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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- I'll spare you my views on staying home vs. working bc frankly who cares -- but I think you're onto a good thing with short term contract work and campaigns. Is there any way you can get a few short term contracts in quick succession or simultaneously and parlay those into at least a part time job for 6 months? If yes -- doesn't that add more to your resume than an internship anyway? I feel like that would be a nice transition back to full time work and often places offering short term contract work don't care why you need/want the work -- i.e. they need to get their work done and know they won't be dealing you in a few weeks or months, so they could care less whether this is just for extra money or resume value or whatever for you.

Aside from that -- if you have done campaign work before, can you find a way to latch onto the many many campaigns that will be happening from now through next Nov? Downside to that is that it isn't paid work often -- so you may be spending more than you're bringing in. But if you're serious about getting something on your resume and treat the work as a "real" job and are selectively open about your desire to continue back to full time work after Nov 2016  -- you have a chance of getting noticed by all kinds of others working for the campaign who may be willing to make a few intros for you. And even if that doesn't happen-- you have a yr or so of recent work experience on your resume, which will make applying for others jobs a bit easier as you won't be discussing your last job from 10 yrs ago or the PTA.[/quote]

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