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career change?

I am a 37 year old toolmaker and desperate to get out of engineering but am finding it difficult.The biggest problem is finding an alternative career that can utilise the skills that i already have but can match my present wage which is imperative as i have a mortgage and 2 children.I would be more than willing to retrain if the opportunity arose. Is there anyone out there who can put me on the right path........ I have looked at a college prospectus but because i work shifts my current employers would not be flexible enough to cater for the course times,i have asked them on 2 occasions.

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1. Have a look through a college prospectos and you can see and work out when you want to study and so on
2. Hello, (ANS) YES! that's a tough situation & I can really sympathize with how you feel. OK! there are several things to comment up on here:- **Its a well recognized & understood fact that no matter how skilled a job you do after a time we reach a point in our careers when we get stale and so a change is needed. Nobody can do the same job for a life time and not get stale. So you don't have any reason to feel bad about wanting a change. **In any career path change, you need to objectively step backwards from any feelings you have about how awful your present job is, try to step back emotionally from any sense of desperation (easier said than done, yes!) about what too do next. Try to take a calm cool, analytic approach to the choices you now face. Desperation upset & emotional distress wont help you make a good quality choice about any future job or career. **People now change jobs & careers more than at any time in past history. This is due to the change in recruitment which in tern is due to globalization. **At 37years old you still have at least another 30 plus years of working life remaining so making a good choice now could make all the difference to you in terms of quality of life. Take your time to make a good choice for yourself, don't rush this process of career change. **Think in terms of identifying your present skills & work experience & including life experience. Next think in terms of careers or jobs that might draw against some of your current skills & knowledge but which are NOT within engineering directly but might involve a different role that requires some new skills or new knowledge (retraining perhaps). A job that combines some elements of engineering plus something new & different. **I strongly suggest that what might help you is some careers counseling, this might help you identify what you do want or don't want and thus help you make good choices for your future. A careers counselor can also help you with making those practical changes too. Hope thats useful? Kind Regards & happy 2008 from Ivan
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