Escape The City - Do Something Different!

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A community of motivated corporate professionals who want to ‘do something different’ with their careers.
A philosophy based on the belief that there is more to life than doing work that doesn’t matter to you.
A platform that connects people for exciting career changes, innovative start-ups & epic adventures.

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1-Sep	Elliott	Finance	Black Tomato
1-Sep	Leca	Allen & Overy	BAE Systems - International team
17-Aug	Freddie	Deloitte	Wine-Making Masters
16-Aug	Nick	Corporate IT	Kiva.org - microfinance
13-Aug	Amy	PwC	John Lewis - Strategy Group
13-Aug	Julia	Waitrose	Pulp Fruits
12-Aug	Kate	Corporate Sales	Property Start-Up
8-Aug	Angus	London	Mozambique beach lodge
6-Aug	Susie	UNICEF London	Right to Dream - Ghana
5-Aug	Laura	Deloitte	Royal Geographical Society
4-Aug	Tom	London	Landmine clearance - Cambodia
22-Jul	Tom	Corporate Law	Non Corporate Law job! CONGRATS
13-Jul	Jen	KPMG	Google
13-Jul	Andy	Ernst & Young	Cancer Research
8-Jul	Harry	Hedge Fund	Mozambique Beach Lodge
25-May	James	RBS	Innocent Drinks
15-May	Jennifer	KPMG	Child's iFoundation - Uganda
15-Apr	Fergus	Sainsbury's	Little Dish
10-Apr	Tom	Analyst	Halo Trust
20-Mar	Aggie	Corporate Marketing	Spotify
5-Mar	Freddie	Student	Moscow Tutor

Opportunities

Esc's pick of the week (30/08/2010)

1	Finance Manager - Gorilla Safari Company: Uganda Kampala - Volcanoes Safaris
2	Investment Banking Associate - VP (preferred Natural Resources & Mining) Ulaanbaatar - ResCap
3	KIVA fellowship programme Global placements - Kiva - loans that change lives
4	General Manager: micro-seed start-up fund London - Seedcamp
5	Sports Buyer - Harrods London - Harrods
6	Manager, Global Audit & Risk London - Diageo
7	User Experience Architect (Website). Online Selling London - John Lewis
8	WOULD YOU SELL A PICASSO? London - Agency
9	Residential tutoring job in Moscow Moscow - Keystone Tutors
10	New Media Manager - Tottenham Hotspur London - Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Heroes

	Steve Ellis
	Career Change \| Education & Academia
	Jackson Williams
	Adventure \| General
	Richard Thomson
	Startup \| Food & Drink

Connections

	Looking for an eco-conscious female Indian business partner
	Looking for advice on becoming a food journalist
	Looking for an organisation needing enthusiastic Accountant with top Blue-Chip background, for part time role

Events

Sep 06	Careershifters workshop: Find the career that is right for you
	London
Sep 13	One-Week Programme on Governance and Leadership in Africa
	London
Sep 27	Web science: A new frontier
	London

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A London-based start-up has found an opportunity in the market for City workers eager to quit corporate life in the Square Mile for more entrepreneurial ventures.

Financial Times - 15 May 2010

A year after the financial system's near-meltdown, a growing number of young graduates are seeking to flee, and a new venture called Escape the City is helping them chart a flight plan

Forbes.com - 15 Sep 2009

Escape the City, a website that helps banking, law and finance types escape to more fulfilling careers. Helping Corporate Drones Live Their Dreams.

Time.com - 13 Jul 2010

Style Magazine - Going Up: "EscapetheCity.org" - Fed up with being a banker? Here's how to fly the coop. One thousand more members each month.

The Sunday Times - 6 Jun 2010

A new breed of high-flying twenty-somethings who are planning to ditch their desk jobs in order to live the dream, 20 years early.

Evening Standard - 23 Mar 2010

When Rob & Dom decided to change careers, they looked for a website to provide advice & help them contact other like-minded professionals – except there wasn’t one. So they started their own.

The Globe and Mail - 15 Jun 2010

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