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I’ve spent six days of my life traveling between NYC and Guam — days because the journey across the Pacific takes 24 hours.Each time, the day includes two back-to-back long-haul flights, one medium-length flight, two long layovers, and a grueling 14-hour time change. It’s as exhausting as it is uncomfortable,…

When Jeremy Spiegel was looking for work in 2009, it was clear why finding a job might be difficult: it was the depths of the Great Recession.But when he lost his director role at a publishing company in 2024, there was no recession to blame. Spiegel, who’s in his 40s…

Over the past four months, I’ve spent hours interviewing people who were brave enough to take a career break.I wanted to know if and how they overcame the many obstacles career returners face when trying to crack the job market. It all built up to the series My Big Break,…