A group of us were laid off on Feb 29th, due to "restructuring." While I have had to go through job searching in the past, it has been a while, and at least then I had more experience in that particular field [optometric assistant). However, I worked from 2018 to 2021 toward a career change and finally was able to find a role as an entry-level QA Analyst. Now I have to try to find another role when I am older (51) with only 3 years of experience. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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