| Are you facing the mid life, career change, burnt | | | | and be proud of associating with. It will help if you |
| out on the old job blues? You are not alone. I | | | | know how to use seven types of accounting |
| think it is very common to hit 40 or 50 and | | | | software, but it will also help if you are the kind |
| realize that the job that seemed so challenging | | | | of person that your boss can discuss with his or |
| and exciting at thirty, holds little appeal any more. | | | | her own family in a positive way. |
| You could just be burnt out or bored, or realize | | | | You can still look for flexible jobs that may not |
| that if you have not been promoted to | | | | require that much retraining. If you have any sales |
| management by this time, the company does not | | | | experience, or would not mind sales, you can |
| consider you the type they want in that position | | | | obtain an insurance or realty license in a fairly |
| ever. However, as we age, different things | | | | short amount of time. These are both |
| become important. Many middle aged people | | | | professional jobs where many people make good |
| contemplate a job change for a variety of | | | | incomes without years of school. Many realtors |
| reasons, and not all of them involve status or | | | | and insurance agents have college degrees, but |
| money. | | | | many do not. |
| Many people in mid life still juggle a lot of | | | | You may also consider teaching, and many school |
| responsibility. Kids are still at home, and maybe, an | | | | districts offer non-traditional paths to teaching |
| aging parent needs to be cared for. People over | | | | certification, especially in fields where they cannot |
| 40 or 50 may also have found other things in life, | | | | fill slots. You should have a college degree, but it |
| like their family, who reward them in ways they | | | | does not have to be teaching related. If you do |
| used to seek from their work. Or they may just | | | | not have a degree, and do not need to make a |
| realize that they are not really being rewarded | | | | lot of money right away, consider looking for |
| emotionally by the work they do, and they may | | | | teacher's aid positions. You can still get great |
| have performed their job long enough to realize | | | | employee benefits and may find that this is just |
| that the situation will not change. | | | | the sort of rewarding work you would like to do. |
| Even though older workers are usually under | | | | Then, while working as an aid, your school district |
| some pressure to make a decent income, they | | | | will probably help you further your education so |
| may desire a more meaningful job, and a more | | | | you can teach. |
| flexible job. Of course, some older workers are | | | | If you have some management experience, but |
| out knocking on doors because they were | | | | have been turned out of the corporate world, |
| terminated from their last position, and that may | | | | why not consider a non-profit company? The |
| not be their choice at all! | | | | demand for non-profit company management and |
| If you are over 40, and looking for a good | | | | executives is booming. This type of work is |
| position, here are some tips. Emphasize your past | | | | meaningful, varied, and nothing you would be |
| accomplishments at work, and out of work. Show | | | | ashamed to tell your mother about. |
| how you made a contribution to your job and | | | | If you are over 40 or 50, and need to shift jobs |
| your neighborhood. Bosses want to hire a person | | | | for one reason or another, stay flexible, stand on |
| who can get a job done, but they also want to | | | | your accomplishments, and you may find that |
| work with somebody they can like and respect | | | | your next job is your best job yet! |