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Archives for May, 2009
Getting Some "Experience Education" On Sabbatical
Jeff and Eileen Schoenfeldt are in the throes of planning for a year+ sabbatical, scheduled to start in mid February 2010. The Madison-based professionals have put their home on the market, listed their belongings on Craig’s List, and are planning a worldwide trip, scheduling stops in at least 25 countries and all seven continents.
Due to [...]
Noni Allgood Takes a Sabbatical to Renew
In January 2009, Noni Allwood left her employer of 13 years to take a career break. An executive with a major Fortune 500 company, Allwood’s time was consumed with all matter of corporate and community responsibilities including speaking engagements, boards, councils, and task forces. Walking away from all of that, Allwood describes the initial stage [...]
Hired to Not Show Up: Firms Employ Grads, Then Send Them on Sabbatical
In response to the economy and so they don’t lose their new shining stars, law firms are instituting delays in the starting dates of new employees. And stipends (nice ones) for the new hires’ wallets) for sabbaticals and public service endeavors are part of the deal.
Like so many other fields, law is on shaky ground [...]
An Adoption Project
During a one month hiatus from his partnership position at the marketing firm Imaginasium, Joe Bergner traveled to Kazakhstan to adopt his second child.
In preparation for the trip, Joe began grooming other staff members to take on greater responsibility. “I had a number of staffers that I was able to elevate to manage big projects [...]