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How a Career Gap Helped One Parent Return as a Paralegal
Episode 88 of The Comeback Career Podcast: After a six-year gap raising two kids, Mariana Reyes re-entered the workforce as a paralegal at a mid-sized immigration law firm in Houston. Lucas and Luna unpack her strategy: she didn't apply cold. She volunteered part-time at a nonprofit legal clinic for six months, building recent references and a current credential (a paralegal certificate from a community college). They discuss why the legal field can be surprisingly gap-friendly, how Mariana used her volunteer experience to answer 'what have you been doing?' in interviews, and…
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