Elisa Martinig

I am the Founder of The Career Changers. I love to discover stories of career change and share them with the world as a source of inspiration for all those who are still “searching”. I love to discover stories of career change and share them with the world as a source of inspiration for all those who are still “searching”.

Corporate Career Change

How adult ADHD diagnosis led Dr. George Sachs on the path to success in his career

I was laid off. 9/11 happened, I ended a relationship. I was 28 or 29. And I realised that I wasn’t having success, a lot of my other friends in their 20s were achieving success. I don’t mean big success, but just traction in their job. They were moving up being promoted. And I was not and this was before I had realised I had ADHD. But I was really struggling to make it as in any career. And now I was approaching 30, and I really had to do some self analysis.

Famous Career Changers

Letizia Ortiz’s career change – From Journalist to Queen of Spain

Letizia Ortiz career change is something you would read in a fairy tale. She left her career in journalism to become The Queen of Spain.

Corporate Career Change

Nina Grunfeld talks career change; From graphic design and writing books to CEO of Life Clubs

I was very underconfident for most of my life and, it was only when I studied coaching, that I became confident – in my late forties.

Career Change Inspiration

Lockdown tips from a Carmelite Nun

A Carmelite embraces cloistered life to support and safeguard the life of prayer to which she feels called. You need to know that there is a purpose in what you are doing. As Victor Frankl writes, in Man’s Search for Meaning: “Those who have a why to live, can bear with almost any how”.

Corporate Career Change

From PR to Animal Rights Activist: How Sara Turetta fought the odds to protect animal rights

As an animal activist rights I dream about the day when the animal rights movement will be considered 100% part of a wider rights movement, including human or environmental rights.

Corporate Career Change

Ian Brown: On Meditation, career change and overcoming the challenges of working with Multiple Sclerosis

My first office job was fantastic. It gave me my first taste of travelling and the opportunity to experience different work cultures. But at some point something changed. I learnt meditation from a Buddhist monk as a way to deal with Multiple Sclerosis, a condition that I been living with for the last 23 years.

Dance Career Change

Multiple careers in The Arts: Dancer, Opera Singer, Choreographer and Director of Dance

I believe it is essential to allow for change. There have been quite a few for me, but out of all the changes – although I remained in the arts, I have evolved and found new levels of thinking, creating and facilitating others.

Teaching Career Change

From corporate to teaching: How a successful career, two redundancies & burn out took me back to my old passion

Over the years, I have fostered a deep appreciation of the world and how geography influences differing cultures, physical processes and ultimately, the future of our planet. Geography is a subject that is crucial for students to understand; to learn how our world has developed, and ultimately to appreciate that they are the custodians of their own fragile inheritance.

Military Career Change

Transition to Civilian Life: How a lifetime in the army prepared me for a new career as a CEO

Transitioning from a career of service based on camaraderie and teamwork to one more self-oriented, requires a shift in mentality. In the military achieving a team objective can result in a life or death outcome, something that, does not usually apply to civilian life.

Corporate Career Change Expat Career Change

The digital marketing career change that shaped my life. From Banking to Online Advertising at Google, Yahoo and Verizon

My first job was as a Bank Clerk in Lisbon. I still remember the branch manager being very surprised and wanting to talk to my mom once I told her that I wanted to quit. It was very kind of her to do that because she also had kids my age and didn’t want me to make a wrong decision that I would later regret. But it was nevertheless funny that she wanted to talk to the mom of a grown-up man.