What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?
Most of you are very young
Your life is stretched ahead.
A working life is very long
It’s awful to get stuck.
The world is changing very fast
You have to ride the waves
Look for opportunities
The present cannot last.
I’ve made my last career change
I stepped away from work
I’m happy now just growing things
Or dabbling with words.
But I have been done career change
I swerved it quite a bit
Librarian to policy roles
Was very different..
You need to learn transferable skills
Skills you can adapt.
Policy roles mean looking ahead
And seeing what’s round the curve.
The things that seem important today
Can quickly be swept away.
Expertise is quickly lost
You have to learn new stuff.
You wish to be successful?
Well this is my advice.
Try to be one step ahead
And don’t get in a rut.
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