Once Jen realized she was going to have to support herself and her children financially, quite possibly forever, she knew that low-paying jobs weren’t the answer. If you’re already working as many hours as you can, the only way to grow your income is to increase your pay rate. For Jen, that meant going back…
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Back to school after divorce
Continuing with Carolyn’s story, you’ll remember she grew up overseas and moved to the U.S. as a live-in nanny when she was 20. She left her marriage at 27, with two young children, no job and no professional qualification. Not a very bright picture. Now, 18 months later, she’s worked hard to earn prerequisites and…
Going back to school
It doesn’t seem that unusual for older women to go back to school. A friend of mine has just finished her master’s in education, another friend is working on hers and a neighbor has started back at school for nursing. I also did my master’s in journalism as I was going through my divorce. In…
