Molly5

Hello all Like many folk on here, I was made redundant in June 2017. A long story and a huge 'farce', as basically the men wanted a younger female in the job. Anyway, after 12 months, I am still looking for that permanent job, but in the meantime, lost my home due to the poor Universal Credit 'reviews'. So now stay with family. However, I can also concur about ageism in the working world being rife and much more. Plus, having also applied for over 400 jobs in the last 12 months, I am now looking at returning to university to study a completely different subject, at the grand old age of 51. I am single so have no support from a partner, have no more savings and unfortunately no dependants. Thus, what might appear to be an approach of 'the world is my oyster', still does not feel comfortable, as according to general society - I should be married, at least three children, live in a suburban semi detached and be looking forward to retirement. Life has given me many 'curve balls'......but I still keep going and have absolutely no idea what the future holds, but it has to be better than the last 18 months in a job and company which I hated. And which very nearly finished me off with the stress. I'm not looking for sympathy, just my next chapter in life............so my heart goes out to you all, if you are looking for a job over the age of 50. It's damned difficult to get a 20 to 30 year old in some HR department, to understand that we all need jobs, no matter how old you are. And EVERY working life skill, is fully transferable.

Have you looked for subject inspiration at your local college? Most colleges do adult education courses for career changers.