Tuesday, December 07, 2004
According to the Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com.au) on December 7, a new survey discloses that an amazing number of professionals are
Braving the unknown
Two in three workers change careers - and nearly half of them are earning over $90,000… A survey of 1100 workers by recruitment agency Talent2 found that 65 per cent of employees were not working in the industry in which they started their professional careers.
The research also revealed that 70 per cent of workers had changed career paths between one and four times in their working lives, while 42 per cent had changed jobs up to five times…
"A career change is a bit like braving the unknown, but it is usually associated with the need to either change the work life balance or a lifestyle decision," Mr Whytcross said. "Skills and
knowledge are easily transferable to another industry type and building on skills sometimes
is enough of a challenge rather than making the huge leap to a new field altogether."”
A change from being a lawyer to something else is almost too much for most lawyers to imagine – faced with the need for change, lawyers usually choose to change the work environment: to go solo, to go in-house, to go with government and so on. Nothing wrong with that…
But I have been amazed at the number of lawyers I have met who have gone to something quite different. Some go backwards to the jobs they did to put themselves through school – finding that law is not as pleasant a practice as teaching piano or selling life insurance. Whatever makes you feel best about yourself and humankind.
Braving the unknown
Two in three workers change careers - and nearly half of them are earning over $90,000… A survey of 1100 workers by recruitment agency Talent2 found that 65 per cent of employees were not working in the industry in which they started their professional careers.
The research also revealed that 70 per cent of workers had changed career paths between one and four times in their working lives, while 42 per cent had changed jobs up to five times…
"A career change is a bit like braving the unknown, but it is usually associated with the need to either change the work life balance or a lifestyle decision," Mr Whytcross said. "Skills and
knowledge are easily transferable to another industry type and building on skills sometimes
is enough of a challenge rather than making the huge leap to a new field altogether."”
A change from being a lawyer to something else is almost too much for most lawyers to imagine – faced with the need for change, lawyers usually choose to change the work environment: to go solo, to go in-house, to go with government and so on. Nothing wrong with that…
But I have been amazed at the number of lawyers I have met who have gone to something quite different. Some go backwards to the jobs they did to put themselves through school – finding that law is not as pleasant a practice as teaching piano or selling life insurance. Whatever makes you feel best about yourself and humankind.
