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Starting a Business to Re-Enter the Work Force

There are five ways to re-enter the work force after a career break: Go back to your old job Find a different job with your previous employer Find a new job with a new employer Go back to school to

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Posted in Entrepreneurship, Helpful Resources

Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers

iStockphoto.com Guest post by Mary Ghilani, Director of Career Services at Luzerne County Community College in Pennsylvania I recently read an article by Allison Doyle on About.com, about the growing number of employers posting ads that refuse to consider unemployed

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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Updating Skills, Volunteering

Career Services at Community Colleges

iStockphoto.com Are you contemplating a return to the work force after a career break but unsure how to do it?  Do you wonder if you need to take some classes to update your skills?  Or maybe you’re thinking about an

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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Updating Skills

The Balancing Act: Managing Motherhood and Your Career

THE WOMEN’S CENTER’S LEADERSHIP SERIES PRESENTS: The Balancing Act:  Managing Motherhood and Your Career The Women’s Center is pleased to announce an exciting evening workshop with nationally known journalist and women’s advocate, Kelly Wallace, Chief Correspondent, iVillage, and former CNN

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Posted in Helpful Resources, Work-Life Balance

Stay-at-Home Mom Returns to Work with Help from Community College

  Belinda Nanda Belinda Nanda was a 48-year-old stay-at-home mother of two when she decided it was time to go back to work.  She had just signed up her daughters for ice skating lessons and debated signing up, too.  But

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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time, Work-Life Balance

The Benefits of Your Community College

iStockphoto.com What does your local community college have to offer someone hoping to re-enter the work force after a career break??  Plenty.  And probably a whole lot more than you imagined. Affordable tuition is the well-known benefit.  But there’s also

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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources

Finding Your Work-Life Balance

©iStockphoto.com/RTimages Can you name your values?  You know, the things that are most important to you.  Have you ever really even thought about it? I hadn’t, really, until I read career coach Julie Cohen’s book “Your Work, Your Life…Your Way.“ 

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Posted in Helpful Resources, Work-Life Balance

iRelaunch Return to Work Conferences

Don’t miss the iRelaunch Return to Work Conference on October 4th in New York City and on November 30th in Washington, D.C.! This is a great event if you’ve been out of the workforce and are contemplating a return.  I

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What to Wear When Re-Entering the Workforce

istockphoto.com I had a job interview recently, and I found myself scrambling to find something appropriate to wear.  This, despite the fact that I have a full closet.  My problem — I don’t really know how to pull things together

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Posted in Dressing the Part, Helpful Resources, My Story

Doing What You Love

istockphoto.com My daughter recently asked me what I saw myself doing when I retire.  ”Retire?” I said.  ”I have no plans to retire.  I want to work until I die.” And I mean it.  I’m not trying to re-enter the

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