Planning to take time off working and would love to hear from those of you who have taken a career break while your children were young. What was your experience returning to work after? Did any of you peruse new career paths or find alternative options that helped you feel more present at home yet fulfilled work-wise?

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I just got out of a 9 year career break. I started looking for a job in January of this year and accepted an offer at the end of April. Full time and remote. It took awhile to figure out how to best present myself on my resume but after that I started getting interviews and some movement.

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Thanks for your reply and congrats on landing the job! Would you mind sharing how you explained your career break in your resume and in interviews?

Have you read the power pause? Really good book for high achieving women prioritizing home life for a season.

Personally, I’m working on other non-corporate revenue streams to support my family and maintain flexibility because my partner needs to focus fully on career and with young kids, realizing we can’t both be in corporate with such a little margin. Hit our breaking points too quickly and could only function to our responsibilities if we were well rested and not sick, which is near impossible with babies.

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