Managers find it difficult to retrain - July 28, 2010
The retraining is an obstacle course. It essentially said that a study by the Agency for the Use of Frames (APEC) published on Wednesday. If managers are increasingly likely to want to retrain mid-career, the process does not become easier for all. Indeed, beyond the speeches that are encouraging businesses, often plebiscite adaptability and motivation of atypical careers, recruitment always leave the spotlight on "cloning profiles," said the APEC.
"Today it is virtually impossible for a framework to achieve what professionals call the diagonal support: change both business and enterprise," said the APEC. Businesses, especially in times of crisis, most want is to secure their recruitment, and thus become more timid, more reluctant to hire people without experience on the job.Consequence: it is now much easier to convert internally, rather than changing at the same time employer. The mobility is viewed positively as a tool for employee retention, and a way to reduce uncertainty in hiring a person unknown.
A passion for the trades "ethical"
Some trades, however, are more open than others to atypical careers. This is especially true for businesses that engage in general skills, such as managers, consultants, sales representatives or heads of human resources (HR). "For people who do that are more and framed by" the shift is easier because it does not require highly technical skills, says a recruiter. However, positions that require some experience.
However, the desire for conversion especially managers aged 35 to 45 years, more inclined to question their journey. "The desire to change jobs is often associated with a need to reduce the dissonance between everyday work and personal taste," says Apec. "I wanted to take my dismissal to give meaning to my life," reflects his side a frame. As a result, trades are often considered ethical on a roll with these candidates for change.
The content of these trades, however, tends to change. While teaching, journalism and social work were acclaimed a few years ago, today it trades on Sustainable Development and Trade Fair that get the prize for ethics in the eyes of managers.Takers.
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