Working While You Wait
Posted February 18, 2009 - 05:00 by Julie Rains
The bad thing about being unemployed during a period of high unemployment, besides the obvious of being jobless, is that the competition can be unusually fierce. Though I encourage pursuing the ideal (whether it’s a company-paid position, freelance work, or business start-up), career nirvana may be a few steps away in this economic environment. Over the years, in good times and lousy ones, I’ve met folks who have started or retooled careers in entry-level positions; they laid the groundwork for greater opportunities and, when the time was right, moved up and along quickly. Here are some uneven career paths.
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