Multiple matching
You are going to read an article in which four people describe changing career in their thirties. For questions 1-10, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once.
A new start
Four people describe changing career in their thirties
Priya
For ten years I worked as an accountant for a big firm in the city. The pay was excellent, but I spent most evenings feeling that I hadn’t achieved anything I could actually touch. I started going to an evening woodwork class, mainly to get out of the house, and found I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Even so, I didn’t leave my job straight away. I spent two years making furniture at weekends and selling it to friends, just to see whether people would really pay for it. When my orders were regularly covering my rent, I finally handed in my notice. My parents were horrified; they’d paid for my degree and thought I was throwing it away. Now I earn about half what I used to, and I do miss being able to book a holiday without checking my bank balance first. But I wake up looking forward to the day.
Which person admits that circumstances forced them to make a decision?
Which person tested whether a new career could work before leaving their old job?
Which person was inspired by watching other people at work?
Which person was mistaken for someone more senior?
Which person says their family disapproved of the change?
Which person describes a period when they doubted their decision?
Which person had to sell something because money was short?
Which person found that skills from their previous job were useful in the new one?
Which person had to overcome a lack of confidence they had not expected?
Which person felt that their previous job gave them little sense of achievement?
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