I have just started studying toward my M.B.A.! While I'm enjoying the challenge, it's really tough! It's been many years since I graduated with a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film from Temple University, so it's been quite an adjustment. The majority of the classwork is done on line, but there are two in-class sessions per course. They are close by....here in Quakertown...so it's very convenient for me.
I hope that getting an M.B.A. will make me more marketable to employers or to help me start my own marketing consulting business.
Currently job prospects are bleak...for me and lots of folks in the U.S. And it's especially hard for people in their 40's and 50's to find work. There is most certainly age discrimination going on... although most companies and recruiters know how to be subtle about it...oh, you're over qualified....oh, you will be bored... or you may get an interview and then they just don't call you back or even consider you for a position because you look older than they are.
Is there a point where we should say "I give up?" We're forced to look at the idea of totally changing the direction of the rest of our lives. We have to do it or risk losing everything we've worked our whole lives to achieve.
