--- title: Lucy Walker Recruitment | changing careers description: changing careers | Keep up to date with news, business updates and guidance on the recruitment market --- - [Upload CV](https://www.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/#) - [Work For Us](https://www.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/about-us/work-for-us/) - [Leeds : 0113 367 2880](tel:0113%20367%202880) - [Manchester : 0161 661 4421](tel:0161%20661%204421) [](https://www.facebook.com/LucyWalkerRecruitment/) [](https://twitter.com/lucywalkerrec) [](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lucy-walker-recruitment) [](https://www.instagram.com/lucy_walker_recruitment/) [](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TzO-yhHVawy5g7_a2OcQw) [![Lucy Walker Recruitment](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/Lucy%20Walker%20Recruitment%20January2018%20Theme/images/lwr-25th-anno.jpg)](https://www.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/) - [Home](https://www.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/) - [About Us](https://www.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/#) - [Our Story](https://www.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/about-us/our-story/) - 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With this in mind your candidate attraction process and techniques need to reflect this. By [Mark Woffenden](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/author/mark-woffenden) | Categories: [changing careers](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-careers), [Career Planning](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/career-planning), [what employees look for](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-look-for), [employee needs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/employee-needs), [what employees want](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-want), [what to look for when you change jobs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-to-look-for-when-you-change-jobs), [what employees want from their job](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-want-from-their-job), [what to look for in your job](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-to-look-for-in-your-job), [changing jobs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-jobs) | Comments Off [Read More](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-are-looking-for-when-they-change-jobs) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/Candidate%20Testimonial%20(10).png)](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/life-redundancy-4-step-plan) [](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/life-redundancy-4-step-plan) #### [Life after Redundancy... Your 4 Step Plan](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/life-redundancy-4-step-plan) [Candidates](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/candidates), [Career](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/career), [changing careers](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-careers), [redundancy](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/redundancy) ## [Life after Redundancy... Your 4 Step Plan](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/life-redundancy-4-step-plan) Facing redundancy is a significant moment in any career. It brings up feelings of uncertainty and can make us question our professional future. However, a well-planned approach can turn redundancy into an opportunity for growth and transformation.\[...\] By [Mark Woffenden](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/author/mark-woffenden) | Categories: [Candidates](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/candidates), [Career](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/career), [changing careers](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-careers), [redundancy](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/redundancy) | Comments Off [Read More](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/life-redundancy-4-step-plan) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/Tori%20Image%202%20-1.png)](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/3-ways-plan-career-changing-market) [](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/3-ways-plan-career-changing-market) #### [The 3 Ways to Plan Your Career in A Changing Market](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/3-ways-plan-career-changing-market) [Career](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/career), [changing careers](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-careers), [skills for a new career](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/skills-for-a-new-career), [the 3 Ways to Plan Your Commercial Career in A Cha](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/the-3-ways-to-plan-your-commercial-career-in-a-cha), [Career advice](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/career-advice), [Lucy Walker](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/lucy-walker), [lucy walker recruitment](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/lucy-walker-recruitment) ## [The 3 Ways to Plan Your Career in A Changing Market](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/3-ways-plan-career-changing-market) When trouble or opportunity strikes in our career, many of us simply allow ourselves to be carried along with the prevailing current, thereby working in roles that we didn’t necessarily choose or anticipate we would end up in. 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