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How a Career Gap Helped One Parent Return as a Corporate Paralegal
Episode 117 of The Comeback Career Podcast explores how a stay-at-home parent with a legal research background negotiated a return-to-work role as a corporate paralegal at a mid-sized firm. Lucas and Luna walk through the actual steps: identifying transferable skills from pro bono work, using a temp-to-perm agency, and framing a six-year gap in interviews. They discuss the specific salary negotiation tactic that worked — anchoring to the going rate for a paralegal with equivalent experience rather than apologizing for the gap. The episode also covers how to use continuing education credits…
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