I grew up in NYC and have seem to have done every thing a bit backwards. Coming of age in the Betty Friedan era of the 1950's, I had 3 kids by age 30 and then started working at age 35 with my first book about jobs for women liberal arts graduates - have since written four other books and done a lot of writing for the UN traveling on the job. Got divorced in 1990 and in 2004 moved to Washington, DC where I live and work now.

Pretty simple. I had two jobs my whole music teaching career. I retired from a college in California.

Senior Corporate VP - Finance/Accounting ; ???? I studied music in college and graduate school, then decided I needed to make a living. So I went back to school for degrees in accounting and taxation. I am a CPA and have had a terrific professional career, currently working in a senior financial role with an international food service company.

Retail business owner ; Clinical social worker I was married for many years and spent a number of years as a stay-at-home mom. In 1985, I opened a religious bookstore in the small rural town where I lived at the time and eventually grew the business to a medium-size mall store. I operated that business for 15 years and it was the apex of my life. In 2000, the mall was sold and torn down and my marriage ended. I was too burned out emotionally to transplant the business elsewhere and finally closed the store. Since that time, I've worked as a Library Clerk while pursuing higher education.

Unable to input past these few words.... ; operational manager My dream is in its formative stages. I'm open to a career where I can dedicate the same passion, intelligence, energy and commitment that I did to a corporation for so many years - but this time to an enterprise where my skills will contribute to humanity, to God's creatures, and/or to the environment. It's been a thought that has tugged on me for the past few years that while my job made it possible for me to support myself and my family, sometime soon I want to turn my talents to something personally gratifying.

; psychotherapist,consultant 35 years as a psychologist and therapist in private practice. Issues I dealt with included trauma, chemical dependancy,rural mental health, conflict resolution, stress management, LGBT issues. I also taught at the university level in MN, WI, and NJ. I live in a beautiful area of NW WI. Before this I lived in MN, CO, and NE. I did my undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Itinerant College Professor ; College Professor Born in New England, I grew up in the Deep South. I left there after graduating college for Boston, college in San Francisco, then China, Japan and Spain to teach. I have taught in college in Chicago and New York. Currently I am in Alabama teaching at a University in Birmingham.

architectural & interior design mgmt ; searching for new focus Licensed architect, who after 35 years of directing, managing and marketing multi-disciplined design organizations, wants to get back into an area more closely related to true passion for creating environmentally sensitive community and residential habitats for people. Career was primarily focused upon retail, healthcare and corporate international clients. Led groups from 10 to 120 people within offices located in multiple cities.

35 yrs Biz/Org problem solving ; 21st Cent Enterprise Issues I will comple this after I get my footing in Encore

; surgical precert specialist I am happily married for 46 years and the mother of six grown children. I stayed home to raise them, only working part-time jobs and then full-time in retail. I started in the medical field 10 years ago as a receptionist. Eight years ago I began a career as a surgical precert specialist (mostly self-taught)for 10 orthopedic hand surgeons.