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Career Change Experience

Explores how people experienced a recent career change, its effects on their life, the support used and future needs.

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Your Career Change

  1. Thank you for sharing your experience of changing career direction. Your answers help us understand what makes these changes easier and how people can be better supported.

  2. Which best describes the career change you made most recently?

    Choose one from a list:

    • A new role in the same industry
    • A move into a different industry
    • A promotion or a step up to a new job
    • A move to part-time, freelance or temporary work
    • Going back to work after time away

  3. Thinking about that change, does each statement apply to you?

    • It was a change I chose to make
    • It happened without warning
    • I felt ready for it
    • Family or personal circumstances shaped the decision

    For each row: choose one:

    • Yes
    • Not sure
    • No

How the Change Affected You

  1. Which of these difficulties did you face during the change? Select all that apply.

    Choose any that apply:

    • A noticeable drop in income
    • Stress or anxiety
    • Having to learn new skills
    • Keeping a healthy work-life balance
    • Low confidence in the new role
    • None of these

  2. Tell us more about the difficulties you selected (optional).

    Asked only when q_transition_challenges.outcome is not None and q_transition_challenges.outcome > 0 and q_transition_challenges.outcome & 32 == 0

    Open answer

  3. Since the change, how has each of these moved for you?

    • Satisfaction with your work
    • Work-life balance
    • Income
    • Overall happiness
    • Stress

    For each row: choose one:

    • Increased
    • Stayed the same
    • Decreased

Support You Received

  1. What support or resources helped you most while you were making the change?

    Open answer

  2. Did a career coach or mentor work with you during the change?

    Choose one:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Prefer not to say

  3. How did your coach or mentor help you? (optional)

    Asked only when q_used_coach.outcome == 1

    Open answer

Looking Ahead

  1. How satisfied are you with each of these in your current job?

    • Work-life balance
    • Opportunities to develop your career
    • Pay
    • Sense of achievement
    • Relationships at work

    For each row: choose one:

    • 1 - Not at all satisfied
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 - Completely satisfied

  2. And how important is each of these to you?

    • Work-life balance
    • Opportunities to develop your career
    • Pay
    • Sense of achievement
    • Relationships at work

    For each row: choose one:

    • 1 - Not at all important
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5 - Extremely important

  3. Thinking about any future career change:

    • Which skill would you most like to build next?
    • What support would help you most next time?

    For each row: open answer