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When teaching recruiter Graham Dingley set up his stand in a London hotel, he was amazed at the response from financial professionals, reports the Times.
"There was a sense of panic in the room, a worry for the future of their highly paid jobs," commented Mr Dingley, adding: "If you've been working in Canary Wharf for ten years, it's a big career change to become a teacher."
More than 100 City workers had registered to start training as a teachers by the end of the day and a further 25 had signed up to start 12-month, college-based training courses.
It comes as no surprise that City workers are looking for alternative career paths.
The Independent reported recently that as many as 62,000 City of London jobs could be axed in the by the end of 2009.
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