Career Crossroads

Making a late-in-life career change can be a frightening thought, but learn to allay your fears and take the plunge.

Patricia, 45, is bored at work and dreams of a career change. She has been working as a training manager in a business school for the past 12 years. She started as a key account manager and worked her way to managing off-the-shelf learning and development programs for the company clients.

In the past couple of years she has become jaded in her job: too many repetitive tasks, a b