My resume/CV has been on its death bed ever since I finished my post-doc in 1999. We moved to Japan that year and feeling burnt-out of research and wanting to start a family, I decided not to look for a full-time research position. The angst that followed didn’t let up for almost a year.

During that first unemployed year, I worked on some freelance consulting projects and had a few scientific papers published that had started in the research pipeline several years past (that’s how long it takes for studies to go from research proposal to published papers). My friends’ resumes and CV’s were growing much more quickly than mine and I occasionally felt a twinge of regret.

Now it looks as if my resume will have enough energy to go dancing again. In this new phase of my career, I am starting to more rapidly accumulate experience in writing and editing that will hopefully serve me well both online and offline.

This week’s additions to my resume are:

1. Contributing blogger at eMothersOnline, a group blog written by over 10 mothers of all ages and from all walks of life. Our main purpose is to empower and encourage mothers. My introduction can be found in this archive of my posts to eMothersOnline (click on the title or comment links to see the full post).

2. Women’s Channel Science and Health Editor at b5media blog network. We are currently looking for blogs that focus on women’s interests and needs science and health. If you’d like to propose and/or write a blog or two, send me an e-mail at cottontimer AT gmail DOT com. Maybe we can help breathe some life into your resume too!

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