Carol Fishman Cohen: How to get back to work after a career break
קרול פישמן כהן: איך לחזור לעבודה אחרי הפסקה בקריירה
Carol Fishman Cohen documents successful transitions back into the workforce after career breaks. Full bio
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after a career break:
career breaks for elder care,
או בילדים,
career transitioners of all kinds:
החווים מעבר:
נשות חיילים,
after a career break is hard
between the employers
with a gap on their resume
עם "חור" בקורות החיים
can have doubts about their abilities
עלולים להטיל ספק ביכולתם
for a long time.
that I'm trying to help solve.
אותה אני מנסה לפתור.
are everywhere and in every field.
נמצאים בכל מקום ובכל תחום.
to be home with his five children.
כדי להיות בבית עם חמשת ילדיו.
about nurses returning to work
על אחיות שחוזרות לעבודה
in Orange County, California,
ממחוז אורנג' בקליפורניה,
in a social services organization
that I'm aware of.
early in her career.
בשלב מוקדם בקריירה שלה.
who took a 13-year career break.
שלקחה הפסקה בת 13 שנה.
by the Today Show
בעקבות פנייה של התכנית "the Today Show"
to return to work
who loved her time at home,
שאהבה להיות בבית,
and needed to return to work,
ונאלצה לחזור לעבוד
to bring work back into her life
a good day in the job search.
יום טוב בחיפוש עבודה.
or accounting role,
the last nine months
companies online
אך ללא תוצאות.
if I could work with her
turn things around.
was she had to get out of the house.
with her job search
about her interest in returning to work.
על הרצון שלה לחזור לעבוד.
"את עומדת לנהל המון שיחות
to have a lot of conversations
be discouraged by it.
to a job opportunity."
with Tracy in a little bit,
a discovery that I made
out of the full-time workforce.
is frozen in time.
when you start to get in touch with people
with those people from the past,
or went to school,
נחלשה עם הזמן,
has diminished over time,
from our professional identities.
you might think of yourself
of driving around in my minivan.
לחזור להיות בקשר איתם,
to be back in touch with these people
about your interest in returning to work.
מההתעניינות שלך בחזרה לעבודה.
from my own career break.
מהפסקת הקריירה הפרטית שלי,
with the business news.
for my four young children.
וטיפלתי בארבעת ילדי הקטנים.
that didn't exist anymore.
to the Wall Street Journal
ל"וול סטריט ג'ורנל"
עד שהרגשתי
cover to cover before I felt
במה שקורה בעולם העסקי.
in the business world again.
are a gem of the workforce,
הם אוצר לכח העבודה,
for childcare reasons,
לגדל ילדים
או שכלל אין לנו חופשות לידה.
or partner job relocations.
at an employer's expense.
an enthusiasm about returning to work
והתלהבות לחזור לעבודה
away from it for a while.
that employers have
are worried that relaunchers
ש"מניעים מחדש"
obsolete myself at one point,
so long ago that I used Lotus 1-2-3.
שהשתמשתי ב"לוטוס 1-2-3"
can even remember back that far,
זוכר כל כך רחוק,
A lot of the commands are the same.
הרבה פקודות הן זהות.
expect them to come to the table
שהמעסיקים מצפים מהם להגיע למשרד
of basic office management software.
responsibility to get there.
that employers have about relaunchers
מה הם רוצים לעשות.
don't know what they want to do.
to do the hard work
שהם צריכים לעבוד קשה,
והכישורים שלהם השתנו או לא,
and skills have changed
to demonstrate to the employer
להראות למעסיק
return to work programs since 2008,
paid work opportunity,
an internship or not,
to return to work.
internship programs.
עבור החוזרים לשוק העבודה.
a nontraditional reentry candidate,
מועמד חוזר לא אופייני,
internship program in the military,
להתמחות בצבא,
integrate internships
מכניסות התמחות
education programs.
about what I was seeing,
for Harvard Business Review
there for that title,
in the midst of all the college interns.
מוקפת במתמחים צעירים.
"The 50-Year-Old Intern."
financial services companies
הגדולות ביותר
עבור מומחי פיננסים שחוזרים לשוק,
for returning finance professionals.
hundreds of people have participated.
to permanent roles
engineering companies
for returning engineers
עבור מהנדסים שחוזרים לעבודה
with the Society of Women Engineers.
התמחויות לחוזרים לעבודה?
the reentry internship?
on an actual work sample
על סמך עבודה אמיתית
that permanent hiring decision
לקבל החלטה סופית
removes the perceived risk
to hiring relaunchers,
excellent candidates
were not interested
are programs being developed
for these programs
להגיש מועמדות לתכניות האלו
this problem for relaunchers,
עבור חוזרים לעבודה,
career transitioners too.
עבור משני קריירה אחרים.
לעובדים חוזרים.
internship program.
a retiree internship program.
תכנית התמחות לפורשים.
what happened with Tracy Shapiro.
everyone she knew
with another parent in her community
עם הורה אחר בקהילה
in a finance department.
there was a possibility
but no guarantees.
אבל בלי נדר.
and she loved the people
than 10 minutes from her house.
for a permanent full-time role,
with this internship
all of their expectations,
made her a permanent offer
interesting and challenging,
למעניינת ומאתגרת יותר,
to get her MBA at night.
to work for her.
שתעבוד בשבילה.
for both Tracy and her employer.
גם עבור טרייסי וגם עבור המעסיק שלה.
the reentry internship concept
את רעיון ההתמחות לחוזרים לעבודה
after a career break,
or an internship-like arrangement
או סידור שדומה להתמחות
a formal reentry internship program.
של התמחות עבור חוזרים לעבודה.
for more relaunchers to come.
לעוד "מניעים מחדש" שיבואו בעקבותיכם.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carol F. Cohen - CEO and co-founder, iRelaunchCarol Fishman Cohen documents successful transitions back into the workforce after career breaks.
Why you should listen
Carol Fishman Cohen is CEO and co-founder of iRelaunch, a comprehensive career reentry resource for employers, individuals, universities and professional associations. Cohen has been on a dual mission for nearly 15 years: to elevate the profile and champion the success of professionals returning to the workforce after a career break, and to educate and support employers that engage with return-to-work talent. Her goal is to normalize the career path that includes a career break and document successful transitions back into the workforce so that employers understand the value proposition that returning professionals provide.
Cohen is the co-author of career reentry strategy book Back on the Career Track and a returning professional herself. Her return to work at Bain Capital after 11 years out of the full-time workforce is documented in a Harvard Business School case study. She has connected with thousands of professionals who have successfully returned to work after a hiatus, and she has engaged with hundreds of hiring managers to understand their perspectives on hiring people returning from career break.
iRelaunch's flagship event, the annual iRelaunch Return-to-Work Conference in New York City, is the leading external source of candidates for the major Wall Street reentry internship programs and is the largest and longest-running dedicated career reentry event in the United States. Cohen has been tracking career reentry programs of all types since 2008 and writes a series of articles for Harvard Business Review on the theme "The 40-Year-Old Intern." She originated and co-leads the Society of Women Engineers/iRelaunch STEM Reentry Task Force, an initiative to increase the pipeline of female engineers via reentry internship programs at STEM sector companies.
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