Change
It's been a year of change and upheaval since my last post. A year of uncertainty. A year of pain. With the decline and passing of my mother the world flipped inside out. The job I took in order to be able to care for her was not a good fit to begin with - it was a return to a place I had left over a decade before and it hadn't changed in that time. But it was a godsend and necessary at the time. It is no longer necessary. And so I will be returning to retail. To a Fortune 500 company that treated me well and appreciated my work ethic and skills. There is a stigma with working retail though. The assumption that people who work in retail are somehow unskilled, or even stupid. Considering the financial possibilities, the opportunities for advancement, and that assumption is ridiculous. I have two masters degrees. I have over 10 years experience in human resources and even more in communications. This company appreciates those credentials. When I was there (under unfortuna...