Career Changers - The Career Changers

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.

Famous Career Changers

Ken Jeong career’s change – From Medicine to Comedy and Acting

Ken Jeong was a full-time practicing surgeon for years before deciding to pursue acting and comedy full-time. While doing 90-hour shifts, he discovered comedy in college and then did small stand-up sets every few months.

Sports Career Change

Karl Dickson’s career change: From rugby player to referee

Balancing playing rugby whilst taking the qualifications to become a referee was very difficult. At the end of the day, you have to sacrifice certain things to try and progress in the new job. So that was the sacrifice I decided to make. I had to make time to referee and take time to progress otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to move into that career straight away.

Famous Career Changers

Stephen King’s career change – From Janitor to Author

Stephen King, the author of cult classics like It (1986) and The Shining (1977), came from a modest background. King served as a janitor at a high school before becoming one of the most creative authors of all time.

Famous Career Changers Military Career Change

Giorgio Armani’s career change – From the Military to Fashion Designer

Armani left the military in 1953 to pursue a different profession. He got a job as a window dresser in a Milan shop. He began designing his clothes in the mid-1960s and founded his brand, Armani, in 1975.

Career Changers Corporate Career Change

Lessons from a Career Changer: From sales to stockbroking

Stocks and Shares fascinate me immensely and do pique my interest. Previous to working here, I was shocked to see sums of cash and assets below £10,000. Soon after starting this position, I was placing trades worth up to £1m very quickly.

Corporate Career Change

London Mayoral race 2021: Who are The Career Changers

More than six million Britons are registered to vote, with a mayoral election held every four years. The election was initially set for 2020, but due to the pandemic, it was delayed. Who are the candidates standing for Mayor this year and what do we know about their careers?

Corporate Career Change

Life as a mumpreneur. Getting into entrepreneurship and out of communications

Being an employee was complicated for me. Life in Paris with a child was a real challenge. I needed space, nature and freedom. I spent too much time on the metro and at work, it was really difficult for me to see my child. Life was too expensive.

Sports Career Change

How I left Banking and Finance to pursue a martial arts career

I believe ultimately everyone has a gut feeling or inkling that’s telling them what they want to do. Whether they say it out loud or in their head most people have something that when asked if they could, they would do for the rest of their lives. If that thing in your head isn’t what you’re doing right now, as successful as you maybe you’ll always be left with a what-if.