Is 35 really the new ‘pre-midlife’ crisis? (1) Research released last week by Happiness Works (2) shows that we get progressively jaded as our careers progress - one in six British workers are unhappy at work by the time they reach their mid-thirties. So what can be done about it? ViewVo is an innovative new start up to help those wanting to change career – enabling people to connect with a mentor in their dream role and job shadow them at work. Thereby proving invaluable insight into what that role is really like before people invest in courses, qualifications or even property before realising the role is not what they imagined it to be.

Another survey by Robert Half UK (3) (a human resource firm), found that employees over 35 are twice as likely to be unhappy at work as millennials. The despairing thought that, ‘this is it’ for the rest of your working career - is there really no other option than to stay in a role you find uninspiring and unfulfilling?

There is another option! ViewVo fills the void outside of career coaches and courses promising the world. A completely unique and innovative solution to help people make more informed decisions. ViewVo founder, Lucy Standing (Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and Vice Chair of the Association for Business Psychology (ABP)), suggests that; ‘Experiential learning - such as job shadowing, is the most powerful form of career change learning there is - it makes sense to apply it to one of the most important life decisions you'll make.’

In a survey undertook by ViewVo in May 2017, the biggest obstacles cited in changing career were: lack of confidence, change in finance, lack of skills and lack of knowledge. The majority of these can be addressed by job shadowing a vetted expert in your dream role – asking all those questions you have with no one to ask, gaining confidence that you can do this, understanding what the real financial constraints are likely to be and gaining invaluable insights into what working in that industry is really like.

ViewVo is a completely unique and innovative service. If you’re one of those 30-somethings in a job you hate, now could be the time to try something new - www.viewvo.com.



(1) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/danger-pre-midlife-crisis-35-new-crunch-time-work-weary-millennials/
(2) https://happinessworks.com
(3) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-start-hating-their-jobs-at-age-35


Notes to the editor:
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Twitter: @viewvo
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ViewVo Founder: Lucy Standing, 07979608274, lucy@viewvo.com
ViewVo Co-Founder: Deborah Joslin, 07974385692, deborah@viewvo.com