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At age 47 - Am I too old to start a new career when I get my degree in about one and a half years time?

 

At age 47 - Am I too old to start a new career when I get my degree in about one and a half years time?

My degree will be in Technology: Design & Innovation and I am going to need some career advice to help me decide what jobs to apply for.

Possibly
9% (8 votes)
Never
19% (18 votes)
Maybe
6% (6 votes)
Go for it!
66% (61 votes)
Total votes: 93

  At age 47 - Am I too old to start a new career when I get my degree in about one and a half years time? My degree will be in Technology: Design & Innovation and I am going to need some career advice to help me decide what jobs to apply for. Possibly 9% (8 votes) Never 19% (18 ...

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Yvonne Cook - Sat, 30/03/2013 - 13:40

No way are you too old. With people being expected to work longer in the future career-changing in your 40s will become increasingly common. Might be worth to start looking at the OU careers advice page http://www.open.ac.uk/careers/

Yvonne (Platform team)

Jaick Nelson - Thu, 01/08/2013 - 08:11

if you are able to do Job then no age factor comes in your way , its depence upon you that how you can manage it. Every person in the world want to job which give him satishfaction and relaxation. www.theukjobstoday.co.uk