Job Search - Playtime is Over!

When I started on my adventure I was working as an offsite paralegal.  Thanks mostly to the struggling economy, that work has dried up so much that I’ve come to terms with the reality of re-entering the regular workforce.

I have a friend who is a little older than I am who just entered the Foreign Service.  I did a little research and was excited to try and follow in her footsteps.  Then I remembered the left-behind pug and realized it wasn’t the right time for me to go overseas.  As long as he is with me, I’ll have to stay in this country.

I’ve polished up my resume and Friday I applied for my first “real” job in several years.  A local estate-planning firm needs a legal assistant with computer skills, which is right up my alley.  We’ll see what happens.  I also plan to send my resume to a temporary staffing service.  I worked for a temp service years ago and every company to which I was posted offered me a job.  I don’t know if that will be the case this time around but it may help to get me by until a full-time job materializes.

At 49 years of age I didn’t think I’d be trying to get back into the workforce.  Of course I never thought I’d be single and "homeless" either but that has worked out pretty well!  I believe in closing doors and opening windows.  I believe that things work out.  I believe this is just the next step in my life’s adventure and I’m looking forward to it.

Are you midlife and looking for a job?  I’d love to hear (and publish) your story!