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"Not doing anything with that philosophy degree? Don&amp;#x27;t stress. According to a new survey of more than 1,000 professionals by Citi and LinkedIn, women are more likely than men to take a job that strays from their college major and later, completely change careers&amp;amp;mdash;all while still accomplishing their goals at the same rate as their male counterparts. We&amp;#x27;ve been hearing forever how women don&amp;#x27;t ask for what they want at work, but could it be that women are in fact the office risk takers? According to these findings, the answer seems to be yes. Forty-five percent of women surveyed (versus 36 percent of men) are currently working in a different career than they thought they would in college, and 30 percent of women (compared with 19 percent of men) predict they will be working in another yet another field 10 years from now. &amp;quot;My hypothesis is that women are more nimble and willing to try different things along their career path,&amp;quot; says Linda Descano, president and CEO of Citi&amp;#x27;s Women and Co.That might be an understatement: Women surveyed said that they expect to have eight jobs (or more!) throughout their career. Another lovely nugget: The number of women who consider themselves successful has jumped from 37 percent to 47 percent since March of this year. Descano says she&amp;#x27;s also noticed that in conversations on LinkedIn, &amp;quot;women aren&amp;#x27;t just looking up toward senior leadership roles at their companies&amp;amp;mdash;they&amp;#x27;re looking out for themselves, their families, and their careers by exploring new options to enable their progress.&amp;quot; They&amp;#x27;re not being quiet about it, either: Even though men and women equally indicated that work-life balance was important to their happiness, when surveyed, only women said they actually expect or demand that their workplace give them that balance. Since the survey was primarily of people already established in their careers, we had to ask: What do women just starting out need to do now to get on the right path? &amp;quot;Identify your skills, recognize your interests, outline your values, and think about what is most important to you,&amp;quot; says Descano. Also, don&amp;#x27;t forget your friends, former coworkers, and college connections. &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s important for women to remember how valuable their network is&amp;amp;mdash;use this social currency as a strategic asset. It&amp;#x27;s essential to progressing toward your goals.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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