How to restart your career after 55
One employer, one salary and one point of failure is a fragile plan after 55. Three practical moves that work better than applying harder.
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Too young for the pension, too old to hire
The support that exists assumes you have super, savings and a partner earning. Plenty of people have none of that, and the gap they fall into is a policy gap rather than a personal failing.
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How AI hiring screens out experience before a human sees it
Applicant tracking systems sort on graduation dates in milliseconds. In 2025, 24 per cent of HR professionals classed workers aged 51 to 55 as older, up from 10 per cent in 2023.
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What walks out the door when experienced people leave
Only 13 per cent of Australian organisations capture what their experienced people know. The rest pay twice: once to lose it, once to hire it back.
