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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well this is scaring me. I've been sahm for 10 years, I was a teacher and all my former principals are retired....some may have even passed away. We also are a military family so have moved a ton. Now I'm totally screwed and will be stuck as a sahm forever.
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Don't be ridiculous. Surely you have more resourcefulness than that! If you are applying to BigLaw, well, perhaps you'll be in trouble if you can't come up with a single reference, but I doubt BigLaw would be much interested in you if you've been out of the workforce for 10 years. And the people who are interested in you are going to understand that you've been out for 10 years, so any work references will be dated, or the people won't remember much about you. PTA references won't help you for a BigLaw job, but they can help for some jobs. Don't give up hope!

I've been out of the workforce for 20 years. I'm now in grad school training for a new profession. My teachers are more than willing to provide references for me. You'll find references eventually, PP.

OP, ignore the rude "required reading" poster. She's just jealous that you had the resources to SAH for 4 years! Lucky you! Lucky me! I've been home for 20 years! But now I'm going to join the working world, and it won't be easy starting a new career, but it's not impossible either.

Tired, fussy posters are par for the course on DCUM. Don't give them power by responding. [/quote]

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