St. James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy and Indeed combined UK worker polling insights with job search data from Indeed to create a list of the ‘Ten best careers you’ve never considered’. These are career options which offer many of the most desirable characteristics, including flexible and hybrid working, and a comfortable salary, but which are surprisingly unconsidered as career choices, according to Indeed’s data.
|
Career choice
|
% Of UK workers who have considered this career |
|
Employee relations manager |
10% |
|
Senior paraplanner |
8% |
|
Reward manager (Management) |
6% |
|
Lead project manager |
6% |
|
Personal injury lawyer |
5% |
|
Senior writer |
4% |
|
Proposition manager (Management) |
4% |
|
Financial adviser |
4% |
|
Knowledge manager (Management |
3% |
|
Finance systems analyst |
3% |
|
Benefits consultant (HR) |
3% |
|
Senior product manager |
3% |
|
Corporate development manager |
3% |
|
Director of events |
3% |
|
Digital consultant |
3% |
|
Product marketing manager |
3% |
|
Infrastructure manager |
3% |
|
Policy manager (Management) |
2% |
|
Rehabilitation manager (Therapy) |
2% |
|
Demand manger (Management) |
2% |
|
Senior campaign manager |
2% |
|
Senior product designer |
2% |
|
Retail solutions consultant (Retail) |
2% |
|
External affairs manager |
2% |
|
Growth Marketer (Marketing) |
2% |
|
Enterprise account executive |
1% |
|
None of these |
45% |
|
Don’t know / not sure |
7% |