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Why one high school teacher is becoming a student again

by Andie Corban
Aug 26, 2021
"The burnout factor is real," Catherine Fink of Longmont, Colorado, says of teaching. She's starting her first year of law school.
"If it was more financially rewarding, I might stay in it," Catherine Fink says of teaching.
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After losing her job, this woman turned to at-home voiceover work

by Sean McHenry
Aug 24, 2021
Carol Wrobleski got a coach and turned her closet into a studio. Then a different full-time opportunity came along.
An interior of Carol Wrobleski's home studio. "I had a lot of people come in, drill nails in my walls and set up all kinds of foam," Wroblesk said. "The hard part is getting a studio space that has the sound quality that you need."
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For this schoolteacher, the pandemic was a turning point

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 27, 2021
“I couldn’t do it anymore,” said Abby Norman, a former schoolteacher in Atlanta.
After quitting her teaching job, Abby Norman discovered she could make more money working fewer hours as a bartender.
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How some workers changed their careers during the pandemic

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Jun 30, 2021
We talked to three people about how their career paths were altered during the pandemic and where they think they'll be a year from now.
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane in the U.S., workers are reevaluating their job options.
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Reevaluating your career? You're not alone

by Kristin Schwab
May 4, 2021
"What seemed tolerable before may not seem tolerable anymore," says a professor at the Yale School of Management.
One in five workers changed their career over the last year, according to a Prudential survey.
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How one primary care doctor found her role in the fight against COVID-19

by Maria Hollenhorst
May 3, 2021
Physician and writer Suzanne Koven deleted an email requesting volunteers before changing her mind.
A sign in support of healthcare workers in Boston, Massachusetts on April 04, 2020. “I know this sounds really strange, but I can think of fewer happier times in my career,” said Dr. Suzanne Koven, a writer and physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Number of Americans moving homes hits lowest level in 73 years

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 16, 2020
Migration patterns could change in a work-from-home world brought on by the pandemic.
A pedestrian walks by a building advertising an apartment for rent on Sept. 1, 2020, in San Francisco, California.
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What does it take to establish yourself in a "winner-take-all" economy?

by Kai Ryssdal and Daniel Shin
Jun 18, 2019
The New York Times' Neil Irwin has spent some time trying to figure out exactly that.
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Becoming a food and wine "superhero"

by Emily Henderson
Nov 27, 2017
"I'm in a place where I can make a difference."
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How women pay an economic price after sexual harassment

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Nov 3, 2017
They often move to lower-paying jobs in fields where harassment less likely to occur, a study finds.
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