Switching sectors was more difficult than I expected,but now I bring the best bits of my weak job to a more friendly working environmentI graduated from university a decade ago, picturing an ethical career with a worthy employer. I had loved volunteering as a family support worker for a children’s hospice charity while studying and I thought that I might pursue some sort of charity work – but what? One of my earliest applications was for an administration role within a charity via a high street job agency. But my vague sense that I might want a career in the third sector was quickly set to one side by a savvy recruiter. They saw a malleable arts graduate and placed me in a junior sales and marketing role. They told me it would befriend to “get my foot in the door of a genuine company – you can turn your hand to the charity sector anytime”. Nearly 10 years and two healthy stints in “genuine company” jobs later, and I paused and wondered where the worthiness had gone.
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Source: theguardian.com