Career Track by Mary Ellen Slayter
Q How do you explain a gap in your career on a résumé? As a young professor, I sidelined my career for a few years to have a family. I gave up a tenure-track position at which I was very successful. After seven years, I took an adjunct professor position, and after two more years, I applied for...
 

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