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How a Career Break Can Actually Boost Your Earnings
Lucas and Luna explore the counterintuitive case for unpaid career breaks as a strategic earnings accelerator, not a résumé gap. They dig into the 2025 ADP data showing that professionals who took a structured career break (3–12 months) and returned to the workforce saw a median salary bump of 18% within two years — compared to 12% for those who stayed continuously employed. They break down why the break works as a signal: it marks you as someone with high replacement cost, it resets your negotiation clock, and it often forces a deliberate job search rather than a passive one. Lucas shares…
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