Women are more likely than men to opt for a total career change and majority now expect to have to do this at least four times during their working lives.
They are also willing to move continents in order to move up the career ladder – at least once. For the first time, London Business School’s annual Women in Business Conference asked women how often they expected to switch careers. A startling 59 per cent of almost 2,000 respondents said they would have four or more careers, with two-fifths of those expecting to shift at least seven times.
“Different attitudes to careers accompany this pattern. Men are goal-seeking, women are value-driven. Hence men find, invent and sometimes move targets, to ensure they are always thrusting forward towards an end purpose. Women are more apt to consider at any point, how does this fit with who I am and how I feel? Hence they are more liable to switch.”
Employers have become more flexible about career breaks – for men and for women – yet the survey suggests that there is a high degree of nervousness about the impact that these can have. Of the women who responded to the survey – ranging from business executives to MBA students at the start of their working lives – 70 per cent admitted they would feel anxious about taking a career break.
They are confident, though, about crossing continents: 72 per cent said they would relocate for a year or more to improve their promotion prospects. Of those willing to travel, 40 per cent would aim for Europe, 28 per cent for North America and for 14 per cent, Asia is the goal.
source: http://www.emirates247.com/business/wom ... 8-1.543318
Are you agree that women are more flexible and willing to move in their career then men? Are you ready to change your life dramatically for new job prospects?
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