CHANGE GAME THE CAREER


Is it time for a bigger, better job? A new direction in your career? Then perhaps you need to look at relocating By Joanne Christie


IT’S OFTEN SAID that a change is as good as a holiday, and sometimes it can even be both. A new job in a new city throws up the possibility of not only a new career opportunity, but also a raft of things to explore on your weekends and a widened social set to boot. Of course it can also be very daunting, particularly if


you’re moving away from friends and family. And, it isn’t always a choice — with the decline in employment opportunities in some regions of the UK, many talented support professionals


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are finding the only way to progress, or in some cases continue, their careers is to seek opportunities further afield. Emma Windsor, who now works as a self-employed execu-


tive assistant, made the decision to move from Bath to London several years ago to take her career to the next level. “I had worked my way up within the company I was working for in Bath and the next position up was to be the managing director’s per- sonal assistant. His PA was quite young and until she left there was nowhere else for me to go. I was covering for her when she


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