ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carol F. Cohen - CEO and co-founder, iRelaunch
Carol 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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Carol Fishman Cohen: How to get back to work after a career break

Carol Fishman Cohen: 離職一段時間後,點樣出嚟工作

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如果你已經離職一段日子,宜家想返去工作崗位,你會唔會考慮申請實習先?再就業專家 Carol Fishman Cohen 認為你一定要。喺呢次講座裏面,佢講到佢自己 40 歲做實習嘅經歷,佢嘅例子證明咗再就業係有可能嘅,而且證明僱主改變梗態度,肯聘請重返工作嘅人才。
- CEO and co-founder, iRelaunch
Carol Fishman Cohen documents successful transitions back into the workforce after career breaks. Full bio

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People returning返回 to work
after a career職業 break打破:
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無做嘢一排、又再出返嚟工作嘅人
我叫佢哋做重新工作嘅人
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I call them relaunchersrelaunchers.
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佢哋暫時無做嘢
係為咗要照顧老人家
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These are people who have taken採取
career職業 breaks休息 for elder老年 care護理,
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照顧小孩、追求自己嘅興趣
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for childcare育兒 reasons原因,
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pursuing追求 a personal interest興趣
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又或者係健康問題
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or a personal health健康 issue個問題.
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呢啲重新工作嘅人唔同行業都有:
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Closely密切 related相關 are
career職業 transitioners轉變者 of all kinds:
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老兵、軍人嘅家眷、剛剛退休嘅人士
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veterans退伍軍人, military軍事 spouses配偶,
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retirees退休 coming out of retirement退休
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or repatriating遣返 expats外籍人士.
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又或者係旅居完返國嘅僑胞
00:41
Returning返回 to work
after a career職業 break打破 is hard努力
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佢哋冇做嘢咁耐,要重新工作好難
因為僱主同重新工作者
嘅關係已經斷咗
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because of a disconnect斷開
between之間 the employers僱主
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00:47
and the relaunchersrelaunchers.
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Employers僱主 can view视图 hiring招聘 people
with a gap差距 on their佢哋 resume恢復
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僱主會見到佢哋嘅
履歷有一欄空白
認為請佢哋係好大風險
00:53
as a high-risk高風險 proposition命題,
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呢啲求職者都懷疑自己
重返職場嘅能力
00:55
and individuals on career職業 break打破
can have doubts懷疑 about their佢哋 abilities能力
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to relaunch活力 their佢哋 careers職業,
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尤其佢哋已經好耐無做嘢
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especially尤其係 if they've佢地已經 been out
for a long time.
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This disconnect斷開 is a problem個問題
that I'm trying試圖 to help solve解決.
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我就係想幫佢哋解決
僱主同前員工關係冇咗嘅問題
宜家各行各業都有人
成功重返職場
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Now, successful成功 relaunchersrelaunchers
are everywhere周圍 and in every field領域.
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01:14
This is Sami萨米 KafalaKafala.
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呢個係 Sami Kafala
佢係英國核子物理學家
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He's a nuclear physicist物理學家 in the UK英國
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佢無做嘢五年,返咗屋企湊五個細路
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who took a five-year五年 career職業 break打破
to be home with his five children孩子.
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新加坡新聞最近講
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The Singapore星架坡 press recently最近 wrote
about nurses護士 returning返回 to work
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一啲護士離開職場好耐之後再度工作
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after long career職業 breaks休息.
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講起長期離膱
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And speaking of long career職業 breaks休息,
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呢個係 Mimi Kahn
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this is Mimi咪咪 Kahn卡恩.
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She's a social社會 worker工人
in Orange County, California加州,
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佢喺加州橘郡做社工
佢冇做嘢 25 年之後
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who returned返回 to work
in a social社會 services服務 organization組織
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返返去社會服務機構工作
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after a 25-year career職業 break打破.
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以我所知,呢個係最長嘅離職期
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That's the longest career職業 break打破
that I'm aware of.
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01:46
Supreme最高 Court法院 Justice正義 Sandra桑德拉 Day O'Connor奥康纳
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高等法院法官
Sandra Day O'Connor
佢工作生涯早期曾經離職五年
01:48
took a five-year五年 career職業 break打破
early早期 in her career職業.
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01:52
And this is Tracy特蕾西 Shapiro夏皮罗,
who took a 13-year career職業 break打破.
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呢個係 Tracy Shapiro
佢離職 13 年
01:57
Tracy特蕾西 answered回答 a call for essays論文
by the Today今日 Show顯示
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Tracy 回應 Today Show
觀眾寄嚟嘅信
觀眾話想出嚟工作
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from people who were trying試圖
to return返回 to work
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但覺得困難重重
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but having a difficult困難 time of it.
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02:06
Tracy特蕾西 wrote in that she was a mom亞媽 of five
who loved her time at home,
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Tracy 回信話佢係一個媽媽
有五個細路,熱愛家庭生活
02:10
but she had gone through透過 a divorce離婚
and needed需要 to return返回 to work,
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但佢離咗婚,需要返返職場
而且佢想生活裏邊有返工作
02:14
plus she really wanted
to bring work back into her life
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因為佢鍾意做嘢
02:17
because she loved working工作.
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02:19
Tracy特蕾西 was doing what so many好多 of us do
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Tracy 以前就好似我哋好多人咁
覺得用咗一日時間搵工就係好好
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when we feel like we've我哋都 put in
a good day in the job工作 search搜尋.
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佢想搵一份金融或者會計嘅工作
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She was looking for a finance金融
or accounting會計 role作用,
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佢好努力花咗九個月上網搵工
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and she had just spent
the last nine months
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02:31
very diligently努力 researching研究
companies公司 online在線
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02:34
and applying應用 for jobs工作 with no results結果.
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但都係無結果
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I met遇到 Tracy特蕾西 in June六月 of 2011,
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我係 2011 年 6 月認識 Tracy
嗰時 Today Show 問我
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when the Today今日 Show顯示 asked問吓 me
if I could work with her
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可唔可以同佢一齊幫佢扭轉劣勢
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to see if I could help her
turn things around.
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我第一件事就叫佢行出屋企
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The first thing I told Tracy特蕾西
was she had to get out of the house房子.
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講畀大家知佢要揾工
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I told her she had to go public公眾
with her job工作 search搜尋
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同埋話自己有興趣再做嘢
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and tell everyone個個都 she knew
about her interest興趣 in returning返回 to work.
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我又話畀佢聽:
「你要同好多人講你搵工,
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I also told her, "You are going
to have a lot of conversations對話
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但人哋多數都唔會幫你轉達。
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that don't go anywhere地方.
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03:04
Expect期望 that, and don't
be discouraged氣餒 by it.
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你要預咗咁樣,但唔好氣餒
可能就係有幾個幫你轉達,
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There will be a handful
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03:08
that ultimately最終 lead導致
to a job工作 opportunity機會."
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令你有工做。」
03:12
I'll tell you what happened發生
with Tracy特蕾西 in a little bit,
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我會講少少 Tracy 後來發生嘅事
但我想先同你哋講下
03:15
but I want to share共享 with you
a discovery發現 that I made作出
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我經過 11 年離開全職工作
返到工作崗位嘅發現
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when I was returning返回 to work
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after my own自己 career職業 break打破 of 11 years
out of the full-time全職 workforce勞動力.
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就係人哋對你嘅印象會停留喺舊時
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And that is, that people's人民 view视图 of you
is frozen冷凍 in time.
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即係話你再聯絡返啲人
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What I mean by this is,
when you start初時 to get in touch with people
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聯絡返以前認識嘅人
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and you get back in touch
with those people from the past過去,
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嗰啲同你工作過或者一齊返學嘅人
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the people with whom边个 you worked工作
or went to school學校,
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佢哋只會記得你離職前嘅嘢
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they are going to remember記得 you as you were
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03:41
before your career職業 break打破.
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就算你隨著時間而覺得自己冇咗意義
03:43
And that's even if your sense of self自我
has diminished減少 over time,
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就好似我哋好多專業人士咁
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as happens發生 with so many好多 of us
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太耐唔做嘢都會咁樣
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the farther removed刪除 we are
from our professional專業 identities身份.
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例如你或者會諗自己
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So for example例子,
you might可能 think of yourself自己
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好似咁樣嘅人
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as someone有人 who looks睇黎 like this.
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03:57
This is me, crazy after a day
of driving around in my minivanvan 仔.
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呢個係我嚟,揸咗成日車
人都儍咗
或者我喺廚房入面
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Or here I am in the kitchen廚房.
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But those people from the past過去,
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但係以前識得嘅人完全唔知我呢啲嘢
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they don't know about any of this.
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They only remember記得 you as you were,
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佢哋只會記得以前嘅你
當你再同返佢哋聯絡
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and it's a great confidence信心 boost提高
to be back in touch with these people
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同埋當佢哋好想聽你返嚟嘅故仔
04:16
and hear聽到 their佢哋 enthusiasm熱情
about your interest興趣 in returning返回 to work.
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你嘅信心就會返曬嚟
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There's one more thing I remember記得 vividly生動
from my own自己 career職業 break打破.
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仲有一樣嘢
我離職期間好記得
就係我好難追返財經新聞
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And that was that I hardly爭 D kept保持 up
with the business業務 news新聞.
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我擁有金融背景
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My background背景 is in finance金融,
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但係當我喺屋企睇住四個細路時
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and I hardly爭 D kept保持 up with any news新聞
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好難跟得上任何新聞
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when I was home caring關心
for my four young年輕 children孩子.
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所以我好驚面試嗰陣
講咗間已經唔存在嘅公司
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So I was afraid害怕 I'd go into an interview面試
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04:39
and start初時 talking講嘢 about a company公司
that didn't exist存在 anymore.
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於是我重新訂閱華爾街日報
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So I had to resubscribe重新訂閱
to the Wall Street Journal雜誌
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我每份報紙每個報導都有睇
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and read it for a good six months
cover覆蓋 to cover覆蓋 before I felt覺得
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一睇就睇咗六個月
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like I had a handle處理 on what was going on
in the business業務 world世界 again.
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直至我覺得可以掌握返市場脈搏
04:55
I believe relaunchersrelaunchers
are a gem寶石 of the workforce勞動力,
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我相信重新工作者都係優秀人才
原因係咁樣
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and here's呢度有 why.
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諗一諗我哋嘅人生階段:
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Think about our life stage階段:
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嗰啲因為照顧小孩而離職嘅人
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for those of us who took career職業 breaks休息
for childcare育兒 reasons原因,
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佢哋會少啲或者冇得放產假
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we have fewer or no maternity孕婦 leaves.
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因為我哋以前已經放咗產假
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We did that already.
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而且我哋伴侶轉工冇咁多
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We have fewer spousal配偶
or partner拍檔 job工作 relocations搬遷.
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我哋生活比較安定
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We're in a more settled解決 time of life.
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我哋有豐富工作經驗
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We have great work experience經驗.
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思想比較成熟
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We have a more mature perspective視角.
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我哋唔會有咗份工,先嚟尋找真我
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We're not trying試圖 to find ourselves自己
at an employer's僱主嘅 expense使用.
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再加上因為我哋已經好耐無做嘢
05:23
Plus we have an energy能源,
an enthusiasm熱情 about returning返回 to work
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我哋充滿幹勁,熱衷於返返崗位
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precisely正是 because we've我哋都 been
away from it for a while.
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05:31
On the flip翻轉 side一邊, I speak with employers僱主,
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我想講講僱主嗰方面
僱主想招請重新工作者時
有兩樣憂慮
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and here are two concerns關注
that employers僱主 have
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about hiring招聘 relaunchersrelaunchers.
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第一樣係擔心重新工作者
嘅科技知識落伍
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The first one is, employers僱主
are worried that relaunchersrelaunchers
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05:41
are technologically技術 obsolete過時.
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宜家我可以話俾你聼
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Now, I can tell you,
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05:45
having been technologically技術
obsolete過時 myself自己 at one pointD,
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我曾經有一段時間
科技知識落後
但係只係嗰個時候
05:49
that it's a temporary臨時 condition條件.
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05:51
I had done my financial金融 analysis分析
so long ago that I used Lotus蓮花 1-2-3.
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我好耐以前係用
Lotus 1-2-3 做財務分析
05:57
I don't know if anyone任何人
can even remember記得 back that far,
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唔知道仲有無人記得
但後來我要學用 Excel 做財務分析
06:00
but I had to relearn學習 it on ExcelExcel.
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其實唔係好難
因為好多指令都係一樣
06:02
It actually講真 wasn't唔係 that hard努力.
A lot of the commands命令 are the same相同.
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06:06
I found發現 PowerPoint幻燈片 much more challenging挑戰,
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我嗰陣覺得 PowerPoint 比較難學
但而家已經冇問題
我仲成日用 PowerPoint
06:08
but now I use PowerPoint幻燈片 all the time.
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06:11
I tell relaunchersrelaunchers that employers僱主
expect期望 them to come to the table
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我話畀再做嘢嘅人知
僱主期望佢哋
有基本嘅電腦文書知識
06:16
with a working工作 knowledge知識
of basic基本 office辦公室 management管理 software軟件.
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如果佢哋仲未跟得上
06:20
And if they're not up to speed速度,
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佢哋就有責任學識佢
06:21
then it's their佢哋
responsibility責任 to get there.
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佢哋做到喎
06:24
And they do.
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06:25
The second第二 area一區 of concern關注
that employers僱主 have about relaunchersrelaunchers
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第二樣令僱主擔心嘅嘢
係重新工作者唔知道自己想做乜
06:29
is they're worried that relaunchersrelaunchers
don't know what they want to do.
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06:33
I tell relaunchersrelaunchers that they need
to do the hard努力 work
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我叫佢哋一定要
睇清楚究竟喺離職期間
06:36
to figure out whether係唔係 their佢哋 interests利益
and skills技能 have changed
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自己嘅興趣同技術有無改到
06:40
or have not changed
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06:41
while they have been on career職業 break打破.
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所以呢樣唔係僱主嘅工作
06:43
That's not the employer's僱主嘅 job工作.
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而係重回工作者嘅責任
06:45
It's the relauncher'srelauncher 嘅 responsibility責任
to demonstrate證明 to the employer僱主
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佢哋要證明畀僱主睇
06:50
where they can add添加 the most value價值.
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佢哋可以為公司貢獻最多價值
06:54
Back in 2010 I started初時 noticing注意 something.
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早喺 2010 年,我發覺一啲嘢
由 2008 年開始
我不斷跟進重回工作嘅計劃
06:58
I had been tracking吊住
return返回 to work programs程序 since因為 2008,
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and in 2010, I started初時 noticing注意
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喺 2010年,我注意到
市場有短期有薪工作嘅機會
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the use of a short-term短期
paid支付 work opportunity機會,
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無論係咪叫實習都好
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whether係唔係 it was called
an internship實習 or not,
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但係呢啲類似實習嘅嘢
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but an internship-like實習類 experience經驗,
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可以係專業人士返去職場嘅一個方法
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as a way for professionals專業人士
to return返回 to work.
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我見到高盛同 Sara Lee
開始咗再次實習計劃
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I saw Goldman高盛 Sachs薩克斯 and Sara萨拉 Lee
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start初時 corporate企業 reentry折返
internship實習 programs程序.
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I saw a returning返回 engineer工程師,
a nontraditional傳統 reentry折返 candidate候選人,
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我見過一位重投工作嘅工程師
佢係一個突破傳統嘅人嚟
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apply應用 for an entry-level入門級
internship實習 program程序 in the military軍事,
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佢申請軍方嘅入門實習計劃
跟住得到一份長工
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and then get a permanent永久 job工作 afterward後來.
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I saw two universities大學
integrate整合 internships實習
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我見過兩間大學將實習
加入到業界行政人員職業教育計劃
07:39
into mid-career中級職業 executive行政
education教育 programs程序.
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於是我寫咗一篇報告
記錄我見到嘅嘢
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So I wrote a report報告
about what I was seeing看到,
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咁就變成咗哈佛商業評論嘅文章
07:46
and it became成為 this article文章
for Harvard哈佛 Business業務 Review檢討
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叫做「40 歲的實習生」
07:49
called "The 40-Year-Old Intern實習生."
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我要多謝嗰度嘅編輯度呢個標題
07:50
I have to thank the editors編輯
there for that titletitle,
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仲有呢個插圖
見到有個 40 歲嘅實習生
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and also for this artwork藝術品
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where you can see the 40-year-old intern實習生
in the midst中間 of all the college大學 interns實習生.
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企喺一班大專實習生裡面
07:59
And then, courtesy禮貌 of Fox狐狸 Business業務 News新聞,
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霍士財經新聞叫呢個概念做
「50 歲嘅實習生」
08:02
they called the concept概念
"The 50-Year-Old Intern實習生."
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08:05
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
又有五間大型財務公司
08:09
So five of the biggest最大
financial金融 services服務 companies公司
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舉辦咗呢啲再入行實習計劃
08:13
have reentry折返 internship實習 programs程序
for returning返回 finance金融 professionals專業人士.
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畀嗰啲想重回職場嘅金融專業人士
08:17
And at this pointD,
hundreds數以百計 of people have participated參與.
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有數以百計嘅人參加咗呢啲計劃
個計劃係有薪實習
08:20
These internships實習 are paid支付,
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呢啲人後來得到長工
08:22
and the people who move移動 on
to permanent永久 roles角色
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仲有唔錯嘅薪酬
08:25
are commanding指揮 competitive競爭 salaries人工.
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08:28
And now, seven of the biggest最大
engineering工程 companies公司
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而家有七間大型工程公司
由婦女工程師協會牽頭
08:32
are piloting reentry折返 internship實習 programs程序
for returning返回 engineers工程師
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試行同類實習計劃
畀重返職場嘅工程師
08:36
as part部分 of an initiative主動
with the Society社會 of Women婦女 Engineers工程師.
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點解啲公司支持再實習呢?
08:41
Now, why are companies公司 embracing擁抱
the reentry折返 internship實習?
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因為實習可以畀僱主
根據實際嘅工作表現決定請人
08:46
Because the internship實習 allows允許 the employer僱主
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08:49
to base基地 their佢哋 hiring招聘 decision決定
on an actual實際 work sample樣品
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而唔係靠一連串面試
08:53
instead相反 of a series系列 of interviews採訪,
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僱主可以等到佢哋實習期完畢
08:55
and the employer僱主 does not have to make
that permanent永久 hiring招聘 decision決定
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先決定請唔請佢哋做長工
08:59
until直到 the internship實習 period時期 is over.
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試用期可以避免
09:02
This testing測試 out period時期
removes刪除 the perceived認為 risk風險
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經理誤判受聘嘅人會為公司帶嚟風險
09:06
that some managers經理 attach附加
to hiring招聘 relaunchersrelaunchers,
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09:10
and they are attracting吸引
excellent好到極 candidates候選人
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而且仲可以吸引優秀嘅求職者
呢班人最後仲變成公司出色嘅員工!
09:12
who are turning into great hires雇傭.
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Think about how far we have come.
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諗下我哋推動咗幾多!
實行呢啲計劃前
09:17
Before this, most employers僱主
were not interested興趣
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多數僱主都無興趣招聘重新工作者
09:20
in engaging從事 with relaunchersrelaunchers at all.
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但係而家呢啲計劃已經發展到係
09:22
But now, not only
are programs程序 being developed開發
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好重視重新求職者
09:26
specifically特別 with relaunchersrelaunchers in mind介意,
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而且佢哋要求你嘅覆歷有空白
09:29
but you can't even apply應用
for these programs程序
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否則你就申請唔到呢個計劃
09:31
unless除左 you have a gap差距 on your résumé.
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咁樣見到機構已經唔同咗
09:34
This is the mark馬克 of real真正 change,
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標誌住真正嘅改變
09:36
of true真係 institutional制度 shift轉變,
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因為如果我哋可以解決職場者嘅問題
09:39
because if we can solve解決
this problem個問題 for relaunchersrelaunchers,
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亦都可以解決其他職業過渡嘅問題
09:42
we can solve解決 it for other
career職業 transitioners轉變者 too.
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有僱主啱啱同我講
09:46
In fact事實, an employer僱主 just told me
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佢有啲經驗豐富嘅人
因為再次實習計劃
09:48
that their佢哋 veterans退伍軍人 return返回 to work program程序
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返到工作崗位
09:50
is based基於 on their佢哋 reentry折返
internship實習 program程序.
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所以我會話無理由
唔搞退休人士實習計劃
09:54
And there's no reason原因 why there can't be
a retiree退休 internship實習 program程序.
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雖然類型唔同,但係概念一樣
09:59
Different不同 pool, same相同 concept概念.
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10:02
So let me tell you
what happened發生 with Tracy特蕾西 Shapiro夏皮罗.
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跟住等我話俾你哋聽
Tracy Shapiro 發生咗咩事
10:04
Remember記得 that she had to tell
everyone個個都 she knew
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仲記得佢講畀每個認識嘅人
佢有興趣出返嚟做工作
10:07
about her interest興趣 in returning返回 to work.
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就係有一次同同區家長傾計
10:09
Well, one critical關鍵 conversation談話
with another另一個 parent父母 in her community社區
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帶咗 Tracy 一個工作機會
10:14
led to a job工作 offer提供 for Tracy特蕾西,
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嗰份係財政部門嘅會計工作
10:16
and it was an accounting會計 job工作
in a finance金融 department部門.
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但只係臨時工
10:18
But it was a temp臨時 job工作.
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公司同佢講佢可能有機會
轉到更好嘅工作
10:20
The company公司 told her
there was a possibility可能性
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10:23
it could turn into something more,
but no guarantees.
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但唔擔保一定有
去到 2011 年秋天
10:26
This was in the fall秋天 of 2011.
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Tracy 好鍾意佢間公司同埋同事
10:29
Tracy特蕾西 loved this company公司,
and she loved the people
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而且公司離佢屋企只係十分鐘
10:32
and the office辦公室 was less
than 10 minutes分鐘 from her house房子.
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雖然第二間公司開出一份長工協議
10:35
So even though雖然 she had a second第二 job工作 offer提供
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10:38
at another另一個 company公司
for a permanent永久 full-time全職 role作用,
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10:41
she decided決定 to take her chances機會
with this internship實習
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但佢決定揀呢次實習嘅機會
並希望一切順利
10:44
and hope希望 for the best最好.
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10:47
Well, she ended結束 up blowing away
all of their佢哋 expectations期望,
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最後佢超乎公司嘅預期
喺 2012 年頭
公司不但請佢做長工
10:50
and the company公司 not only
made作出 her a permanent永久 offer提供
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10:52
at the beginning初時 of 2012,
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10:55
but they made作出 it even more
interesting有趣 and challenging挑戰,
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仲畀 Tracy 做
更有趣味同有挑戰嘅工作
因為公司知道佢應付得到
10:57
because they knew what Tracy特蕾西 could handle處理.
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去到 2015 年
11:00
Fast快速 forward向前 to 2015,
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Tracy 已經升職
11:02
Tracy's特雷西嘅 been promoted促進.
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公司仲畀錢佢夜晚讀工商管理
11:04
They've佢地已經 paid支付 for her
to get her MBAMba at night.
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Tracy 佢自己仲請咗
第二個重回工作者為佢做嘢
11:06
She's even hired another另一個 relauncherrelauncher
to work for her.
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11:11
Tracy's特雷西嘅 temp臨時 job工作 was a tryout試用,
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Tracy 開頭嘅臨時工係試用嚟
就好似實習咁
11:15
just like an internship實習,
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咁最後對 Tracy
同僱主嚟講都係雙贏
11:16
and it ended結束 up being a win贏得
for both Tracy特蕾西 and her employer僱主.
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宜家我嘅目標係
11:23
Now, my goal目標 is to bring
the reentry折返 internship實習 concept概念
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向更多僱主推銷呢個實習概念
11:28
to more and more employers僱主.
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11:30
But in the meantime同時,
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但係呢段時間
如果你離職後,想出返嚟工作
11:32
if you are returning返回 to work
after a career職業 break打破,
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唔好猶豫向嗰啲
無呢啲實習計劃嘅公司
11:35
don't hesitate猶豫 to suggest建議 an internship實習
or an internship-like實習類 arrangement安排
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提議佢哋安排一個咁嘅實習計劃
11:41
to an employer僱主 that does not have
a formal正式 reentry折返 internship實習 program程序.
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你可以成為佢哋第一個成功故事
11:47
Be their佢哋 first success成功 story故事,
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你可以係鼓勵更多人
重回職場嘅最佳例子
11:49
and you can be the example例子
for more relaunchersrelaunchers to come.
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多謝
11:53
Thank you.
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(掌聲)
11:55
(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by Wink Wong
Reviewed by Chak Lam Wan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carol F. Cohen - CEO and co-founder, iRelaunch
Carol 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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Carol F. Cohen | Speaker | TED.com