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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’ve only been out for seven years? So you worked until your kids were 11-12 (if they’re in college now)? That’s interesting because I feel like most people do the opposite.

Anyways, seven years isn’t an eternity. I’d try and get something, even if it’s lower paid than your prior role. You don’t have childcare costs (obviously aside from college) so if you are just at home not earning income, anything is better than nothing. What’s your field? [/quote]

I'm not the OP, but I left a VP job that required a lot of int'l travel when my oldest was 14. Little kids little problems and so on.  They seemed to need me and the stability of having me accessible at all times much more during the middle/high school years than they ever did as toddlers.

Anyway, now I'm trying to re-enter the workforce after a similar amount of time out.  Don't need to be a VP again, but nobody really wants to hire you at a lower level as people assume that you won't be happy "just" being an IC.  Ageism is real too.  It's not that easy.  I'm just fortunate in that I want to work but don't need to from a financial perspective.[/quote]

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