Belinda Nanda Belinda Nanda was a 48-year-old stay-at-home mother of two when she decided it was time to go back to work. She had just signed up her daughters for ice skating lessons and debated signing up, too. But…
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Stay-at-Home Mom Returns to Work with Help from Community College
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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time, Work-Life Balance
Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time, Work-Life Balance
Part-Time Trade-Offs
iStockphoto.com For a stay-at-home mom contemplating a return to the work force, part-time work sounds ideal. It’s a chance to get back out there, mingle with adults, earn some money, and still be there for the kids. But there are…
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Posted in Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time
Posted in Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time
Re-Entering the Work Force Part-Time
Flexible Resources Did you know that 60 percent of working moms wish they could work only part-time, but only about a quarter actually do? That’s from a Pew Research Center study in 2007. And it means that well more than…
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Contract Work
iStockphoto.com I found myself urgently needing to update my resume yesterday. Late last week a job announcement came through the CNN alumni network. Here it is in it’s entirety: “A contact of mine sent this along and I thought it…
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Posted in Networking, Part-time vs. Full-time, Resumes
Posted in Networking, Part-time vs. Full-time, Resumes
Flexible Hours Attract Working Moms
Minh Uong/The New York Times The accounting industry appears to be ahead of the curve. The New York Times reports that many of the nation’s top firms have learned that to keep their working-mom employees, they need to offer flexible…
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Posted in Family, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time
Posted in Family, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time
Loss of Freedom
iStockphotos.com No sooner did I send off my “hire me” pitch to the author looking for a researcher/reporter, than I had what I can only call buyer’s remorse. Am I really ready to relaunch? Is this really what I want…
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Tagged with: Back on the Career Track, Carol Fishman Cohen, relaunch, Vivian Steir Rabin
Posted in Helpful Resources, My Story, Part-time vs. Full-time
Posted in Helpful Resources, My Story, Part-time vs. Full-time
The Full-time Part-time Job
iStockphoto.com I just had dinner with one of my many Susan friends. (Have you ever thought about how many Susans you know? I know at least eight.) Susan is in the dreaded part-time job that morphed into the full-time job…
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