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Pushing experience is key for career transition
Photo credit: NEWSDAY/CRAIG RUTTLE | David Daniels, here posing in his Elmont, N.Y. home Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, is making a career change from insurance to accounting and wondering if accounting firms will hire someone who's pushing 40-years-old. Photo by Craig Ruttle.
Three months ago, David Daniels' insurance company job was eliminated. Far from being directionless, Daniels, 38, of Elmont, had already been planning a career change to accounting, for which he already has a degree.
A former senior claims examiner, he's started volunteering as a tax coach with the city. He hears from contacts that, even though he's willing to start at entry level, "those...
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