Do what you love and follow your heart. if you took some classes you can't use, that is life. that happens in your 20s too when you are in college. I took so many classes I don't use in my life now.
Just because it isn't common, doesn't mean you can't do it. if you want to do social work for adults, do the classes, get the certis or whatever it takes.
You'll be happier in the long run.
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I am in my forties, and I am currently enrolled in an online bachelor's degree program.
My selected field is criminal justice; however, I have read in several places that people over age 37 are not usually considered for jobs such as probation or parole officers. I assume that I am too old to be a police officer, although I am not interested in going that route, truthfully, there is not much I would like to do other than psychology or social work. I would like to do it in a correctional type atmosphere working with adults. The problem is that I started my degree in criminal justice and really do not want to disregard the classes I took or start over in another field. I plan to get my bachelor's degree in criminal justice and my master's degree in social work. The problem is once I get my bachelor's degree in criminal justice, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a job. I am not sure that I will be able to get my master’s degree in social work, so I would like to play it safe just in case. I am not currently working in the criminal justice field and I have no previous experience in the field. Is it true that it is a hard field to break into without experience? Any suggestions on possible criminal justice careers I could do with a bachelor’s degree, while in my mid-forties?
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I am a retired investigator with a bachelors in criminal justice, one job you could go into with this degree would be a Legal Investigator I have to say at your age correction jobs and police jobs are probably out of the question,but if you obtained your masters in criminal justice you could teach a course in criminal justice or related field at a college or university thats one avenue you could take and they pay well.
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