After spending 10 years working in sales, she opted to start anew and head back to school
Talise Geer finally reached the breaking point when she was offered a promotion, of all things.
Well, some might not have considered it a promotion. Really, it was a job title with more work responsibility. And no raise for an underpaid sales job that Ms. Geer despised.
“That is what did it for me,” she said. “It broke me. It was a lot of responsibility and I felt like I was shouldering a lot of the work myself, like I was doing the work of three people.”
UpdatedMon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:35 pm ET
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Talise Geer, of Wading River, is a finalist for an award celebrating non-traditional career choices. (Courtesy Suffolk County Community College.)
WADING RIVER, NY A Wading River mom is in the running for a prestigious award honoring her nontraditional career choice.
Talise Gere, who attended Suffolk County Community College, is currently one of 15 finalists for the Vanguard Student Recognition Award, which spotlights students enrolled in programs preparing them for careers nontraditional for their genders, a release said. She has been studying for a career in cybersecurity.
The Vanguard Award is presented every year by the Nontraditional Employment & Training Project, presented by SUNY Albany s Center for Women in Government & Civil Society in partnership with the New York State Education Department.