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I have been looking for a job. My experience is in the medical field(specialized) need career change.Any ideas

I worked as an eye bank technician for the last 17 years. This is a very specialized field of retrieving corneas from donors and processing the tissue in the lab.I am a certified tech. but am not a nurse. I have made a move and am trying to get something related to my field, or would even consider a career change. I am either overqualified for many jobs or underqualified for others. I also worked as a educational coordinator for the eye bank and thought maybe those skills I could use in another field even if it wasn't the medical field. I had thought about going back to school to get some education but that is not possible right now and besides at my age of 60 I do not want to pile up student loans it is not worth it. I was just wondering if anyone out there would have any ideas or suggestions that I had not thought of. I would appreciate any help I could get. I have posted my resume on Monster.com as well as other locations with no luck.

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1. Look into anywhere that would process anything.......as you obviously have a great deal of lab experience. I am specifically suggesting perhaps a Plasma center. You could be a sample prep person who process the plasma for sale and consumption. Also singe you have done some educational coordination you could qualify as a Training Coordinator. I functioned in this position for sometime and the opportunities are endless. Even a blood bank processing units, etc. If you are in good health you may want to get trained as a phlebotomist, many centers will train you at their expense while paying you and the benefits are great!!! Good luck!!
2. Have you thought of altering your resume, so that you won't look over qualified to people, dumb it up a little bit and take the job you know that you are over qualified in. At least if nothing else it will pay the bills untill something else comes along. Good luck.
3. I work for an ophthalmology practice, and I know that when we are looking for new hires we place an add in medical publications, so you may want to go that route in seeking employment in your area. I think you could find employment in a hospital lab setting, so check web sites of all local hospital's to see what positions are open. Look at your resume carefully, and make modifications to deal with the over qualification issue, and become flexible with your pay rate, you may have to settle for a lower start wage, as long as you discuss possible increases in pay before final hire in. You also may want to look at ophthalmology practices to consider tech positions, which with your background, training would be easy. Best of luck to you.