Career Gap Impact and How You Dealt With It
For those of you who have had a career gap do to the military, how was it when you went back to work?
For background, I worked in my current career field for about two years while I was dating my husband. I was so good at my job. I always excelled, won awards, received praise, etc.
I moved in while we were engaged, got married, and I had a baby soon after. Throughout all that time I didn’t work because I was finishing up graduate school, pregnant (while completing an internship) and taking care of my baby. Three people in my family died during that time, including my mother. In total, I had about a two year gap of unemployment. Additionally, we PCSed 3 times during those two years.
When I got a job at our current duty station, I thought I could just jump right back in and be the superstar I was in my career previously. That obviously didn’t happen lol. I was SO rusty. I pretty much forgot everything. Looking back though, that was pretty naive of me to think I could just jump right back in.
So the military life, life itself and the glorious motherhood tax really made my career take a nose dive. It’s really taken a toll on my confidence. I’m just wondering if anyone else has ever dealt with this?