Over 50 and Out of Work?

If your over 50, finding employment will be difficult, your job searches will have to be organised and effective, you may have to consider working from home, a business start up or even trading on ebayWell, at this stage the prospects aren't great!

You need all the help you can get,

and the best source are the people who share your predicament, and even better the people who have shared it and found a satisfactory outcome.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

There are five issues with which our self-help community can help.

Getting your head straight.
Unemployment is a hammer blow on the self esteem,
Preparing for Tomorrow's World of Work.
The jobs we left may never return - at least in the form we knew.
Organising your Job Search
To show against 'the common herd' it will have to be good.

..and if that doesn't work you may have to consider self-employment or trading on the internet.

Considering Self Employment as an option
It may be the best way out.
Keeping your Spirits up
It's all too easy to become morose and uncommunicative when under stress
Getting our heads straight.
Dismissal, redundancy or retirement - is a psychological blow. We must address this before we can tackle the jobs market.
The support of others is the key to self-help
Don't be afraid, at any age, to consider retraining for the modern workplace. Training is the key to self-helpTomorrow's World of Work
The jobs we left may never return in the form we knew.
New skills will be required.
Our Job Search
Finding a job is a job! There are thousands of people out there looking for work.
We must plan to be effective.
in some cases self-help and self-employment may be the only answerSelf Employment
Maybe this is your chance to branch out on your own.
You might consider internet trading.
whilst you are busy with your self-help you need to keep up your spiritsOur Keeping Up Our Spirits
Our Social Networking Site Retired and Active keeps you in touch with the world outside



...and that's where Life's 3rd Phase comes in

L3P is a self help (technically a 'Wiki') site devoted to helping the over 50s back to work.

If your over 50, finding employment will be difficult, your job searches will have to be organised and effective, you may have to consider working from home, a business start-up or even trading on eBayCan you help us to help others?

...well yes you can

You don't need any IT skills but

If you've been through the mill
..and have the benefit of your experience to offer
or if you've worked in human resources
...and can offer professional advice

..then we'd value your input and

Contributing your own material couldn't be easier.

You can comment on any of our pages
here and now simply by scrolling down to the bottom of the page to the Post New Comment form and simply typing in your Subject and the Comment itself

Or once you've become a member and logged in

A process that costs you nothing and keeps your identity safe
You can start your own blog
or offer your existing blogging material to a whole new readership
Take part in our forums
Adding your own comments, ideas and knowledge to those of others
You can discuss the world of work
with your friends in our chat rooms

If your over 50, finding employment will be difficult, your job searches will have to be organised and effective, you may have to consider working from home, a business start-up or even trading on eBayAnd if you do have some basic IT skills

You can help even more people by joining the Life's 3rd Phase team and adding pages of information of your own or even running your own section.

Be a member and have your say

 The next 2-3 years are not going to be easy and we need to stick together.

Membership of Life's 3rd Phase' is free and confidential. We never ask for your contact details or your bank or credit card information.

We don't sell or use your membership for commercial purposes

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There's no escaping the fact that if you're over 50, finding employment will be difficult, your job searches will have to be organised and effective, and that you may have to consider working from home, a business start-up or even trading on eBay