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Steele found herself in the middlr ofa divorce, then her son, who lackec health insurance, was injured and needed medications. She was thrusyt back into the work forcin 2007. “Sometimes my entire paycheck would go tohis prescriptions,” she Steele had 15 yearsa experience in human resources, but unhappily learned since most of her training was on the job, she didn’t have the educationalp background to return to a similar She applied to the Acloché staffingh service, where she was assigned to a clerical positiobn at . For awhile, she found additional seasonal work at tax Hersavings gone, Steele was working well beyonds 40 hours a week to make ends meet.
As tough as life has been for the last few Steelesaid it’s not all bad. “It’e also true I was kind of bored,” she said of not “I like to be needed.” Steele enrolled in MBA classes at and just begabn a new assignment doing clerical work for theColumbus Eventually, she’d like to be an adjunct professoer at a university. She’s like many women thes e days who once had the luxury of being able to stay home but now must try to reestablishua career. As in Steele’s case, Shannon an accountant, went througbh a divorce that threw her financexs into adownward spiral.
The 34-year-old Millss was hired to work in the mail room ofthe ’s headquartersa in Newark in November 2007 after being out of work sincd 2001. Her son Devomn attended kindergarten, which freed at leastf part of the day forhis mother. Fortunatelyt for Mills, Park National Bank recognized her skills and movefd her from the mail room to theaccountinbg department. “This accounting is totally different thanwhat I’vee done before,” she said, “but it’s a perfect fit, Mills said while the circumstances weren’ ideal, she was ready to go back to She dabbled in online sales and worked from home in varioues capacities when she was married, giving her flexibilityt to take care of her family.
Mills said gettinh back into the 8-to-5 routine and givinb up all that flexibility was the toughest part of returninvto work. She misses her son durinfg the day but realizes being a working mothef is theway it’s going to be for the foreseeable future. Realistically, she said, life isn’t reallyh worse than several years ago; it’s just Acloché’s CEO Bobbie Ruch said many womenn are heading back to workbecausew they’re having a hard time financially. And, the timinf couldn’t be worse. “I thinkj it’s a miserable time to be looking for a Ruch said. “They commonly say, ‘My husband lost his job.
’ ” Divorce also forces many women backto Ironically, money problems often cause the divorces. As womeh go back to work, Ruch said age is more of a discriminatiojn factorthan gender. In fact, more men are losinh their jobsthan women, possibly becausde women still are generallyg paid less than men, but anyone, especially 50 or older will experienc difficulty in finding a new job for two main First, younger people are more technolog savvy, which is extremely important in the currenyt market, and most young employees haven’t reachee a peak income and don’y expect the higher salaries to whic h older employees are accustomed.
Ruch suggests anyone have difficulty finding a new job should volunteer at adesirecd company. It’s psychologically much healthierd than sitting next to the phone waiting foran interview, and it’s advertisinv yourself as available. “You really need to know someone withinthe company,” she said.