istockphotos.com Not that I know 100% for sure yet, but I’m pretty darn sure I did not get the job I interviewed for last week. I was supposed to hear back at the beginning of this week. Here we are…
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
When You Don’t Get the Job
Tagged with: comeback mom, interview, re-enter the workforce, reenter the work force, relaunch, return to work, stay-at-home mom
Posted in My Story
Posted in My Story
The Importance of Connections for Job Seekers
Master isolated images Connections are oh-so-important. Especially if you’ve been out of the work force and are looking to return. Seek them out and nurture them! Here’s how they have just helped me. Two weeks ago I got an email…
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Tagged with: Betsy Fisher, C-SPAN, CNN, connections, Michel Martin, networking, re-enter the workforce, reenter the work force, return to work, Tell Me More
Posted in Interviewing, Networking
Posted in Interviewing, Networking
Secrets to Better Networking
People Network by Vlado Donald Dell is the consummate networker. He’s a former tennis pro who went on to found the ProServ sports agency. He became one of the biggest sports agents of his time. He launched the Legg…
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Tagged with: Donald Dell, Legg Mason Tennis Classic, networking, re-entering the workforce, re-entry journey, reenter the work force, return to work, Thomas Heath, Value Added
Posted in Networking
Posted in Networking
Displaced Homemakers and the Training Source
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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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
Know Your Assets When Looking for a Job
Women re-entering the work force after a career break raising children often under-estimate their value. So says iRelaunch co-founder Carol Cohen. And it’s exactly what she found when she helped Tracy Shapiro prepare for her re-entry after a divorce forced…
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To Tweet or Not?
Twitter Logo Twitter, and much of social media, can be intimidating to a newbie, especially someone who’s been out of the workforce and also likely removed from the social media explosion. But learning to navigate, or at least understand, social…
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Tagged with: Collective Bias, contagious marketing, re-enter the workforce, renter the work force, social media, ted rubin, tweet, Twitter, UnitedInsight, workforce
Posted in Social Media
Posted in Social Media
Keep Your Blog Alive
United Insight To do so, you must post. And I haven’t done so. Not in a long while. Month-and-a-half to be exact. But you know what, I don’t feel too bad about it. Last week, I was in New York…
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Tagged with: blog, Carol Cohen, contagious marketing, emerging media, iRelaunch, john andrews, return to work, returning to work, social media, summer reading, ted rubin, tweet, Twitter, United Insight, walmart
Posted in Social Media
Posted in Social Media