The 2024 reflections of CareerMate’s founder: Chris
This time last year, I felt the need to push myself into new and unfamiliar spaces.
Fast-forward to now, 2024 has been a year of massive personal and professional milestones.
If you’re reading this, you’ll know I recently launched CareerMate (Oct ‘24), a seedling of an idea that became a reality, and stepped into my first board role with Wingspan (Apr ‘24); New Zealand’s second oldest charity.
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