The ‘Minternship’ Might Be A Fix To Your Mid-Career Woes

October 22, 2019

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Feeling stuck or unmotivated in your career? You’re not alone, especially if you’re a millennial. A 2019 survey by Deloitte found that job dissatisfaction is high among millennials, and 49% will quit their jobs within the next two years.

Instead of jumping right into another job, you might consider a “minternship.” Once a way for students to get real-world experience, internships—or “minternships” as some call them at this career stage—are becoming increasingly popular with people in their thirties. Taking a step back and becoming a learner again can help you change your career track or industry or find a job that’s more personally fulfilling.

“Many professionals arrive at their thirties and wonder how they got where they are,” says Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS!, an executive business coaching firm, and author of Chasing Perfection. “You may be asking what it’s all for, who you are at a fundamental level, and questioning your career path going forward. Is it what you’d hoped for, or did you make commitments based on the ‘shoulds’ that eclipse our twenties?”A minternship can be a window of time to test and try an opportunity to see if it aligns with the life you truly want to live.

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