Changing Careers at Fifty

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Changing Careers at Fifty

By Donald J Wilson
Aug 25, 2004

People are living longer and it is becoming increasingly common for people in the workforce to have a two-career lifetime. Most folks in their late forties or early fifties have been in their present careers for twenty or more years. They have much to offer and are, in droves, considering second careers. The Internet resources listed here are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the information out there when deciding on a second career. Happy Hunting.

Decision Time:

Career Change Options and Strategies.
(http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/homepages/careerchange.html)
Provided by Colorado State University and offering contact information to start thinking about career changing, midlife transition articles and life design seminars.

Midlife Career Change: It’s about Identity.
(http://www.movinglady.com.)
Site maintained by a PhD. She writes and coach’s people in decision making and life changes. Site available since 1996.

Is it Time for a Career Renewal.
(http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m3230/5-32/62450730/pl/article.jtml?term=two=career=l)
An article, written by Bernard Statland and copyrighted 2001 by the Gale Group, that suggests to the reader that he/she is not alone in his/her pursuit and gives him several other venues to research in his/her decision making process.

Can You ChangeYour Career After Forty?
(http://www.careercc.com?after40.shtml)
This site suggests a way to get started and provides links to sites that will help decide what career is compatible with the searchers interests. It is provided by Career Consulting and looks reputable. Updated 2002.

Midlife Career Changes.
(http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/Alumni/Midlifealum.htm)
Offered by Salisbury University in Maryland and copyrighted 2000, this site gives links to Midlife Mentor.com and BestYears.com and also offers on it’s site various services related to options relating to getting started again.

Presto Change-O!(career changes).
(http://www.findarticles.com.)
A motivational web site that gives life experiences of several people who have made career changes and lists other resources to read. This site belongs to the Earl G. Graves Publishing Co. Inc. Copyright 2000 Gale Group.

How to Get Started:

Coach Referral.Com.
(http://www.coachreferral.com)
Site offered by Kathy Flora who has a Masters degree (Purdue) in Career Counseling and national certification in counseling. Here you can select a coach and for a fee get mentored through the transition process. Has been in service since 1997.

Over Fifty but not over the hill.
(http://www.usatoday.com/careers/ask/overarch.htm)
Maintained by USA TODAY, This site starts with how to update your resume and ends with offering to have career counselors answer questions. It covers being over qualified and starting a new career as well as the basics.

50+Midlife Careers
(http://www.resumecounselor.com/50_plus_careers.html)
Another for profit site that offers to counsel and teach. Maintained by the Finch Vandivier Writing Service which has been “in the resume wring service since 1989”. The author has an M.A. lists five publications to her credit. About this website Part 1 is a counseling service and part 2, 3 and 4 are the action plan.

Success:

What is Halftime?
(http://www.halftime.org/experience/index.cfm)
This site suggests analyzing the meaning of your life and how to make it worthwhile. It links the reader to several sites that relate success stories of people who made dramatic career changes half way through their lives. Site is maintained by Bob Lepine a successful businessman and lecturer in life significance.

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