I see it all the time in our industry. Think about it...Most people pick a college at 18, a major at 19-20, and a career at 21-22 that they'll be living with when they're 40+. "Kids" are making MAJOR life-impacting decisions in rapid succession and at a point in life where they have little to no experience. Fast forward 10-15 years and they've established a good standard of living in a job that they figured out they don't like with seemingly no options for how they could leverage their past to go a new, satisfying, and economically viable direction.
"Oh if I only knew then what we know now." - So many people feel this way.
This post embodies the passion and rationale for why I am so active on this forum. Like many, I have lived the herculean frustration of not having a professional alternative to an unfulfilling career. Entrepreneurship can certifiably be the answer. For those who have grit and a clear-eyed understanding of what they want out of life, entrepreneurship offers a viable and accessible option that can take them to an entirely new world.
Most of the time, the biggest problem that individuals suffer from is that they don't have the entrepreneurial vessel to take them where they'd like to go. That is exactly where I am equipped to assist in a very special way.
In all candor, "second career" professionals like the OP are the best to hire in our business because they've got experience, perspective, and they know what they want (maybe just as important, they know what they DON'T want in terms of working conditions). When this type of person is offered a path to leverage the entirety of their past in pursuit of a fresh, new and rejuvenated future, they thrive.
To answer the OP's question, over the years our company has brought in former bankers, corporate administrators, superintendents, high school principals/educators/administrators, O&G specialists, and even a former home builder. The most common predicate to a major career shift stems from desire for one of the following: escaping the "rat race" and all that implies, fleeing bureaucratic nonsense, seeking escape from office/industry politics, more manageable working hours, less travel, more earnings potential, more work/life balance, more industry stability, and/or one of MANY other common professional afflictions.
Entrepreneurship (our path) requires a lot of work, but it is so doable with the right opportunity and the benefit of a work ethic, grit, perspective, motivation and the unwavering drive to succeed. The breadth and combination of what we do and how we do it creates a viable entrepreneurial outlet for anyone seeking an exciting new start.
This stuff gets me fired up. Good people who want to build something special do not have to be in the "rat race." Add to that the fact that corporations in 2020 are now requiring people to bow at the alter of political correctness (or risk their job) and the need for alternate career paths has gotten stronger than ever.
Nature OR nurturing yourself to discovering your inner entrepreneurial spirit is a gift. Meaningful & highly relational work, stable industry, God/Family/Country based company, uncapped earnings potential...We provide the conduit through which that gift can build a new reality.
I'm happy to talk to anyone: careers at rolloinsurance dot com
Sorry...Rant over. :-)