Transitioning your career after 50: understanding the landscape
The first step is seeing the shift for what it is. You are not simply changing jobs. You are navigating a new phase in a workplace that often overlooks women in their third thirty years.
This stage is about naming the barriers, like gendered ageism or outdated assumptions, and seeing the opportunity within them. It’s also about reframing your own story: recognizing how your experience positions you not as a fallback hire, but as a strategic asset.
Tools and resources
Transitioning your career after 50 checklist
Your guide to a successful career transition after 50. Start with a quick review of the items in each section to get a comprehensive view of your transition journey.
The Third30™: Unleashing the Power of Women Over 50
Discover how women over 50 can leverage their experience and wisdom in the Third30™ years through career reinvention, fractional leadership, and entrepreneurship to achieve unprecedented success and fulfillment.
Finding your niche: how to turn midlife experience into opportunity
How to leverage decades of professional experience to identify lucrative market opportunities and create successful businesses. Discover proven strategies for market analysis, opportunity validation, and business development tailored for Third30™ entrepreneurs.
Embracing fractional leadership: how women in their Third30™ can leverage decades of experience
In a professional landscape that increasingly values flexibility and specialized expertise, fractional leadership has emerged as a powerful career option for experienced professionals.
Learn more
- AARP Work & Jobs Hub
- Encore.org – Second-act careers and social impact
- Harvard Business Review: Women in Leadership Face Ageism at Any Age