How do you go from starting your professional life as a nursery nurse to founding an award-winning charity that's helped close to one thousand women enter the workforce? As the daughter of parents who held academia in extremely high regard, Sarah Burns MBE wasn't sure where life would take her after having to re-sit her exams. Sarah talks openly about how it feels to be pre-judged on the basis of your siblings' performance, the impact of moving countries during the last two years of her studies and the power of transferable skills in helping her make the switch from childcare to a career in software before truly making her mark in the charity sector.  Sarah was awarded an MBE in 2019 for her services to charity and in 2021 Smart Works Reading was awarded the highest accolade a charity can receive: the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. If you are, or know someone who would benefit from the services that Smart Works Reading has to offer head to: https://reading.smartworks.org.uk/  If you live outside of the Thames Valley, you can find your nearest Smart Works centre at www.smartworks.org.uk #careerpodcast #careerstories #charitycareers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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