Am i Too Old To Re-Train
Oct 23rd 2014, 12:10 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
Is it an atypical example? I started a nursing degree at 48. I'll be 52 when I graduate next year. I plan on doing a grad year at St Jude Hospital in Tennessee (if I can get in). However, I'm also a Canadian citizen so can get a TN visa and don't have to worry about sponsorship. My dad got his law degree at age 46 and went on to have a great career for the next 20 years working in employment and contracts law.
The OP asked if they were too old to retrain. The answer is simply "no". He is not too old to retrain. Is it worth his while to retrain in order to try to move to another country? That is another question.
The OP asked if they were too old to retrain. The answer is simply "no". He is not too old to retrain. Is it worth his while to retrain in order to try to move to another country? That is another question.
Oct 23rd 2014, 12:19 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
For many professional careers he is too old to re-train.
There are exceptions of course but I'm not talking about the exceptions.
There are many people already trained/qualified for certain professions and can't find employment in those professions.
It is atypical for someone with no previous experience in those professions to change career in their 40's upwards and find employment in those professions.
Some are easier than others.
It depends how complex they are.
It depends if there's ageism.
It is, generally, not easy, without any work experience at all in that profession to change to a completely different profession and find lucrative employment.
Successful examples, while admirable, are not the norm and are therefore atypical.
There are exceptions of course but I'm not talking about the exceptions.
There are many people already trained/qualified for certain professions and can't find employment in those professions.
It is atypical for someone with no previous experience in those professions to change career in their 40's upwards and find employment in those professions.
Some are easier than others.
It depends how complex they are.
It depends if there's ageism.
It is, generally, not easy, without any work experience at all in that profession to change to a completely different profession and find lucrative employment.
Successful examples, while admirable, are not the norm and are therefore atypical.
Last edited by Hotscot; Oct 23rd 2014 at 12:32 am.
Oct 23rd 2014, 12:35 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
The problem is once the OP has retrained he then has to work his way up the career ladder to a level that a U.S. company would be interested in....or a multinational would transfer him. By that time the oldest child will have aged out...maybe the younger one too. 
Oct 23rd 2014, 1:13 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
And also the small matter of even finding a professional job at that age when he would be competing with younger, qualified, experienced, applicants.
Oct 23rd 2014, 2:57 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
Has anyone introduced the OP to Florida Man? The Adventures of Florida Man and Florida Woman
Oct 23rd 2014, 4:03 am
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May have missed it but what area are you looking to retrain in?
Oct 23rd 2014, 4:14 am
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Oct 23rd 2014, 4:23 am
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Nursing would be no good.
Oct 23rd 2014, 4:29 am
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Oct 23rd 2014, 4:34 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
No visa's.
Oct 23rd 2014, 4:57 am
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Oct 23rd 2014, 5:13 am
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Oct 23rd 2014, 5:15 am
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Oct 23rd 2014, 7:44 am
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Re: Am i Too Old To Re-Train
If you ask Canadians they say the same thing about their country, ask Americans and they say the same.
The running theme around the world for developed countries seems to be my country is just getting worse and worse.
Grass isn't always greener no matter how good it looks while on vacation.
Oct 23rd 2014, 7:46 am
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What exactly is so bad about the UK? (Honest question never been there.)
If you ask Canadians they say the same thing about their country, ask Americans and they say the same.
The running theme around the world for developed countries seems to be my country is just getting worse and worse.
Grass isn't always greener no matter how good it looks while on vacation.
If you ask Canadians they say the same thing about their country, ask Americans and they say the same.
The running theme around the world for developed countries seems to be my country is just getting worse and worse.
Grass isn't always greener no matter how good it looks while on vacation.