Name: John Bortscheller Return to Work Internship position (and company): Associate Account Executive (sales department) for ReadyTalk Career past life (What did you do?): I was a corporate account manager, selling data network systems for Verizon Business. How long were you out of the workforce before entering the Return to Work program? I was out of the workforce for more than 7 years to take care of my two young…
Month: July 2016
Success Story: Kalin Rollings
Name: Kalin Rollings Return to Work Internship position (and company): I started at a customer care role at ReadyTalk through their return to work program supported by Path Forward. Career past life (What did you do?): I worked at an athletic club for eight years prior as a general manager. I then had my son and took some time off with him. When I decided to come back, I wanted…
Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Wonderful
Early in my business career I learned to embrace the concept “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” The idea, which was very hard on a recovering perfectionist, was that something that is done well enough is infinitely more valuable than the thing this is never complete because it wasn’t yet “perfect.” The concept of perfection in parenting is also hard for me to let go of,…