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On & Off Ramps
By Kelly J. Andrews
Taking a detour from a high-powered career — and finding the road back
 On her first job interview after 13 years away from the corporate
world, Tina Wallace, W’82, felt like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Instead of the house whirling around her, her
own thoughts spun inside her head — the needs of her three
children, her husband, her mother. When the interviewer
asked if she was ready for full-time work again, she said yes.
He told her he wasn’t convinced.
She didn’t get the job. Says Wallace, “My doubts must
have come across.”
Her doubts are gone now. An experienced marketing executive
with a Wharton bachelor’s degree, an MBA from the
University of Southern California, and 12 years in financial services
culminating as a vice president and product manager, she is
pursuing the next stage of her professional life with the same zeal
that made her successful in her earlier career and as a mother.
- Getting Back in the Game
- A Successful Reentry
- Making a Career Comeback
- Growing Movement Towards Flexibility
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