Career / Vocational Planning
Maybe you didn’t work when you were married. Maybe your current career earned enough when combined with your spouse’s income. But after divorce it will be a different story. Many divorced people find that their income alone is not enough to support the lifestyle they would like to have, and a career change may be an appropriate solution. Vocational planners offer a range of services from helping arrange education or certification in new fields, to planning out an advancement path in your current field. They can help arrange a transition through intern/temp positions, consult with you on which fields your current education or degrees may also apply to, and help you choose a career that fits your new schedule, life, or situation after divorce.
Some Career/Vocational groups (particularly those catering to wives entering the workforce for the first time) even offer extended services like help getting professional attire, daycare, night school, and on the job training to further ease the transition. There is not a right or wrong answer to which career is the best, except that which plays to the strengths of you and your situation, and does not require your weaker areas. It can be hard though, to be honest with ourselves, and vocational planning is one way to get the best answer you can.
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