Feeling like you can’t afford to make a career change right now, having too many ideas or even just struggling to find one. The third section of Game Changers is all about the practicalities of how to change career or indeed make any other big life changes. Here’s the third instalment from Rachel, who is currently completing the programme and … Read More
Does girl power damage our boys?
We have three children, two girls and a boy, all under the age of 7. I am a feminist, my husband would, I’m pretty sure, describe himself as feminist too (though perhaps not as shouty as me) and we are trying to raise ALL our children to believe in equality for both genders. With our girls I’m pretty sure of … Read More
Game Changing Story – Rachel (Chapter Two)
The second instalment of a brilliant story about changing career to fit around a family. Rachel, current attendee of our Game Changers programme, tells us about taking on the supermum myth and dealing with her inner critic. Find out whether she has made any progress over the last three weeks, and if you missed Chapter One you can read it … Read More
Game Changing Story – Rachel (Chapter One)
What is the Game Changers programme really like to complete? How exactly does it help with changing career? Does it take up tons of your time? One of our current attendees of the programme mentioned that she loves writing and used to be a journalist so I asked if she might document her experience in a series of blog posts. So … Read More
Three tips for switching up your career and life
We share so much content and inspiration and support for working out what makes you happy, where your career could go next and how to actually make it happen on our Game Changers programme. It’s hard to narrow it down but here are three top tips if you are wanting to switch up your career and life, three things I’ve learnt from … Read More
Game Changing Story – Sophie, The Baby Bubble
Another wonderful story from someone who has switched career to do something they love and that works around family life. Sophie did Game Changers last year and has made some pretty ace changes… Q. Tell us a bit about you and your family set up? Hello! I’m Sophie, I’m married to Pete and I have a 16-month-old daughter Eliza. We … Read More
Dear Employer – feeling scared of telling the truth!
This Friday 13th April we come together to write to our previous (or perhaps current) bosses explaining how it really is to be a woman and mother in the workplace in a brand new campaign with Pregnant then Screwed – Dear Employer. Last year I wrote to my previous employer and it was an exceptionally cathartic process. There had been so … Read More
Freelancers face the gender pay gap too, so what can we do about it?
According to the Procopywriters survey 2017 the gender pay gap for copywriters sits at 29%. Woah, that’s bigger than the gap currently given for employed workers. But freelancers get to set their own rates so what is going on? Last week I attended an event to discuss the gender pay gap amongst freelancers and wanted to share some of the … Read More
Game Changing Story – Carly, Excellence Financial Consulting
“Take the plunge and step out of your comfort zone” – Carly Rushton of Excellence Financial Consulting did the mini Game Changers course a few months ago and shares how redundancy and a surprise second baby led her to do just that. Q. Tell us a bit about you? Hi, I’m Carly, I’m 38 and married with an 8 year … Read More
Game Changing Story – Amy, Digital Content Producer
Hi everyone, I’m Amy, I’m a 38-year-old mum of one living in Manchester. I work at the BBC as a digital content producer, although previously I worked as a radio presenter for many years. I followed Game Changers on social media for a while, watching from afar, wondering if it was for me, before finding myself away on holiday in France feeling a … Read More