I am 50 years old and need a career, not just a job. After 26 years of marriage my husband is divorcing me and I must be able to support myself. What the f do I even want to do? Who the f is going to hire me after I complete 2-3 years of college and am even older?! I find myself in a very unpromising situation. My living in poverty for the rest of my life is a very real probability. How did I ever let myself get into this mess? I must make more money for a myriad of reasons.
When I was young, I promised myself I would always be self-sufficient. What happened to that wise idea? I actually went to college and earned an associates degree in Graphic Design. I tried to find work in that field but had no luck. That was over 25 years ago and those skills are way outdated. Now Graphic Design is all done on computer and at the time I studied, nothing was done on computer, it was all done by hand and on what was called a PMT camera. I'm sure any credits I earned so long ago are no longer transferable.
What I would love to do is design web-pages. The problem with this idea is that I don't want to be self-employed and the job market is flooded with web-page designers. Some colleges have even locked the course of study of web-page design because there is just so many students wanting to do that. In addition to my love for building web-sites, I also enjoy writing. Don't web-page companies need someone to write the copy for the web-sites? I am also skilled at working on computers but again, that is a job field flooded with people.
I need to find a career adviser.
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