No luck job search

[Beachmumma]

I have a job which is highly stressful, severely under paid for the amount of hrs and BS I have to deal with and I am feeling more and more depressed going in every day. I studied hard fo my qualifications for years and loved my job initially. But times have changed and its not what it once was. It's changed so dramatically in the last 5 years alone. so much so that my job description now writes completely diffently to that of then. Unfortunatley, my qualifications only fit something in this field, which i do not want to do anymore. A move to a different location wouldn't change the job itself. so Ideally, i want to change poffessions completely and have looked and applied for numerous jobs on numerous sites but no one gets back to me. I am in my 40s. Is that really classed as 'to old' to consider?

It's difficult to know, but I would guess that an employer is more likely to be struggling to understand how your current experience meets the role they want to fill. You need to be able to compete with those already in the same types of roles and be very clear that you are capable of the job. There's loads of competition for good jobs.

If you are willing to give more details about the what you want to leave and what you want to get into then someone may be able to give better advice

Are you applying for jobs outside of your field? 40s is definitely not too old, but make sure you provide detailed information about how your skills and experience match their selection criteria.

What do you do? What are your qualifications?

You're certainly not too old at 40.

No it isn't. But if you want to move to an area of work that you have little or no experience of, then you are going to struggle to match salary and terms when you are competing against people with loads of skills and experience in that field. But beyond that it's impossible to really comment on such spartan details - what do you do now, what do you want to do... and then there are questions about how your applications stack up to their expectations etc. Not getting interviews can be down to myriads of reasons.

Have you had advice on your cv / applications? Are you on linkedin?

What transferrable skills can you bring to the roles you apply for? Are you being very specific about what experience you already have which is relevant, going through the person spec and job description. Do you meet the essential criteria?

Are you applying for jobs in a related field, eg rather than nursing, working at a nursing agency?
Can you repurpose your skills?
Can you work via an agency or freelance?

Take a look at your cv and the role and make sure you are selling yourself the right way. Include any skills and experience you can bring to the job.

If there are employment agencies for this area can you speak to them?

As you have a professional qualification, is there any opportunity to get involved in teaching it / training young people in it? I've seen several people make this sideways step in their 40s.