Alexandra

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 I'm in the process of trying to figure out what I want my next career step to be. People have told me "informational interviews" would be helpful, but I'm not really sure how to go about conducting them. Any pointers?

Interview with Career Coach Alexandra Jenkins

Who better to go to with questions about balancing motherhood, employment, relationships, and other life issues than a longtime friend and former college roommate? That’s what I did this month – I called on Erin Hutchinson to learn from her experience as mother, wife, full-time employee, volunteer, and quilter.

Tell me a bit about yourself and your various roles.

I love being at home with my two-year old son, but I've begun to feel really disconnected from the career path I enjoyed prior to his birth.  In a few years, I plan to return to the field I left, and I'm wondering if you have any recommendations about what I can do in the meantime to overcome this feeling of being out-of-the loop.

  I've been out of the paid workforce for several years to raise my kids. Now that I'm ready to go back to work, I want to figure out what my career "passion" is, but it seems so hard to make the time to think about anything of this magnitude. Any advice on how to get started easily?