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I'm afraid all career change involves taking a risk. As long as it is a calculated risk, taking action and trying something out is often the only way to know for sure...

If you are happy with the salary offered and it isn't a problem for you, then it shouldn't be a problem for them. Let your willingness to take a drop in salary speak for your commitment to wanting this role...

For any person who likes structure, and a
level of planning and predictability, not to have any can feel
tremendously uncomfortable...In other words
you're operating out of fit.

The good news is that it gives
you a tremendous navigator in terms of what you're looking for.

One step at a time is how you do this. If you put everything (new career, living wage, son's education, retirement and own home) on one decision, one ‘last chance', then you are asking a lot of yourself and of any situation...

As a lawyer, you have a big
set of transferable skills, but you need to try to focus on which of
those you want to take into your next role, and which you would be quite
happy to leave behind...

As you are an account manager presumably you are good at managing relationships and dealing with people so ask yourself what sectors are growing and need someone of your calibre. Is it worth looking at the energy and energy conservation domain perhaps?

People often think that you have to show that you've done a similar job before when going for a new role, but it's actually a matter of demonstrating effectively that you have the skills required for the job. Here's how to do it...

How are your employers preparing you for the redundancy? Have they offered a support package which will help you with your job search? If not, why not?...This is an excellent opportunity to do something new, something that perhaps you have always been interested in but have never been in a position to pursue...

Henry Ford said "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right"...
Start to challenge your beliefs - those are what are getting in the way of you creating a job that grabs your interest, that motivates you to want to go to work everyday and do the best you can.

The key to my advice today is your comment that TV is feeling 'shallow'. It suggests to me that you would be fulfilled by work which felt as though it was somehow contributing to the greater good, or tackling subjects that are important to you...Here's an exercise for you...