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Are You Asking Life for What You Want?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She asked for a well paying job, and was able to step right back into a management position at a major accounting firm – even after 10 years as a stay at home Mom. For example: She used her bonus to put in a new laundry room, even while worrying about sending her high school senior to college. Sometimes I wonder.

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Cutting the Gender Wage Gap

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Check out the careers that pay well and then back into a field of study that you find interesting! Maybe you like helping people get well and think you want to be a nurse. Translate the skills and experience you do have into easily identifiable reasons you will do well in your new job. Do the job and do it well.