Eight reasons why career transitions later in life are possible despite lingering age discrimination.
Gayle worked her whole life at HP, mirroring her mother’s long stint at IBM. She moved up the corporate ladder until finally there was one painful reorganisation too many, and destiny stepped in. At age 56, she leapt at an opportunity for a “phased retirement”, all the while trusting her career was far from over. She took up an “encore” role at a local food bank, both for the pleasure of returning to strategic and operational work and the chance to have a real impact on her community
