Life Transitions for Women over 50

 

 Mid Life Career Changes

 

Changing your career can be stressful at any age but for women over fifty the prospect can feel even more daunting.

 

 

Feeling at a crossroads in your professional or work life?

 

Facing redundancy and looking for work or a new career?

 

Wanting to achieve more than you are now?

 

Dreading Monday morning?

 

Ready for a new challenge?

 

A mid life career change will be very different from when you were younger. Our values and priorities change as we see things differently alongside our mortality.

 

You may be more or less confident than when you were younger, depending on your life experience. The pressure to create a meaningful life will also be greater and you may have concerns about age discrimination and losing leave and financial incentives gained from long service.

 

For some of us a career change in the second half of our life is something we plan. A conscious choice to head off in pursuit of a higher income, improved job satisfaction or work life balance. Many people have told me that a midlife career change was one of the best things they did.

 

Others may be caught up in the increasing wave of redundancies as organisations restucture and downsize as a result of the downturn in our economy.

 

However redundancy can bring new opportunities for women over fifty, who may have been in a long standing career feeling ready for a change and needing a nudge to take action. Sometimes being catapulted out of our comfort zone can be just what we need!

 

There is a lot you can do yourself to plan your career change. You can research the Internet for help to write your CV, get an idea about jobs that are available, find interview tips, understand what employers are looking for and the salaries on offer.

 

Some of the benefits my coaching offers to help your midlife career change are:

 

Gaining clarity and finding direction

 

Thinking about what you really want

 

Identifying and creating more choices

 

Challenging limiting beliefs that are holding you back

 

Email or telephone me now to discuss how I can provide you with a confidential, objective, one -to -one process with the time and space to focus on changing your career.