Stories by life theme
All the icould storytellers reveal how opportunities, circumstances and events throughout their lives have shaped their career. We’ve grouped the icould stories into themes to help you search in this way.
Life themes list
- 1st in higher education (8)
- Academic disappointment (83)
- Adult learner (131)
- Adversity (90)
- Apprenticeship (49)
- Balance (240)
- Blossomed after school (44)
- Came to UK (59)
- Changed career (222)
- Changed employer (149)
- Childhood aspirations (260)
- Disability (12)
- Discrimination (9)
- Earning and Learning (24)
- Enjoy work (261)
- Entrepreneurship (6)
- Faith (18)
- Family stories negative (69)
- Family stories positive (328)
- Finances (66)
- First career decision (363)
- Followed passion indirectly (8)
- Future (316)
- Gap year (46)
- Getting a job (255)
- Help from others (131)
- Job qualification fit (103)
- Job qualification misfit (28)
- Languages (17)
- Made redundant (66)
- Making a difference (127)
- More than one Job (3)
- No plan (104)
- Opportunities (88)
- Own business (80)
- Passion (126)
- Personal circumstances (142)
- School stories negative (186)
- School stories positive (240)
- School to work (163)
- Science (130)
- Stress (34)
- Took risks (49)
- Travel (189)
- Turning point (327)
- University story (239)
- Volunteering (53)
- Worked way up (148)
- Wrong course (83)
