Reasons to Return to Work
Independence. Role Modeling. Responsibility. Additional Income. These are just a few reasons why returning to work can be good for you and your family. Let’s break this down: Independence – Our job as parents is to raise children who will be happy and productive...
How to Get Professional Attire Just Right
For women, professional dress is often a topic that causes a lot of confusion. For our Back to Business Women's Conference, we always suggest that attendees dress as if you were going to an interview – use it as a practice run so that when you get that interview you...
How Do I Get Started?
How do I get started? I get this question a lot from women who want to go back to work. Some of them are unsure of how to get started because they’re planning to return to a career that’s different from the one they left. Some just don’t know yet what kind of...
Job Search Tip Series: Invest in Yourself (Video)
Women are often reluctant to invest in themselves - yet if we invested in certain portions of our job search, we could be earning that much sooner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSajY3xkJAg
Returning to Work After a Career Break Webinar Replay
Whether you're ready to go back to work after taking time off or just thinking about it, my Returning to Work After a Career Break Webinar will be helpful. It's full of the professional advice that I use in my position as Senior Associate Director, Career &...
Moms, Here’s How to Know if You’re Ready to Go Back to Work
How do you know if you're ready to return to work? As with many of the choices we make as parents, this decision affects others besides ourselves and can be a difficult one indeed. Here's how I knew I was ready to return to a full-time role after working...
What Keeps You Up at Night?
Once upon a time, it was our kids. Babies, just home from the hospital. When they were awake during the night they demanded your attention and food. When they slept, you watched them sleep to make sure they were still breathing. Then they grew up and became teenagers...
What If You Approached Your Return to Work Knowing That You Could Not Fail?
If you are working on your professional comeback, there are so many things you need to think about: your resume, career direction, LinkedIn presence, cover letter, professional wardrobe, preparing your family for a big change, and on and on. But how about you? Yes --...
Back to School Means a Fresh Start for You
Back to school means a return to more structured days and a sense of routine at home. I personally love the freedom of summer, but I can also appreciate the rhythm that returns to our lives once school begins and the kids settle into a new year. If you’re actively...
Building A Great Resume
There’s no shortage of advice on the internet for job-seekers when it comes to resumes. But women returning to work after a career gap have a special situation: You’ve been very busy while out of the paid workforce but don’t necessarily have a job title or...
Return to Work Checklist
Preparing to re-enter the workforce can be overwhelming! Download this step-by-step plan to get you going in the right direction.
What Women Who Have Returned to Work Know
At our first Back to Business MeetUp, we heard from 4 women who have successfully transitioned back to work after a career break. We talked about finding work you enjoy (and finding work that you don’t enjoy so much). Our panelists included Back to Business Conference...
Resume Checklist
Your resume is your single most important job search tool, but it can be very frustrating to complete. Download this Resume Checklist to get started and to help you through some of the rough spots.
Designing Your Life
I’m reading a book that’s so worthwhile and relevant for women returning to work that I have to share it with you. Designing Your Life: How To Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Stanford professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans is about applying...
Should You Take Just Any Old Job or Hold Out for the Right One?
I want to address an age-old question asked by women contemplating a professional comeback: Should I take just any old job or should I hold out for the right one? This is a question I hear a lot and it’s a question that I asked myself often as I looked for a job...