Are you considering a career change after 40?
Finding a job when you are older is never easy. And in today's economy, finding a job at any age is tough. Even those who should be considering retirement have been forced to look for jobs all over again.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 394,000 women and 460,000 men over the age of 55 were actively seeking work in 2008.
And many have started researching work from home opportunities or home businesses. The ability to work from home is an ideal solution for a variety of reasons.
There is no need to relocate in order to find a suitable job.
You can work from the comfort of your home.
You can do something that you love for YOURSELF and not for your boss.
You can spend more time with your family.
You set your own hours.
You save money on gas, eating out, your wardrobe and on your taxes!
And if you run an online business, you're doing business even while you sleep!
People over 40 are one of the fastest growing segments of home based workers. And Career Change over 40 is becoming easier to handle as a result of this.
Let's take a look at the over- 40 advantages that lead to home business success:
After 40, you are more realistic about the world.
You are less likely to be lured by the grandiose claims of late night infomercials that claim some workers are making thousands of dollars a month working from home. You set realistic goals and work hard to reach them. In other words, you already know that the "get rich quick" schemes don't work.
Older workers are more disciplined.
When you work at home, no one is looking over your shoulder to make sure the work is getting done. You have to be responsible enough to do the work. Often workers in their 20s get easily distracted by life. Workers in their 30s are raising families, often with young children. After 40, life is more settled. Older workers have been working for years and have a great work ethic.
Experience matters. Even if you choose a home based business that is different from anything you have ever done, you bring a lifetime of work experience into your new business.
More than half of all small businesses in the United States are operated out of a home. No matter what you age is, you can do it, too!
Laura Shapiro is a Home-Based Business Owner and Consultant (who started after 40!) in addition to being a full time Mom. Is a Home Business your Dream? It doesn't have to be - let me help you make it a reality. Start with this free online marketing course. . .
