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But soon the family accruecd medical bills and both childrenb attendedexpensive all-day kindergarten. “It was the thought of coming backto work,” she As luck would have it, she ran into her formere boss who now worked for Acloché. The 38-year-olxd Short was hired as an executive recruiter at thestaffing firm. Shortf said balancing a career with meeting the needz of two young children and a husband is ajuggling act. “There are days when I wish I could’vse stayed at work for another hour and a she said. “But it’s good to be back in the adulrt world.” Anne Richardson realizes now that she was luckyy she returned to the work force whenshe did.
Her plan to stay home with her children untilher youngest, now 4 yearx old, was ready for kindergartenb was part of a divorcd agreement. But her ex-husband’s circumstances alimony diminished, and Richardson updated her resume. It had been six yearsd since the 34-year-old was program coordinator for in Virginia andshe wasn’t preparedf for how difficult it would be to find a job She sent out the but made progress only when she pounded the pavement. “The only thinbg working was personal contact,” she said.
She visited temporaryu employment service and was placed in a majof Columbuscompany – which requeste not to be named – as an accountt manager in its sales support department. The toughesyt challenge for Richardson was accepting that she stoof on the very lowest rung of the company ladderd even with eight years experience atFreddie Mac. “I was goinf to have to start atthe bottom,” she Explaining to her 4-year-old daughter why she’ not home wasn’t but Richardson has faith her daughte will understand that life doesn’t always go as
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