How to spot transferable skills
I’m often asked why I think commercial marketers have the transferable skills to become fundraisers.
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“Get your head out of the clouds!”
There were many times my attempts to gaze out of the window at school were curtailed by teachers who wanted everyone to concentrate.
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A midlife career switch to the charity sector
Have you been looking for a job in a charity and becoming increasingly mystified as to why your decades of experience isn’t getting the traction you hoped for and (modesty aside) expected?
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‘I was rejected from 79 jobs at age 60 – so I set up an internship scheme’
Maya Bhose decided to change careers aged 60. It was a gamble, but having worked for decades in marketing for big brands such as Nokia and Microsoft, she felt she had a strong CV.
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From one mid-life worker to a somewhat more famous one: Growth needs the over 50s
Dear Keir, I’m probably getting ahead of myself, but congratulations on your new job. There’s an awful lot of new stuff to get used to – different home, police escort, nuclear codes etc…
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The charity sector is impenetrable
Not my words. But I have experienced it. Heard it from others. Often get asked why I think it’s so hard to switch. And what to do about it.
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Charity Interns relaunches as The Well Placed
Last year I had an idea. A good idea as it turns out. Take the skills of people who’d love more meaningful work and match them with a pioneering charity for a 6-month placement.
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Your career should last as long as you want it to
I’ve never had a problem finding a new job, until I hit my fifties. Then it became an impossible task. I applied for over 80 jobs in a year. It’s demoralising. It sucks your confidence.
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How to land your first charity job in your 50s
Switching to the charity sector later in your career you face the double whammy of ageism, (illegal I know but very hard to prove) and not having previous charity experience.
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Are you ‘old’?
What are your first thoughts when someone is referred to as older? Do you go straight to an age? What are your associations with that age?
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