iStockphoto.com Divorce, death, illness. Devastating to anyone. But particularly devastating to a stay-at-home mom when it’s her spouse and suddenly she has to go back to work. Try heaping grief on top of the return-to-work journey. These women are officially…
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Displaced Homemakers and the Training Source
Tagged with: BlogTalkRadio, Bronx Community College, Career and Life Transitions Center for Women, David Paterson, displaced homemaker, Displaced Homemaker Awareness Day, job training, Job Training Partnership Act, John DiMaio, Kim Rhim, New York State Department of Labor, Pierce College, re-enter the work force, re-enter the workforce, reenter the work force, return to work, Seat Pleasant, The Training Source, Warren County, Workforce Investment Act of 1998
Posted in Helpful Resources, Uncategorized, Updating Skills
Posted in Helpful Resources, Uncategorized, Updating Skills
The Return to Work Opportunity
Comeback Moms Returning to work after a break to raise children could be seen not as a daunting challenge, but as an opportunity. A chance to figure out what you really want to do. Huh. Never really thought of it…
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Tagged with: BlogTalkRadio, comeback mom, Mary Kaye, relaunch, return to work, stay-at-home mom
Posted in Helpful Resources, Uncategorized
Posted in Helpful Resources, Uncategorized
The Relaunch Movement
iStockPhotos How many are we? More than you might think. When we start the difficult process of relaunching, many of us feel quite isolated. But as more and more women attempt to relaunch, the number of services catering to this…
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Tagged with: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Carol Fishman Cohen, Center for Work-Life Policy, coaching circles, Current Population Survey, Harvard Business Review, iRelaunch.com, off-ramp, on-ramp, online training programs, relauncher, return to work conference, Vivian Steir Rabin, webinar
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Posted in Uncategorized
More Online Job Sites
FreeStockPhotos.biz The internet is one of the most powerful job-search tools available, not just to women re-entering the workforce, but to anyone looking for a job. In addition to job listings, online job sites offer a wealth of information to…
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Tagged with: craigslist, execsearches.com, Glassdoor.com, internet, job listings, keywords, Krop.com, net-temps.com, online job sites, re-entering the workforce, RealMatch.com, resume, The Women's Center, VisualCV.com, washingtonpost.com, www.eLance.com
Posted in Helpful Resources, Networking, Resumes, Uncategorized
Posted in Helpful Resources, Networking, Resumes, Uncategorized
Online Job Sites
FreeStockPhotos.biz Floral designer, architect, cat adoption counselor, dental assistant. These are just a few of the 108 part-time job listings posted today on Craigslist for the Washington, D.C. area. And Craigslist is just one of hundreds of online job sites,…
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Tagged with: craigslist.com, dice.com, eLance.com, idealist.org, indeed.com, job listing, online job sites, re-entering the workforce, The Women's Center, vec.virginia.gov
Posted in Helpful Resources, Networking, Uncategorized
Posted in Helpful Resources, Networking, Uncategorized
Resume in a Rush
iStockphoto.com What do you do when you need a resume in a rush? It’s a challenge, but there is help. I found “Susan Ireland’s Ready Made Resumes.” For $24.95 I downloaded her resume-writing guide, 70 resume templates and more than…
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Tagged with: Expert Resumes for People Returning to Work, job listing, keyword, Louise Kursmark, resume, resume template, return to work, Susan Ireland, Wendy Enelow
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Posted in Uncategorized
So You Want to Be a Journalist?
Welcome, or welcome back, to the strange new world of journalism.
Tagged with: Columbia School of Journalism, journalist, New York Times, reporter
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Posted in Uncategorized
Business Card Update
My Business Card So I went about this a little backwards. I went to Office Depot to purchase business card stock, and, of course, they didn’t have Avery card stock. I had already done four mock-ups using Avery templates. Not…
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Job Progress
Children’s Science Center A potential video job in the pipeline! I met last week with a friend who is spearheading an effort by the Junior League of Northern Virginia to get a Children’s Science Center here. She had mentioned many…
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Tagged with: Childhelp, Children's Science Center, Junior League of Northern Virginia, Kathleen Turner, Museum Without Walls, The Training Source
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Strategic Volunteering
iStockphotos.com I am officially done! I have produced, shot, written, and edited an 8 1/2 minute long video for the Training Source. And I am really, really pleased with it. I turned it over Thursday afternoon. A couple hours later,…
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Tagged with: Final Cut Pro, Kim Rhim, one to one, Personal Projects, strategic volunteering, The Training Source
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