Internship opportunities are generally limited to undergrads and fresh graduates. Thoughts?

For early to mid-career professionals (say around ~26 to 40) who have decided on a career transition to an entirely new industry / field that is different from your domain of expertise or main course of study (e.g. finance to cybersecurity, design to data science, audit to software engineering etc.), do you find it difficult to secure

internships to gain first-hand experience for the role(s) you're looking to explore?

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A lot of internship / management associate programs are only available to students and fresh graduates with less than 2 years of work experience, and that seems to lock out opportunities for people who discovered their interests, or decided to pivot, at a later stage.

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Understand that there are govt initiatives and programs for this purpose but without that, it seems that many companies are not willing to entertain such requests.

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The societal trend and perception has already shifted to encourage job fulfilment and career-self alignment, and switching industries to seek that fulfilment is no longer taboo. Does this limitation then place such folks at a disadvantage because they are deemed to be past the 'prime age' for internships?

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Obviously there are practical considerations such as financial and family obligations associated with such a move but for argument's sake, assume that these are not an issue.

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It'll be interesting to hear any stories and understand the general sentiments on this. HR professionals and hiring teams, do chip in on the business, logistical and resource considerations!