Returning to work after an extended absence is tough. Your network's stale. Your expertise is rusty. People wonder whether you're committed.
Shannon (name has been changed) encountered this challenge. At 32, she had advanced professionally from health care consulting to investment management, with an MBA in the middle. That's when she had children, moved overseas with her husband, stopped working, and then returned to a different city in the US. At 50, Shannon was a divorced mother without a job for the past 12 years. She needed to restart her career.
