Social workers?

[King Midas]

Graduating from an accredited program helps you with this because you are required to do an internship with an agency. Hopefully you choose an agency you would be interested in.

Honestly, It's a host of things. The government cutting funding for social programs, incompetent supervisor that loose focus with the basic goal and principles that the agency was founded upon. Next is overworked, underpaid, stressed out, poorly trained and frustrated workers. This will lead to a high rate of turnover in an agency.

One of the only jobs that is recession proof and like a diamond it has many facets to keep you from getting frustrated with the profession.

You can't not do any job that serves people and not get attached, I call it the "stray puppy syndrome." You see a kid that is living in a bad situation and it makes you want to adopt that kid and take him or her home. You can really tell how long a person will last in this profession by their attitude and the way they carry themselves.

Too Long
between 3-10 years

If you are in this profession you will always think about quitting. The emotional aspect of the job is very difficult, that is where you really learn how much you significant other really loves you, because you will put them through pure hell with your mood swings and for the record if you serve a certain population long enough you will start to exhibit some of their habits.