by Ashley Harness

Created on: April 10, 2008

Making the decision to change your career, even if you're in your mid-20s can cause a little bit of anxiety. But even more so once an adult approaches the age of 40. Several other factors contribute to the fact that it causes uncertainty, and many people around the age will shy away from new any opportunities to change their careers. Mainly because of the lack of security, financial uncertainty and a lack of surety, involved in leaving a familiar career for a new one. A career for this generation is where all their financial security comes from, and in losing that kind of safety in the workplace and in their lives, and throw everything else up in the air and make things uncertain, for instance, whether or not they'll be able to retire, or provide for their children's futures. Many other factors includes include a fear of people discriminating on against them for their advanced age, a lack of opportunities to further education, perhaps a lack of encouragement, and the financial resources they might need to get started. Regardless of how long a person has been doing one job they could be 20 years it could be 30 years, no one should be too intimidated to try to change their careers. If they're unhappy where they are now, the best advice is to break out and try something new.

Inventory Your Skills

A simple way to inventory your job skills is to make a general diagram of all the things you've done over the years. And all the skills you, basically in a categorised form. You want to take a blank sheet of notebook paper and draw two categories separated by lines, much in the shape of a T. In one category, left or right depending on which ever you would like, start listing all the skills and jobs Job enjoyed over the years, make sure to consider all the volunteering physicians paid activities small jobs, working with people, but don't limit to only the things that you are paid for doing, include your leisure activities, your hobbies, any teaching experiences you might have had, building things, your artistic abilities, and the location of these places. And then any other category on either side depending on which ever you chose, began listing all the things that you didn't like in your career history, in your hobbies that you've tried, in the locations that you lived in, in the different kinds of artistic expression that you've tried, and in working with people, customers or other coworkers.

For Career Ideas

Don't be afraid to start looking in the classified ads first,

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