totaljobs.com is worth a long, long, visit

Speaking of talking to people in shops, I had quite a long conversation with an old client last week who was made redundant early last year, and spent most of the year doing all the right things and still failing to get another job in his field.

He told me that he had finally found a job with a charity - a complete change of direction for him - on-line through Total Jobs .

I'm very glad to say that the man I met by chance last week was much changed from the angry and devastated person I originally met last year - and who told me at the time that he felt castrated by his redundancy and feared that he would never work again.

As he was well into his 50's at the time, I have to say that I feared that as well, but as it turns out we were both mistaken - and perhaps we were both focusing on getting back to the past, rather than looking to use the past to create a future.

I do have an excuse for that negative reaction, by the way. I'd just lost one of the newspapers I'd been writing a column for for years, and I could see my long career as a political correspondent crashing to a halt. That didn't happen - but only because I did a re-think, changed focus a bit, and refused to let it.

Anyway, my old client was full of praise for Total Jobs - and having looked at the site I can why.

It's well worth registering there. And even more worthwhile to do a re-think, accept that you may have to change direction, and look forwards rather than backwards.

Bill - http://www.therapypartnership.com