well seasoned

Now that my kids are all in school all day, I recently started a job search.  For weeks this involved thinking about putting my resume together:  Who would be a reference for me?  How would I handle a big blank chunk in my work history while I was home with the kids for eleven years?   

I did eventually come up with answers to those questions and in the process reconnected with  my favorite Journalism Professor and with my friend Jim, an old colleague from CNN.  I use the term old with hesitation: old in that we have known each other for almost 20 years but certainly not old in years! 

 Jim, who now works for abc News/Good Morning America tells me he is not sure how it happened but we have become the old people in the business.   And he’s not kidding.  The reporters he works with are in their 20′s and early 30′s.  How is that possible?  How did we get here?   

I consult my friend T., who had a long successful career in advertising, and she tells me it’s all in how you position it.  So I prefer to use the term “well seasoned.”  Like a seasoned cast iron skillet, we might be showing our age but we are sturdy and dependable!

November 22, 2011. Uncategorized.