DEAR DEIDRE: I’d love to get a job in a bank like I used to have, but I can’t even get an interview.
I’m a woman of 58 and took early retirement after the bank I worked at for more than 20 years made redundancies and asked for volunteers to leave.
My husband had been going through cancer treatment so it was a good time to go. But he’s recovered now and is back at work, and I’m so bored.
I’ve applied for lots of jobs but, generally, don’t get a reply, and the bank jobs are few and far between or they want IT people and that’s not me.
I’d love to work with the elderly or with children but imagine I’m too old to retrain to do this type of work now.
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Can you help me?
DEIDRE SAYS: If you don’t need the money, have you considered volunteering?
There are so many charities crying out for extra support from people who have free time.
You can find out more through the Do-it Trust (doit.life), a national database of volunteering opportunities for people of any age.
This will give you a new focus and enable you to form some new friendships.
Alternatively, you could volunteer to help with activities through your local care homes and this would give you a better chance of employment when a position becomes available.