What's their background? Will they have done other work before and what type?

Out of a survey of 183 people, the answers were diverse and fascinating. There are some broad themes, teachers, healthcare workers (nurses, doctors, GPs) probably made the biggest groups. I'll plan to look more at this and create a document but for interest the raw data is here in case you are as intrigued as I was:

 

1. Management consultant/Radiographer
2. Recruitment consultant
3. Speech language therapist/Full time mum
4. Further Education Lecturer
5. Marketing and Event Management
6. IT Technical Support Analyst
7. ESOL teacher/Retail Junior Manager/Cocktail Bartender, Waitress
8. Professional Curtain Maker and Design Seamstress/Life Model/Professional Clairvoyant and Medium
9. Public Administration – Local Government Management and University Teaching
10. Nursing Sister – Neurosurgery and Dialysis/District Nurse
11. Public sector Management – HE and courts service
12. Actor
13. Teacher
14. Hairdresser/Carer
15. Solutions Enterprise Architect in IT
16. Civil Engineering Technician
17. Journalist
18. Veterinary Nurse/Medical Claims Adjuster/Mum
19. Mime
20. Special Needs Teacher
21. Occupational Health Nurse/GP Practice Nurse/Holistic Therapist
22. IT developer and Project Manager
23. Education
24. Special Needs Teacher
25. Theatre Nurse
26. Bookseller
27. Book-keeping
28. Chartered Accountant
29. Regional Sales Manager for Smithkline Beecham
30. Cab driver
31. Community Worker/ESOL Teacher
32. Admin for theatre company/Deputy records officer
33. Publishing and conference production
34. Artist
35. ICU Nurse
36. Overseas business development/Chiropractic clinic owner
37. Medical Doctor
38. Teacher / Textile Artist
39. Primary teacher/Co-Head teacher of nursery
40. HOMEOPATHY CAME FIRST!!
41. Web developer/IT Lecturer
42. Nurse/Catering Manager/Lecturer/Food Hygiene Teacher & Examiner/Economic Development Manager/Company Director
43. Graphic designer/Wholefood co-op worker/Full time mum
44. Full time mum
45. Scientific researcher in university
46. Teacher//Support Assistant
47. Child minder
48. Midwife
49. Teacher
50. Communications Officer/Marketing Manager/Assistant English Teacher
51. Assistant Teacher/Reiki Master/Bach Flowers
52. Editor of Neuroscience Journal/Research/Editing/Teaching English as Foreign Language/Sales Rep
53. English Teacher/Head of Year
54. Conference production manager
55. Financial Director (Agricultural Industry)
56. Head of TV Production at Ad Agency
57. Director of Recruitment company
58. Sustainable Tourism Development Advisor
59. Office Assistant
60. Veterinary Nurse
61. Chef
62. Community Development Worker
63. Litigation Solicitor and Lecturer on Law
64. Biologist
65. Graphic designer
66. Human Resources Manager
67. Electoral Registration Officer
68. Special Needs Educator Teacher
69. Waldorf/Steiner Teacher
70. Social Worker
71. Operating Theatre Sister/Nurse Tutor
72. Communications strategist for Ad Agency
73. Senior Executive Assistant/Full time mum
74. Molecular Biology Research Assistant Cancer and HIV
75. Registered General Nurse/Marie Curie Nurse
76. English Teacher Secondary
77. Gardener/Storyteller
78. Advertising and Marketing
79. Senior Executive Secretary
80. Magazine Editor/Photographer
81. Special Needs Teacher
82. Civil and Environmental Engineer
83. Pharmaceutical Development Chemist
84. Managing Office Rentals/Licenses, Maintenance and Client Liaison for Law Firm
85. Childminder
86. Archaeologist
87. Lab Technician in Pharmaceutical Industry/Researcher/Health Promotion in NHS
88. Full time mum
89. Distance Learning Educator for Humanitarian Aid Agencies
90. Legal Executive
91. Booking Agent and Talent Management
92. Bricklayer
93. Right to buy officer/Social Work
94. Freelance translator /Proofreader/Magazine Writer
95. Cellist
96. Mother/Security Manager for Body Shop Int/Organic Egg Producer
97. Software Quality Assurance Engineer
98. Science/Physics Teacher/Special Needs Teacher/Full time mum
99. Typesetter/Graphic Designer/Lampwork glass beadmaker/Jewellry designer/mum
100. Assistant in social Marketing
101. Science Teacher
102. Pharmacy Technician
103. Registered Nurse/Montessori Teacher/Craniosacral therapist/Naturopath
104. Social researcher/Educational Data Analysis
105. Management accountant/Full time mum
106. Primary school teacher/Breastfeeding counsellor/Home educator
107. Vice President HR for International Fragrance and Cosmetics Company
108. Nursery nurse/Play therapist/Leader of Community Pre-school facility
109. Registered Nurse/Administrator/Health and Safety
110. Personal injury and medical negligence lawyer
111. Veterinary Nursing Sister/Reflexologist/Aromatherapist
112. Secondary school music teacher/Pianist
113. Translator/Proofreader/Copy Editor
114. Corporate Treasury Consultant
115. Brand and Marketing Management
116. Flight Attendant
117. Occupational Therapist
118. General Nurse/Reflexology/Sports Injury Therapy and Massage Therapist
119. Engineering draftswoman
120. Advertising photographer
121. Document Control in Oil and Gas
122. GP Practice Manager
123. English and Classics Teacher
124. Adventure Travel Company Manager
125. Secondary Teacher in Referral Unit
126. Podiatrist
127. Sales Management Hotels
128. Consultant Psychiatrist in General Hospital Self Harm Team
129. Teacher
130. Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon
131. Violinist
132. Teacher
133. Post grad research Biological Anthropology/Planning Engineer
134. Army Officer/PR & Marketing
135. Psychiatric Nurse/Lecturer of History and Adult Basic Education/Teacher of English, Secondary
136. Business Consultant
137. General, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
138. Medical Lab Science Officer in Histopathology
139. Registered nurse and midwife
140. Actuarial, CAB, mum, campaigner
141. Teacher/ own business
142. Costume designer and mum
143. Landscaper/teacher
144. Retail in green co-op
145. Graphic designer
146. FIRST PROFESSION WAS HOMEOPATHY now yoga teacher too
147. Commercial artist/Production Manager
148. Hairdresser
149. Management Consultant
150. Lawyer
151. Lecturer in Psychology and Women’s Studies
152. Translator/Technical Author and Business Analyst
153. Comptometer operator/Work Study Practitioner/Business Computer Software Trainer
154. Aromatherapist
155. Journalist
156. French as Foreign Language Teacher
157. Restaurant Owner
158. Social Care Worker
159. Modern Languages Teacher
160. Personal Assistant
161. Sales Manager
162. Project Manager in Electronic and Engineering and Telecoms Industry
163. TEFL; International Human Rights Research/Campaign, Mum, CAB Adviser
164. Literary Translator and Translation Lecturer
165. IT Hlepdesk Manager
166. Admin/Massage/Reiki
167. Printing and Publishing/HIV & AIDS Support Work/ Director and Admin Arboriculture/Arboricultural consultancy company
168. Advertising Sales Manager and Innovation Consultant/ Trainer and Coach
169. Fashion Retail Buyer
170. Social Worker
171. Bookseller
172. Specialist Debt Advisor with CAB
173. Environmental Scientist
174. Computer Programmer
175. Assistant producer – Natural History Documentaries
176. Office Manger
177. Clinical Assistant/Phlebotomy educator on neuro ward at GOSH
178. Garment Technologist
179. Drugs and Alcohol Manager
180. Research Pharmacologist
181. Nanny
182. IT Consultant / Software Developer
183. Montessori Teacher and Lecturer, Bar Tender and Waitress & Play Therapist Trainee now

More from me soon!

​Best wishes, Em