One thing that your system seem to have, which I admire, is that as a
culture you seem very ready to accept that people can retrain and switch
careers throughout their life. In this country it is very much frowned upon
to switch career much after 35 - it is seen by employers as a sign the
person is not reliable
Really? How odd. Here, we have people become psychologists, lawyers,
teachers, etc at the age of 45 or 50.
We're also a bigger country, so there's that. Employers don't usually care
and often consider it something to admire -- because your range in
experience is more varied and interesting than the person who planned it
out. Also shows flexibility, ability to learn, and to change. Here -
ability to learn, change, think outside the box is highly regarded.
The people who can't do this...often end up unemployed. In US, people often
change careers three or four times in their lifetime.
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Re: Writing
Date: 2017-06-19 06:45 pm (UTC)One thing that your system seem to have, which I admire, is that as a culture you seem very ready to accept that people can retrain and switch careers throughout their life. In this country it is very much frowned upon to switch career much after 35 - it is seen by employers as a sign the person is not reliable
Really? How odd. Here, we have people become psychologists, lawyers, teachers, etc at the age of 45 or 50.
We're also a bigger country, so there's that. Employers don't usually care and often consider it something to admire -- because your range in experience is more varied and interesting than the person who planned it out. Also shows flexibility, ability to learn, and to change. Here - ability to learn, change, think outside the box is highly regarded.
The people who can't do this...often end up unemployed. In US, people often change careers three or four times in their lifetime.