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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost any job at all is a good starting point.

I wasn’t in my 40s, but at one point I was having to find a job when I had little relevant experience, funny gaps in my resume from backpacking, and a worthless BA.

I started in a call center. 
That led to a job in a better call center where I started picking up real skills and knowledge.
That led to a better non-call center position in that company, continuing to build up real skills and knowledge.
That led to a better job, which led to another better one, and so on and so forth and now I am in a great place. Yes it took time, but so does anything else, and I didn’t have to take on more debt to do it.[/quote]

This. I took a class at a local nonprofit which led to a part time job where I was basically making minimum wage. But I worked hard and my next job was full time and I had great benefits for our family though only made around $40k.

Took a couple years off due to COVID. My recent job, I started over $90k and now I make 6 figures.

That is a span of 6 years. [/quote]

I’m the 50 yr old job seeker earlier in the thread. Your experience is very reassuring to read. I hope I will be in your shoes in 6 years! I volunteered for 15 years at a non-profit while at home hoping that would help me break back in. Maybe that will help but time will tell. I’m prepared to take a low wage job to get my foot back in the door. I’m reminding myself not to focus on the money but think of it as an investment in myself. For now, I’m taking the awesome advice on this thread and checking out temp to perm jobs (found a great lead today) and law firms. [/quote]

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