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How to avoid training for something that doesn’t fit your skills. By Steve Hart
While following older siblings or
family members into a job may be an easy
option, if it’s not the right job for you, then
your working life may not be as fulfilling as
it could be.
Caroline Sandford of the Career Clinic
says she and business partner Janet Tuck
help people of all ages to understand which
job is best for them.
“It all comes down to knowing yourself,”
says Caroline. “When you understand what
makes you tick you can make some good
career decisions, and decide on what’s out
there that fits you.
“There are lots of career decisions made
without the person thinking ‘is this right
for me?’. I see a lot of people who have not
made good decisions and they are miserable at work.
“At the Career Clinic we use a lot of tools
to get to the core of who people are, and help
people write CVs and look for jobs – because
it’s not all about applying for advertised jobs.”
While the company offers one-to-one sessions lasting between one and two hours for
career changers and job hunters, Caroline and
Janet also visit scho