The Career RelaunchBlog

Earlier this week, I decided to cancel a project with a freelancer. I had hired this freelancer to help me create a video animation to accompany my 7 Stages of Career Change Roadmap I created for career changers. The video she submitted for final approval was full of errors, incomplete edits, and illogical visuals. I [...]

Shortly after leaving the corporate world behind to start my own business, I realised all the systems we used at work were no longer at my disposal, leaving me in my home office to feel rather disorganised. I was tracking tasks using Apple Reminders, random to-do-lists and lots of checklists on Post-It Notes. My notes […]

Managing your own business is not easy, especially if you’re a 1-person operation.  You could theoretically find yourself having every job title imaginable from Founder to Graphic Designer to Marketer to Salesperson to Legal Expert to Accountant to Buyer to Administrative Assistant. That last one comes up a lot more often than I ever expected!  Just today, I […]

Let’s imagine a scenario.  You’ve just left your full time job to branch off on your own, to start your own business.  You really believe in the idea, and you can’t wait to start working with your first clients.  The problem is, you aren’t sure what to tell people about what exactly you do.  It’s something […]

When I decided to leave my full-time job to run my own, independent career consultancy last year, it marked the end of my 10-year run in the corporate world.  I went from working within for-profit companies in fast-paced, dynamic, organisationally complex business environments to a 1-man operation building my own business one small step at […]