I'm a single working mom who founded www.DowntownWomensClub.com to help support women in business. I'm the author of Table Talk: The Savvy Girl's Alternative to Networking (2003) and the upcoming book, The Savvy Gal's Guide to Online Networking (or What Would Jane Austen Do?) (2007). I also blog for the Boston Globe and www.womensDISH.com.
I had planned on taking 12 weeks, all paid, because I had worked out a good deal with my company ... which at the time I was fortunate as I was also going...
My best tip is to put in your "out of office" email response that you are returning a day or two later than you actually return. This gives you some...
Yes! They've gotten bigger! I was a VP of Marketing in corporate America, then was forced to step down (as the single mother of a toddler it was tough...