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Ian Allan

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I write nonfiction to help launch people into their careers. I read fiction for pleasure, and to improve my nonfiction writing.

Life has a way of throwing up challenges. Mine happened in my late teens. In the final year of my apprenticeship a nasty workplace accident forced me to rethink my career.

Fast forward to my early 30s, I’d been a furniture restorer, a furniture removalist, a bingo caller, a pedestrian accident researcher, a condom tycoon (for some reason that failed to impress my girlfriend's mother), a software engineer, and a lecturer and researcher in spatial science. I won jobs, sometimes due to my tenacity, but looking back, mostly through word of mouth.

In the 90s I started a consultancy and did spatial modelling for universit ...more

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	Kindle Paperwhite User Guide 2023: The Perfect Kindle Paperwhite Manual for Beginners, Seniors, and New Kindle Users 4.03 avg rating — 150 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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COVID-19 has triggered change for industry and workplace: There’s implications for job seekers!

Crisis triggers change. COVID-19 has changed and will continue to change both industry and the workplace. There will be change in the jobs in demand, where those jobs are, and the skillsets you'll need to have if you want to benefit from the changes. Expect more local manufacturing of some goods, less commuting and business travel, more online retail at the expense of brick and mortar retail, and Read more of this blog post »

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