As I read over the list of the jobs Money magazine and salary.com consider to be the top 20 jobs for those of us over 50 who are looking for a career change, I wondered how others felt when they read that they might consider entering retail sales, becoming a medical records recording technician or a day care center teacher.

Is this the type of work you had in mind for your next career?

There were some suggestions that did not insult the experience and expertise of the midlife career changer - college professor, financial adviser, non-profit executive. But lists like this distort the work options for midlife career changers.

Career advice has not kept pace with changes in the workplace…and in the workers. It is time to redesign the model for finding work - at any age. Rather than trying to fit in to occupations/jobs in demand, we should take a look at our skills, interests and experiences and figure out how we might redesign them to better fit our current situations and then, and only then, craft a plan for finding places to put them to good use.

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