You always knew you d go back to work after taking off a few years to spend with the kids while they were young.
Nobody says accelerating back into the fast lane is easy.
The good news is that technology has changed all the rules in your favor. The Internet explosion is creating reams of jobs, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics pegged managerial and professional unemployment at less than 2 percent at the end of 1999. In that kind of labor market, job jumping is almost de rigueur. That means your nontraditional resume isn t nearly as shocking to employers as it would have been even a couple years ago. Whether you re ready to plunge back in or preparing to take some time off, listen to the experts.