"University careers advisers are used to steering fresh-faced students towards the labour market but they are now increasingly seeing graduates in their 40s and 50s looking for help to revive their careers. More UK universities are now giving their graduates lifelong access to campus careers services, including advice with job applications and interview preparation as well as helping to find new opportunities for those who feel stuck."
"Lancaster's careers service put her in touch with its career coach Rachel Beauchamp, who proofread her CV and talked her through the rigours of the current job market. I was feeling, do I actually have any other skills? Can I do anything else? Rachel was really good at saying: look at all these things that you've done and how you could use those in different contexts."
More UK universities now provide lifelong access to campus careers services, and careers advisers are seeing more graduates in their 40s and 50s seeking help to revive stalled careers. Services include CV proofreading, interview preparation, job-application advice, and guidance on finding new opportunities. One graduate who had been in the same job for 17 years discovered alumni access and received coaching that reframed existing skills for different contexts, built confidence, and prepared her for interviews. Career coaching led to practical application improvements and helped facilitate a successful job transition for the graduate.
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