Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Paddy Power:

I can only speak as a career changer, not as a school leaver or college graduate. On the apprenticeship I am doing, there are school leavers, college graduates and career changers, although there are very few career changers, perhaps just three or four, myself included. For me, to move from the industry I had known so well for such a long time to start something new was nerve-racking. I knew it was going to be a challenge so it was scary. I had to drop everything I knew. I had to drop a fantastically paid job to dive into something new that I knew nothing about. Although I wanted to start something fresh and to have a bit of clarity, those mental barriers were there. I asked myself if I would be able for this change and if it was for me, but I knew that would be the case no matter what. I say that as a career changer and cannot speak as a school leaver.

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