‘I’d just come out of a long relationship, moved continents twice and both my family and friends advised me to stick with what I knew for some ‘stability’,’ she remembers. It took me a long time to come to terms with the shame of that, and admitting that my dream career perhaps wasn’t going to be my career for life was very hard to accept Naomi initially considered giving it up five years after qualifying in 2012, but was persuaded to stay on – however the thought remained in the back of her mind. ‘It was the realisation that they’re wasn’t scope for progression for me in the practice I’d worked at for five years, and that this was ‘it’.’ ‘On the contrary, I had some wonderful clients and some brilliant equine patients, and generally enjoyed my role despite the long hours, weekend work, and creeping compassion fatigue that accompanies most vets’ careers. ‘There was never a point at which I thought “I hate my job”,’ she explains. It wasn’t a sudden change, but rather a ‘gradual realisation’, which Naomi thought about for years. I’d imagined I would run my own practice, be a James-Herriot-esque vet in the community and love it until I retired.’ ‘It took me a long time to come to terms with the shame of that. Naomi, 37, from Buckinghamshire, had wanted to be a vet since the age of three.Īfter five years at university, two years studying for another post-graduate qualification and 14 years working, she gave up her role working full-time in a veterinary practice in 2018. ‘What people should remember is there’s undoubtedly a lot of skills and experience that you can take from your current career into your new one and that will definitely help you to climb the ladder quicker.’ Which although seems like a long time, given that you might work until 70, it is only about a fifth of your working life. ‘Assuming you start when you finish university at roughly 21, should you decide to make a switch at 30, you are only nine years into your career. A dream career at the age of 16 might feel quite the opposite when you’re actually sat in that position at the age of 30. Walking away from something you’ve invested years of your time and often thousands of pounds in is hard, even if you know it’s not for you anymore.Ĭareers expert Will Capper, the co-founder of job platform DirectlyApply, says: ‘This is actually a lot more common than you think. Of course, some take a different path to get there but working in your dream job usually takes years of preparation.
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