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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need help and guidance.

[b]I am a new mom and with increasing financial costs need to ramp up my career[/b], I am feeling so lost. At 38 I have 12 yrs of mostly entry level experience in international development and recently promoted to middle management at a management company.

[b]I am stuck at making $100k. I wasn't wise enough to jump jobs and now paying for it.[/b] I don't know if I should hire a career coach? I wish I had a sponsor like I see my colleagues have at work who all are white and promoted quickly by their white high level supervisors.

I am glad to be done with international development and want to figure out how to unstuck myself.

I appreciate any wisdom you have for me.

Thanks [/quote]

It sounds like you just want to pivot to get a better salary. How much effort have you put into applying to other intl. development jobs with a higher pay band. Go for the roles that seem just a little out of reach because that's the only way to know if you can get hired. I can't imagine you have 12 years of working experience, and haven't had any growth in your skills/responsibilities. Look up the job descriptions for the roles you want and mold your resume to reflect what it's saying. Find someone in a role you'd want to tell you about their day-to-day, find out how you can get there.

My husband made a huge pivot from a dead-end fed job and has now worked for two different major corporations. He got an MBA and had to really put himself out there by networking with alumni and existing classmates. It was a lot of work, don't think it'll just be a matter of finding a job you like and it'll just happen.

I would also suggest not dwelling on the white co-workers have a leg up stance. It's going to distract you from achieving what you want to accomplish. This is anecdotal, but I have a good friend (black woman) that was always unhappy in all her jobs, often sharing a poor experience she had with her white co-workers. She'd say things like, white people are jealous of her intelligence, they are intimidated by her character, etc. I'd just listen because I am white, so who am I to doubt her. Then she finally got her dream job with a supervisor that also happened to be a black woman. It was her ideal scenario, but within 6 months she was literally put on a PIP and fired. She lasted for years at her previous jobs but somehow couldn't cut it there. Sooooo, yea. Look at what you can bring to the table because that's what will get you hired and get you promoted.  [/quote]

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