Background to the Study The issue of career switch intention among mass communication professionals can be traced back to some underlying environmental factors that can lead to discouragement and eventual consideration of career path in other noncommunication related jobs, one of such is economic factor; it involves low remuneration, or in some cases, non-regular payment of staff salaries by media organizations, this results in their financial situation being so bad that it negatively affects the zeal and enthusiasm with which they perform their official duties and eventually make them consider a career switch. Marital status can sometimes also make mass communication professionals consider a career switch; some official duties can be easily and more effectively performed by those who are single than those who are married, for instance, when a single lady who has been working as a journalist becomes married and the spouse forbids her from continuing to do the same job, she would be left with no other choice than to consider a career switch to other profession so as to protect her marriage. Job satisfaction is another factor that makes mass communication professionals consider a career switch to other profession, this mostly occur when the job condition or working environment begins to get unbearable, mass communication professionals tend to consider a career switch in such a situation. 1.1. Statement of the Problem The upsurge in career change to non-communication related jobs by mass communication professionals in Nigeria is becoming a phenomenon that should be of great concern to students of journalism and mass communication, parents, media organizations, and all stakeholders in both academic and media settings. This massive transition to noncommunication related career fields is expected to be on the rise in the near future if some drastic measures are not put in place to check the reasons behind it and proffer the best possible solution to it. This phenomenon is deemed to be in connection with the challenges that journalism profession is currently facing in Nigeria; the media industry in Nigeria is facing many challenges ranging from lack of job satisfaction, lack of job motivation and dwindling advertising revenue, which have led to non-payment of salaries of journalists by media owners and where they are paid, it is not regular. This issue has encouraged the practice of brown envelop by some journalists who must survive in the absence of salaries from their employers. All the issues earlier mentioned are capable of discouraging and sparking career switch intent in mass communication professionals.