Day planner 073007 – The Augusta Chronicle
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- Day planner 073007 – The Augusta Chronicle
- Second Acts: Stage to Social Work
- Women who fled the work force to raise kids are returning in droves
- Women in Tech launches resource-sharing network.
Day planner 073007 – The Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Chronicle – Augusta Chronicle (subscription) – Jul 29, 2007
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Second Acts: Stage to Social Work
New York Times – Jul 29, 2007
for entertainment professionals and their families. The home is poignantly redolent of show business. The walls are lined with portraits of movie stars posters of plays whose last curtain calls took place decades ago and voices that still resonate with the sonorous projection of trained thespians. Peterson gave up acting nearly four years ago to go back to school for a master’s in social work and now she fills her days straightening out medical bills changing batteries in cassette recorders so residents can listen to Books on Tape and easing the loneliness of those like 104-year-old Betty Lord an actor’s widow who has outlived her friends. The stage began losing its allure while she was still in demand as an actress and concert singer… “They know why they’re here because they made an active choice to change careers” he says. People are entering the field later anyway at an average age of 34 (from 2000 to 2004) compared with 26 (before 1960) says Tracy Whitaker director of the Center for Workforce Studies of the National Association of Social Work. While licensing requirements vary by state a master’s in social work and two to three years of clinical experience is typical. There are currently 320000 licensed social workers and more than twice that many who identify themselves as professionals. But more are needed to offset the coming retirement of the generation that joined the field in the idealistic 1960s says Ms. Moreover demand is expected to grow as the number of elderly Americans increases.
Women who fled the work force to raise kids are returning in droves
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Jul 29, 2007
It was just too much. So Walsdorf did what a substantial number of ambitious heavily credentialed women decide to do: She threw in the towel. She left the work world to spend five years at home raising her kids. In doing so Walsdorf became part of a trend that The New York Times labeled the “opt-out revolution. But now Walsdorf again finds herself on the leading edge: women who’ve previously opted out now making their way back into corporate America. Call it the opt-in revolution. Contrary to conventional wisdom some say it’s not only possible but also easy for women who’ve taken breaks from working to raise kids to go back… Contrary to conventional wisdom some say it’s not only possible but also easy for women who’ve taken breaks from working to raise kids to go back. Walsdorf would be their exhibit A. “I always knew I would go back to work” says Walsdorf 46 who six months ago became assistant vice president and small business lending specialist at a bank. “It was a difficult decision to quit because I liked my job. But I knew I could never get these formative years back. I knew when I retired I’d be glad I took time off to be with my kids. Leanne Rappmund 32 also wanted to be the primary caregiver to her three children when they were young.
Women in Tech launches resource-sharing network.
Free with registration – Bulletin – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 29, 2007
‘” Anderson recalls. n Thursday Anderson and Blackledge were two of eight women who attended the first-ever meeting of Women in Tech a networking and resource-sharing support group for local women who work for or have experience in tech-based companies or tech startups. The name may change said Anderson who is the business development manager for Cira Creative a Bend marketing solutions firm that also has offices in Portland. Fifteen women have expressed interest in the group which Anderson is modeling after a similar one she joined two years ago when working for a tech company in the Bay Area. Technology companies are growing in number in Central regon as the industry rebounds nationally and Bend’s attractiveness to tech-savvy workers spreads industry insiders say. The definition of a tech worker is somewhat open-ended but it can include people working in anything from computer programing to engineering to manufacturing to sales professionals say. Economic Development for Central regon estimates around 500 jobs are tied to high-tech industries in the region though the.
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