyhow, check out the site and let me know what you think!

Vox Pops

One chap I spoke to on the stand had these words of wisdom:

Having a great job adds five days to your weekend. 

  • By Mark Leicester at Mar 7 2007 - 01:31
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This looks interesting &

This looks interesting & useful. After a quick zoom around, I can see you've built the site to be easy to get around, and with lots of places for uses to add their input too. There's a familiar look here that works well for you in other online communities too. The features read at the level of a feature article in a glossy mag; interesting but non-specific, but the replies to individual situations take the advice much closer to the point & look like they'd be really useful. Would be helpful to explore the qualification / training implications for career shifts further - which would also make the site more UK specific - unless you addressed other places that UK people shift along to, as well. Keep up the good work!
  • By Heather G (not verified) at Apr 7 2007 - 11:13
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