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[quote=Anonymous]I have basically had 3 different “careers” over my 20+ years working. And they were largely to accommodate family demands, but also were due to circumstances out of my control.

I thought I was headed toward lobbying and/or policy analysis for a cause/nonprofit. But after my maternity leave, my position was eliminated and I was put into another department.

I stayed on unhappy for about 2 years and then my friend asked me to come on pt with her at her small MR company. That was going great, until our biggest client decided to stop using vendors and we lost 90% of our work (I wasn’t in charge of client recruitment). Of course, bad timing, I was pregnant so job hunting wasn’t going to be easy.  She was able to get me about 8-10 hours per week for a while, so I stayed home and did my work at night.

I then decided to pursue fundraising/development (a couple of my earlier jobs and then a lot of my volunteer work was fundraising related), so that is what I have been working on for about 5 years. I make nowhere near as much as others who have been working 20+ years, but I do enjoy working to help others.

So, I have sort of on and off ramped, not always by choice. And it has hurt my earning potential. I never dropped completely out, but I was a SAHM for my second for 2 years and earning a little money on the side. It was easier for me to get a job in development vs lobbying after 10 years in a completely different field, despite my degrees being in policy (yes, I have a masters degree that I basically never used)

Just one person’s story…[/quote]

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