roll up, roll up

Just going through my notes from the summit (expect several postings as I keep thinking 'oooh, yes!  THAT was interesting!') and have come across the notes I wrote from Victoria Mellor's presentation about Melcrum's latest research about the IC profession. 

It's interesting stuff - I wrote the 'expert commentary' (blushes furiously) for the report and drove Liam mad at the time, by constantly calling/e-mailing and saying 'did you know ...'   Lots of stats about salary levels (if you want to earn the most, start your career in the UK, move to the US after two years and get a job in the Financial sector), budgets, structures (big trend towards IC functions sitting in Corporate Comms - mostly - and also HR), where people's time is focused and what we think we're good and bad at.

Anyway, the amusing point in the presentation yesterday was when Victoria asked how many people were planning to stay in their current job, how many were planning to move and how many were off to join the circus. 

The results? A fairly even split between leavers and stayers, and 21% are off to join the circus!  Unfortunately there was no option in the voting question for 'I already WORK in in a circus ...'

Sue