Is 47 too old to work, will I be able to get a job again.?

Question

Going through a divorce, did not work for the last 4 years, need to become self-supporting and build up my immage.

Answer 1

no 47 isn't top old to work! Your new life is just beginning let your hair down and have a great time!!

Answer 2

I did not work for 16 years while bring up children after divorce. I had thought that I would be too old and inexperienced and employers would not consider me; I also had very little confidence in my abilities. Surprisingly I got a job on the first interview I attended. Age was never an issue. The fact that I had been to evening classes during the time I had been unemployed to update computer skills and qualifications went in my favour. I have been working for 18 months, confidence has improved but not financially self sufficient yet.

Answer 3

You can work even if you need to start at the bottom like a fast food chain!! Just polish up your resume and lets go. What do you like to do? Start there and see if there is anything available to you in that field. Just get a foot in the working world and keep moving up. Once you get started keep the resume updated and put it out there. Yahoo has a job search and Monster.com etc. Good luck and remember to smile!I have been working full time my self for 7 yrs ...I'm divorced as well and did what I knew how to do well.Take care of people. I was a nurses aid and then moved in the office and have since moved up and on I am a billing specialist now!!

Answer 4

No. 47 is not too old to work. I'm 53. You can sharpen up your skills by taken some business classes in whatever you might be interested in to become self supporting, This might get you started off in the right place. Also, you can look around to see what you might like to do for work by going to a job agency that can help you in that area. Good luck!.

Answer 5

Gee I hope not!!! I am 55 and trying to begin a new career. You are never to old to learn, to get a job, to stand up for yourself or to run or walk barefooted thru pretty green grass as you stoop to smell the roses!! Age is only a number. How you live it is up to you.... I am sorry life came to the point of divorce. Wherther you are better off or not, you have to decide. If you think not but have no choice, pick up and go on as if you agreed. You must pick yourself up by your bootstraps and smile and make the best of the situation. Otherwise it will drag you down so far you will not be any good for yourself or anyone else. If you believe in God and I hope you do, look to Him, get into the scriptures, let Him fill you with Peace. He will you know. It will not give you a job overnight but it will make it easier for you to face tomorrow and move on. My prayers are with you. Make a list of things you would like to do, check and see if you have the requirements then go for it!! Talk to people in the field you want to be in, go to places of business and apply, call on the phone and NETWORK! Make it a challenge, a game if you will. WE are our OWN worse enemies. We can do most anything we decide we want if we want it bad enough. Good luck to you!!! One suggestion....if you like helping people, take a Nursing Assistant course...a CNA if you will. You can find a great paying job with great rewards*helping others* and it will help you forget your troubles. The class is only 3 months long and not tooo expensive. 47 is NOT TOOO OLD...heck you have a good 20 years to work or more. I went back to school at 43!! GO 4 IT!!!!!!

Answer 6

Hi, I'm 47 and I lost my job due to illness and I have been told not to return to my previous employment so I have returned to college and hopefully on to University to do a degree in Fine art and Art history..honey..the world is yours for the taking...just put your mind to it and find your desire and go for it.
some employers like mature people because of past experiences, life skills, and are responsible and have good people skills.

Don't let any person make you feel that you are not employable. All the time you have been at home counts as skills, management, organising, arranging etc... these are transferable and can be capitalised on, what young person ever had to organise 3 kids, dinner and laundry, and pickup a sick relative all at once???

Get retrained, learn new skills, look out for assertive and confidence classes, hangout with positive and forward thinking people and just go for it.....good luck and good fortune..

Answer 7

47 is not old. there are pleanty of jobs out there. Companies like the one I am working for thrive on work from people of an older age group. I work in a call centre and the biggest mistake they made was to employ too many young people. Younger people have other commiments. Like myself, there were many students who worked there and they leave as soon as they've finished their studies, just like I am planning to do so this year. Or they work for a while and when they see no oportunity to move up they move around. where as older people will be more commited to the job as many will be in your position where they just need to earn money. Of course you would welcome a change like promotion or moving to other areas, but what you have left in terms of your working life means you will concentrate on your commitment to the job in hand. This is why its beneficial for them to employ people of the older age group and this becomes your asset.

If by any chance you are in the midlands in UK contact Blue Arrow (an agency recruiting on behalf of this company). They will no doubt take you on as this company has realised its mistake and there are a lot of older people that work here.

A word of advise though, a call centre environment is not the best but when you need to earn a living you can't be picky. But its not all that bad as its all inbound calls and your targets are not to sell. The targets set are on call quality like how pleasent you are and how well you deal with calls etc. So in one sense its easy money but it can feel like a hard job when it gets busy. But at the end of the day its a job that pays well. This is why I'm sticking it out until I get a grad or training job elsewhere.

Answer 8

No 47 is not too old to work. Some employment places want older people, by that I mean not 20 yr olds. They seem to be ready to put a lot into a job.

Answer 9

My dear 47 is young today.I am 80 years old and I work 2 days a week as a receptionist ,answer phone calls, am computer literate and am writing short stories for magazines. You will do fine Just know it can be done.

Answer 10

At 47, you may not even be half way through your life!! Employers don't look at 47 as being too old anymore. In fact, many new college graduates are over 50. I say, find something that you want to do and GO FOR IT!