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Returning to Your Career After Staying Home with the Kids

The difference between getting out of the house and getting back into your career can be huge

by Jenny  |  1108 views  |  1 comment  |        Rate this now! 

And when you're ready to get back in, you can work those connections that never got dusty to land the job that will work best for you, and your family, too.

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Jenny is mom to two little boys she calls Chaos and Mayhem, and a recruiter in the advertising and marketing industry. She blogs on careers and advertising at www.dfbryant.wordpress.com, and life in general at http://notinkansasanymoretoto.typepad.com.

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  • Jenny, thanks for sharing this, I think there is some really good advice in your article. I've never taken a career break, but I've changed careers and I find that in a way, it's similar -- you're entering a new field, without having been there just before. And networking is so key to that.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 16th April 2008

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