Are you over the age of 50, and you're considering a career change, but you're worried that you
may be too old now?
I made a career change at the age of 55.
A lot of the clients I work with today have successfully made career changes after the
age of 50, and in today's video, I'm going to cite a few examples of individuals who
made significant career shifts after the age of 50.
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A while back, there was an article in an AARP news bulletin that was talking about second
careers after the age of 50, and what I found most fascinating in this article was this
one statistic.
Forty percent of individuals 62 years or over currently in the workforce, made a significant
career shift at the age of 55 or over.
40 percent.
That's a high number.
At least I thought so until I started thinking about something, and that was well, wait a
minute, I made a career shift at the age of 55.
Many of my clients have successfully made career shifts at the age of 55, and this article
really highlighted some of these individuals.
Let me give you some examples.
There was an electrician, who at the age of 56, became an attorney.
There was a school teacher, who at the age of 74, became a successful real estate broker.
There was a court reporter, who at the age of 48, and yes I understand that's a little
bit younger, she graduated medical school.
She graduated medical school at the age of 48, and she was applying for fellowships at
the age of 58.
There was a lab chemist, who at the age of 63, became a nurse.
Now, many of the individuals cited in this article, they had to go back to school, but
not everyone did.
For example, there was this pharmacist, who at the age of 58, became a flight attendant.
There was another attorney, who at the age of 79, became a professional photographer.
There was another electrician that was cited in the article who became a park ranger at
the age of 54.
I guess this individual was actually volunteering at this local park on weekends for a number
of months when they made him an offer to become a full-time park ranger.
There was also individuals that are mentioned in the article who, they started their own
business after the age of 55.
There was this one individual.
He was 67.
He was a former history school teacher, 67 years old, and starts a bicycle touring business,
and he makes over $100 an hour according to the article.
There was a learning and development specialist who, at the age of 68, became a professional
dog walker, and she makes over $40,000 a year.
[inaudible 00:03:40] think about 68 years old, getting all that activity in out there,
being around animals, just doing what she loves to do, makes a little over $40,000 a
year.
Supplement that with retirement income.
You got a nice little source of income out there, right?
What do all of these individuals have in common?
It was really passion and perseverance.
It was grit.
I mean, if you ever read the book Grit by Angela Duckworth, that's what it's all about.
Passion and perseverance.
back and asking yourself or saying to yourself, "I could have, I should have"?
Do you want to be at the age of 70, looking back at 60 and asking yourself or saying to
yourself, "I could have.
I should have"?
No, probably not.
If you want to make a significant career change, but you're worried about your age, let me
tell you, you can do it.
You just have to have the passion and the perseverance, and that may mean going back
to school.
Hey, at the age of 50, I went back and got a master's degree.
At 53, I was in another program for 18 months, becoming a certified professional coach.
Yeah.
There was a lot of sacrifices.
I was working full time to do this, and I had to take a student loan.
By the way, if you're talking about why I couldn't do it because I would never be able
to afford it, I bet you that attorney, that electrician who became an attorney probably
had to take some student loans as well as many of the other individuals cited in this.
So, don't let finances be the burden there.
A lot of this is just negative self talk that you can't do it, and what I'm hoping to show
you in this video is that is not necessarily the case.
Forty percent of individuals 62 years or over currently working made a significant career
change after the age of 55.
It shows you can do it.
So, I hope you found this video informative, useful, and also a little bit inspirational
if you needed that.
And by the way, if you are currently in the job market, make sure that you look below
in the notes section as I have a free download, The Top Five Interview Questions That Any
Hiring Manager Wants to Know About You and Also the Best Answers to Those Questions.
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Again, thank you for stopping by, and I will see you in the next video.