Carol Fishman Cohen: How to get back to work after a career break
Carol Fishman Cohen: Att återvända efter en paus i karriären
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after a career break:
career breaks for elder care,
i arbetslivet för att vårda äldre,
career transitioners of all kinds:
som byter karriär och yrke:
after a career break is hard
efter ett uppehåll
between the employers
with a gap on their resume
att det finns en stor risk
med ett hål i sitt cv,
can have doubts about their abilities
kan tvivla på sin egen förmåga
arbetsmarknaden under en längre tid.
for a long time.
that I'm trying to help solve.
som jag försöker hjälpa till att lösa.
are everywhere and in every field.
finns överallt och i alla branscher.
för att vara hemma med sina fem barn.
to be home with his five children.
about nurses returning to work
om sjuksköterskor som återkom
i Orange County i Kalifornien
in Orange County, California,
in a social services organization
till sitt jobb i socialtjänsten
that I'm aware of.
jag har hört talas om.
domare i Högsta Domstolen,
early in her career.
redan tidigt i sin karriär.
who took a 13-year career break.
som gjorde ett uppehåll på 13 år.
från tv-programmet the Today Show,
by the Today Show
som försökte ta sig tillbaka
to return to work
who loved her time at home,
och att hon älskade att vara hemma,
and needed to return to work,
skulle vara en del av hennes liv igen
to bring work back into her life
a good day in the job search.
mycket arbete på att leta jobb.
or accounting role,
inom ekonomi eller redovisning,
the last nine months
åt att leta företag på nätet
companies online
om jag ville stötta henne
if I could work with her
att hitta nya vägar.
turn things around.
att hon måste gå hemifrån.
was she had to get out of the house.
att hon sökte jobb
with her job search
att hon ville börja jobba igen.
about her interest in returning to work.
som inte leder någonstans", sa jag.
to have a lot of conversations
be discouraged by it.
to a job opportunity."
för Tracy lite senare
with Tracy in a little bit,
a discovery that I made
från heltidsjobb under elva års tid.
out of the full-time workforce.
is frozen in time.
med människor du mött tidigare,
when you start to get in touch with people
with those people from the past,
eller gått i skolan tillsammans med,
or went to school,
har minskat under tiden,
has diminished over time,
from our professional identities.
you might think of yourself
som en som ser ut så här.
kört runt en hel dag i min minibuss.
of driving around in my minivan.
att ta upp kontakten med dem igen
to be back in touch with these people
för att du tänker börja jobba igen.
about your interest in returning to work.
från mitt eget uppehåll
from my own career break.
med nyheterna från min bransch.
with the business news.
mina fyra små barn.
for my four young children.
that didn't exist anymore.
på Wall Street Journal
to the Wall Street Journal
sex månader innan jag kände
cover to cover before I felt
som hände inom näringslivet.
in the business world again.
är bland de bästa att anställa
are a gem of the workforce,
för att ta hand om våra barn på heltid,
for childcare reasons,
föräldraledigheter i framtiden.
fått jobb någon annanstans.
or partner job relocations.
på arbetsgivarens bekostnad.
at an employer's expense.
att gå tillbaka till jobbet
an enthusiasm about returning to work
away from it for a while.
för arbetsgivare
that employers have
are worried that relaunchers
obsolete myself at one point,
so long ago that I used Lotus 1-2-3.
can even remember back that far,
från så långt tillbaka,
Många kommandon är likadana.
A lot of the commands are the same.
expect them to come to the table
att de ska ha med sig
of basic office management software.
i de vanligaste programmen.
responsibility to get there.
vad gäller återvändarna är
that employers have about relaunchers
don't know what they want to do.
to do the hard work
att de behöver göra sin hemläxa
och kompetenser har förändrats eller inte
and skills have changed
to demonstrate to the employer
var man kan tillföra mest.
lägga märke till något.
för återgång i arbete sedan 2008,
return to work programs since 2008,
paid work opportunity,
eller något annat,
an internship or not,
to return to work.
och -kvinnor att komma tillbaka i jobb.
startade praktikprogram
internship programs.
inte en klassisk återvändare,
a nontraditional reentry candidate,
på lägsta nivån i försvaret
internship program in the military,
som inordnade sina praktikplatser
integrate internships
för chefer i karriären.
education programs.
about what I was seeing,
för Harvard Business Review
for Harvard Business Review
there for that title,
för den rubriken,
in the midst of all the college interns.
bland alla skolungdomar.
"The 50-Year-Old Intern."
financial services companies
i finansbranschen
for returning finance professionals.
som är på väg tillbaka.
har hundratals människor deltagit.
hundreds of people have participated.
till fasta tjänster
to permanent roles
engineering companies
som är på väg tillbaka
for returning engineers
with the Society of Women Engineers.
med Kvinnliga Ingenjörers Sällskap.
de här praktikprogrammen?
the reentry internship?
deras resultat i faktiskt arbete
on an actual work sample
en fast anställning
that permanent hiring decision
som vissa chefer uppfattat som en risk
removes the perceived risk
to hiring relaunchers,
excellent candidates
inte alls intresserade av
were not interested
gruppen av människor.
are programs being developed
for these programs
i de här programmen
för dem som vill komma igen
this problem for relaunchers,
career transitioners too.
som vill byta yrkesinriktning.
internship program.
ett praktikprogram för pensionärer också.
a retiree internship program.
vad som hände med Tracy Shapiro.
what happened with Tracy Shapiro.
everyone she knew
with another parent in her community
ledde till ett jobberbjudande för Tracy,
på en ekonomiavdelning.
in a finance department.
there was a possibility
men gav inga garantier.
but no guarantees.
och gillade människorna där,
and she loved the people
than 10 minutes from her house.
än tio minuter hemifrån för henne.
for a permanent full-time role,
i ett annat företag,
with this internship
alla deras förväntningar
all of their expectations,
inte bara om en fast tjänst
made her a permanent offer
för nu visste de vad Tracy gick för.
interesting and challenging,
to get her MBA at night.
som hon ansvarar för.
to work for her.
tjänade på affären.
for both Tracy and her employer.
the reentry internship concept
med återvändarpraktikanter
after a career break,
efter ett uppehåll i ditt yrkesliv
eller något liknande
or an internship-like arrangement
något färdigt program för det.
a formal reentry internship program.
för dem som följer efter.
for more relaunchers to come.
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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