Lois Draegin, 55, lost a six-figure editing job with Readers Digest. Now she works unpaid for a start-up website, trading her knowledge for new online skills. Her very cool story – about a media maven who’s mentor is a 20-something social networking wiz – is in today’s Los Angeles Times. Written by Geraldine Baum, the article also mentions yourSABBATICAL.
Draegin is interning for free with “The Women on the Web” or WOW, learning about search engine optimization, Google Trends, and keywords. She’s even Twittering.
So while we’re all licking our wounds in this economic downturn, beautiful things are happening. For several years now, we’ve been hearing about the trials between Boomers and Gen X/Y in the workplace. Draegin’s example gives hope that we’re not only working it out…we’re evolving into higher levels of learning from one another.
Best of luck to Draegin. May her internship sabbatical result in a fun and prosperous future.
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