#RSS Feed for Jobs articles - Telegraph.co.uk [p?c1=2&c2=6035736&cv=2.0&cj=1] Accessibility links * Skip to article * Skip to navigation [telegraph_print_190.gif] Telegraph.co.uk ___________________ Submit Sunday 16 December 2018 * Home * Video * News * World * Sport * Business * Money * Comment * Culture * Travel * Life * Women * Fashion * Luxury * Tech * Film Advertisement 1. Home» 2. Finance» 3. Jobs It's official: most people are miserable at work Half of all UK workers want to change careers Woman crying Just because I’m crying doesn’t mean I’m unhappy London's workers are unhappiest of all Rebecca Burn Callander By Rebecca Burn-Callander 5:00AM BST 18 Sep 2015 Follow The UK is home to millions of discontent workers, it has emerged, as more than half of the nation's employed people admit that they would rather be in a different career. According to new research by the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF), which interviewed 1,000 male and female professionals of different age groups from across the UK, an overwhelming 47pc want to change jobs and more than one in five are looking to career hop in the next 12 months. British workers are hoping that a new career will bring increased salary prospects, better work-life balance and improved job satisfaction, the report found. Workers seeking a career change, by age "With a changing economy and new sectors creating jobs and business models that would not have even existed a decade ago, many professionals may have considered the option of jumping ship and facing the challenges of a new career path," said Dr Steve Priddy, dean and director of research at LSBF. "I’m particularly delighted to see that our younger workforce is bold enough to dare try to enter a new professional field." London workers are even more likely to be unhappy in their jobs with 55pc saying that they want to switch careers; 45pc are looking to do so in the next two years. Not all Brits are simply seeking improved pay or hours - some truly regret their career choices. Around a quarter said they had made a mistake entering their current profession. This figure rises to 30pc for 25-34 year-olds. When this figure is extrapolated to the "Millennial" generation, workers aged between 18 and 34, the figure hits 66pc. Think Tank: Fix the workplace, not the workers Millennials feel that their entrepreneurial talents are under-utilised in the traditional workplace "The high rate of desire to change careers in younger people comes from them arriving to the workforce eager to succeed but professionally immature," explained Jeanine O’Donnell, career strategist at jobs platform CareerHMO. "The result? They get into a new career and employer and the first impression is that this is not what they wanted. Thus, they make a generalisation that it's the wrong career and they want to change.” IFRAME: http://renderer.qmerce.com/interaction/55fbb97bf94584352d111ba8 Regionally, professionals in London and Scotland are the most likely to regret choosing their current careers and the main reason is a lack of work/life balance. But despite their clear disillusionment, many people are still unwilling to change careers. This is mainly because of fears over a lack of financial security - 29pc cited this as a major barrier - while uncertainty about what to switch to affected 20pc and a fear of failure plagued 15pc. Financial worries were cited by 41pc of Millennials as the prime reason they weren't budging from their current jobs, and they were also the most likely to change jobs when more money was on the table. “Salary can be what’s called a ‘hygiene factor’, i.e. if people are dissatisfied with their prospects at work, then it becomes a reason to move,” said Margaret Davies, occupational psycologist and director at women's development consultancy The Glass Lift. Workers aged between 35 and 44 tended to be more interested in a career move that improved their work/life balance. Overall, the over 55s are the most content workers in the UK, with just 19pc looking to change career. Cardiff is home to the nation's happiest workers. Some 68pc of people surveyed in the city said they were satisfied with their career. 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