You Can Do It: Starting a New Career After Forty

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No doubt you’ve heard stories about women who decided to join the workforce after raising a family, going back to college at the same time kids are attending, and starting a brand-new career after the age of forty. If you’ve read those stories with a wistful eye, wishing you could do the same…well, why can’t you? 

According to Clay Burnett Group, these days, pretty much anything is possible if you’ve got the gumption and motivation. Studying is easier than it ever has been before, with the emergence of online classes and entire universities that exist mainly online. Women all over are finding that they are able to balance their schedules and arrange a time to attend classes while also taking care of their other daily responsibilities. No matter what field you’re interested in, you can complete your coursework and obtain a degree faster and easier than you think! What do you have to lose? 

Women are going into all types of different career paths in droves – going to law school to become lawyers and paraprofessionals; entering the healthcare field to become surgeons, doctors, and nurses; going back for a teaching degree so they can teach high school; taking online business classes to equip them with the necessary skills to open their own restaurant or catering business; tackling an economics degree or accounting course to work seasonally doing taxes; whatever the dream, however big or small, women are out there doing exactly what they want. And so can you. 

Moreover, thanks to the global landscape of technology, it is now easier than ever to get ahead regardless of the fact that you’re stepping into a new career or looking for opportunities to advance in your current position. Online learning tools like Coursera, SkillShare, or Audo Skill Building platform offers ambitious job seekers easy access to a variety of online courses that provide a wealth of information and help new entrepreneurs create their own successful business career. With these courses, you can learn new skills in branding, operations, customer relations, and even leadership quickly and conveniently. 

Just as studying online to obtain degrees is easier and more accessible than ever, so, too, is finding a job once you’ve completed your course of study. It used to be that you’d have to scour the classifieds in the newspaper or hear via word of mouth about a choice job opening. Nowadays, it’s as simple as downloading a career app or hopping online to check out various career sites to find the perfect, almost tailor-made job for you. There are even niche career sites dedicated to jobs in one specific field, such as Price Match for healthcare jobs relating to surgery and more; Upwork for freelance writing and design jobs, and tons of others. 

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Best of all, these days it’s possible to find jobs that offer really flexible schedules, even the possibility of working remotely in some cases. Freelance and sub-contractor work is more prevalent than ever, with people making their own hours, set their own terms for work, etc. The prospective job hunter has more power and flexibility than ever before. 

Job hunting and re-entering the workforce is a stressful thing for any person, no matter the age or qualifications, but if you’re worried that your advanced years will hold you back, think again. Obtaining a degree in the field of your choosing is an attainable goal for you. Gone are the days of stigma against people of a certain age reinventing themselves, switching things up, following their dreams. If you’ve got the dedication, you can get back out there and find a fantastic career. 

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