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No More Straight Lines in Careers: A Boomer's Sabbatical
Posted on April 17, 2009
by
Elizabeth Pagano
At age 56, Toni Riccardi “retired” from her partner role at PricewaterhouseCoopers in order to take a sabbatical for a year before returning to work. Her friends, Toni says, “were horrified”.
“They told me, ‘You’ll never get back in the job market if you leave now. You’re too old’”.
Toni’s sabbatical ended up being a two-year break, [...]