by Lina Martinez
At some point in their professional lives, almost everyone starts to feel stressed, bored and dissatisfied. Some of us manage to push through that – we work for promotions, we work more flexibly, we focus on other interests. But others decide to retrain completely and find a new career. If you don’t like sitting at a desk in your office, and you’d like to do something new, here are a few ideas for new careers that you might like to look into…
Teacher
Teaching is one of the hardest and yet most brilliant jobs in the world. It’s incredibly rewarding at times, but for each student who sincerely appreciates your hard work, there will be five others who are surly and would rather not have got up for school that morning. If you want to be a teacher, you need to be prepared to work hard. You may have long breaks, but you’ll spend a lot of those breaks grading, preparing and planning lessons, and fitting out your classroom for the next academic year. You’ll buy school supplies out of your own pocket, and there is a definite chance that at some point a child will throw up on or near you. Parents will be difficult, you will find yourself astonished at how a ten-year-old knows so exactly how to irritate you – and yet, if teaching is right for you, you’ll find yourself looking forward to going to work each day, you’ll love communicating with children, some of the most interesting and strange and brilliant people in the world, and you’ll feel infinitely proud of each of your kids each time they reach a milestone.
Legal Investigator
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If you’re interested in justice but you don’t want to spend years in law school, you could consider becoming a legal investigator. It’s easy to get a criminal investigation certificate that will enable you to find out about different areas of legal investigation, from arson to professional malpractice. Legal investigators make sure that lawyers have all the evidence they need at their disposal to effectively prosecute a case in court and that defence attorneys are able to defend their clients well. You’ll need to be a great researcher, have a quick brain, and be an excellent communicator, both orally and in writing.
Nurse
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Finally, why not consider being a nurse? If you love caring for people and being around other humans, there are few careers that are more rewarding. As a nurse, you get to spend a lot of quality time with your patients that a doctor might not be able to, meaning that you’ll form great relationships with them and with their families. Nurses have a huge amount of responsibility, from administering medication to communicating information to both patients and doctors, and physically caring for patients. Being a nurse means that you are able to make some incredibly vulnerable people feel dignified and comfortable at extremely difficult times in their lives: it’s a perfect job for anyone who has a strong stomach and who loves and values talking to other people.
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