Property News · July 23, 2012

I'm entering the job market for the first time, at 56, and need advice


Trying to get a job in later life is proving difficult, even with qualifications and some experience. What should I try next?On Friday and Monday we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement, so readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?I am 56 and recently divorced after 30 years, during which I didn’t work but assisted with my husband’s business. I have to sell our house to pay off a mortgage and try to start again with the leftover sum. In the last four years I have taken a BA and an MA in arts and found a small amount of freelance research work (which has now dried up) – very good experience, but it did not pay enough to cover expensive travel to London each day from my rural home. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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