New Business Aims to Help Unhappy Brits Achieve a Better Work Life

A new business launches this week which aims to get unhappy Brits out of jobs they hate and embarking on a new career.

oneworklife is a new careers advice and training courses provider which aims to help people improve their career and earnings prospects by giving them all the help, advice, tools and guidance they should need to help them attain a new and improved work life.

Their new research suggests that 1 in 5 (18%) UK workers can't stand their jobs and that across the UK over 5 million* workers hate what they do for a living.

oneworklife Marketing Director, Trevor Field - a former Marketing Director at Sir Richard Branson's personal finance company Virgin Money - commented:

“We see the career guidance and training courses provider sector as having real opportunities for growth. Many people are dissatisfied with their work lives and we can help them to change that whether it’s through switching to a different career or helping them to become self-employed. We believe there’s great demand for innovation in adult education and we are planning to expand the business quickly as more people take advantage of the services we provide.”

oneworklife has launched a marketing campaign using digital and social media to build awareness of the company and the many ways in which it can help those looking for a way out of a dead-end job.

oneworklife's specialist Career Mentors will help to identify users strengths and weaknesses, passions and goals in order to suggest suitable roles and career profiles.

From there the Career Mentors will draw up a personalised career path, setting out step by step the way to get there. This will cover everything from the best training courses to take to the best people to speak to, giving advice and support which may not be available elsewhere.

Trevor Field of oneworklife said, “Most of us probably spend more of our adult waking hours at work than anywhere else so it’s desperately sad that over 5 million UK workers hate their jobs. I hope that our new venture will help them to get new, more rewarding careers with better prospects and greater job satisfaction. We've created oneworklife to help and empower anyone who wants a different career to go out and get it.

“Our Career Mentors are on hand to offer free careers advice and guidance over the phone and useful tools such as career and course guides, links to local job vacancies and help in finding the job you want. They will also help you find a training course that is right for you and get you the qualifications that are sought after by employers. We've even created a package for those who want to become self-employed. We believe you only get one work life and we want to help workers get the one they deserve.”

Other highlights of oneworklife’s research include:

18% of UK workers hate their job
11% hate their boss
7% hate the people they work with
27% have thought about changing career
14% say the only thing stopping them retraining is the cost
14% think they would have a better life if they retrained for a different career
31% would switch careers to get greater job satisfaction
32% would like to run their own business or become self-employed
35% want to switch to earn more money

Over a quarter (27%) of the nation’s workforce have thought about a career change and nearly 10 per cent say that all they need to persuade them to retrain is someone to help them. 14 per cent say the only thing stopping them retraining is the cost and 12 per cent would like to see the Government provide funding for adult education on a similar basis to student loans.

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For further information please contact:

Jason Wyer-Smith at 42 PR on Ph: 07824 818242 E-Mail: Jason@42pr.com

Notes to Editors:

To link to our website please use http://www.oneworklife.com

Research commissioned by oneworklife and carried out with 2000 UK adults in August 2011.

*Source - ONS UK Snapshot Labour market Q1 2011 - 23.077m private sector workers + 6.162m public sector workers = 29.239m UK workers. 18% of 29m = 5.22m

About  oneworklife

oneworklife's mission is to improve working lives. Helping people to identify their own skills, choosing a career that’s right for them and helping them get the training or qualifications they need to achieve greater job satisfaction and better earning potential. oneworklife will also help users find a new job or show them how to become self-employed or set up their own business.

oneworklife will help people to get more from their worklife.