(Getting) Back on the Career Track

A while before I knew we would be moving away from Berlin, I got in touch with a career counsellor   who specializes in the international field and advises students and alumni from my Berlin university. I hadn't used her services before, but thought I'd give it a try now. I'm only meeting her for the first time tomorrow, and my primary questions were on 1) building up a new network as effectively as possible once I move, and 2) work - family balance (i.e. a family and full-time working husband compatible interesting, challenging and well-paying job - yes, you may now laugh). When we talked on the phone and I raised these two topics, the councellor recommended I read a book that was published a few years ago by two Ivy-league graduates and moms. Fresh, second-hand from Texas (for two euros), I am going to give my first ever "life advice" book a try: "Back on the career track". Let's see...