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SWITCH things up

How can I change careers later in life?

After working in a bank for 40 years, in 2020, Joanne Alderton decided she needed a change.

“But I thought at my age, I can’t get a job anywhere else,” says Joanne, 61.

That was until she watched her elderly parents in aged care, and realised a job in community support was the switch she needed.

“I had a lot of life experience, understanding and

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