Careers · Work
change career
enter a new profession
To change career means to leave one type of work and start a different one.
This vs that
She changed career and became a teacher.
She took a career break for a year.
Hear it in real life
Why did you change career?
I wanted work that felt more creative.
After ten years in banking, he decided to change career and train as a chef.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The native version is the ordinary way to describe moving into a different profession.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I want to change my career into teaching.
Say: I want to change career and go into teaching.
Use 'go into' for the new profession, or say 'change careers'.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
change career and ___
He changed career and became a paramedic.
I’m thinking of changing career and going into teaching.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about careers.
move into ___
I'm hoping to move into project management.
Careers words
Work · Careers: the words around “change career”.
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Same word, different world
Your turn: say it out loud
He changed career and went into teaching.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
change career
enter a new profession
“After ten years in banking, he decided to change career and train as a chef.”
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