Time To Upskill?

It’s never too late to learn on the job: Here’s how one brave woman mastered new skills for a successful mid-career switch.

- Natalya Molok

Mastering new skills is not optional in today’s cutthroat business environment. In a fast-moving, competitive world, being able to learn a new competency is one of the keys to success. Continual self-improvement is often necessary for getting and staying ahead at work. But how do you start to upskill when you have a full-time job to contend with? Or what if you actually happen to love your current job?

Quest for Self-improvement

Imagine this: you’re a high-flying corporate aficionado with a covetable job at a Fortune 500 company. But after a few good years making good money, you subsequently decide to leave the comforts of your stable executive position to become, of all things, a yoga instructor.

This was the scenario Audrey ling Seah, 28, found herself in. With a role in Public Relations and Marketing for British luxury fashion house, Burberry, Audrey had a job that elicited praise and envy. But one yoga class, a few years into her flourishing career, set her on a path less travelled. She acquired a new set of skills that would see her say goodbye to power suits and pointed-toe pumps, and hello to form-fitting tank tops and compression leggings.