People who have been out of a job for many years and try to return have a difficult time finding their way back. Many women who quit their job years ago to raise their family are ready to go back to work part-time. Learn how to successfully return to the workforce while maintaining balance in your life.
This job landed in my lap!Bob, Connie, Rosie, Pro-Matchers and Fellow Post Pro-Matchers, This is written by a "Most Diverse Project Coordinator, with experience supporting research at Sun Labs and Stanford, also looking for work in events." This is also written by someone who, apart from a short, crummy temp job, has been unemployed for 37 months.
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Perseverance Pays OffAs of last Monday, June 21st, I started my new contract assignment at Ericcsons through the consulting agency Taos Mountain. My title at Ericcsons is Unix System Administrator and I provide support to many labs and many servers.
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Patience is a VirtueI started looking for a job in January, following eleven years of being at home raising my three children who are all in school now. Everyone told me this was not the time to try and re-enter the workforce with such a gap, but the heart wants what it wants, so I pursued every interesting position I could find on Monster, Careerbuilder, Indeed, etc.
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Back in the SaddleThe simplest way to return to the workforce after leaving it for many years is to look for a job in the same line of work as your previous job. This is easiest to do for jobs that have not changed much. However, if you were in a profession that has changed significantly while you were out of the workforce, this can be quite challenging.
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Patience Pays OffOne of the most difficult aspects of job hunting is the waiting; waiting for someone to respond to your job application; waiting for hiring managers to schedule an interview and waiting for the company to decide whether or not to offer you a job.
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Balancing Work and Home LifeBetsy Beier’s handmade holiday and party decorations are whimsical and fun. After seeing her creations, you would be surprised to hear she used to work as a User Interface Architect at a large computer software company. That’s a big change for a technical person, but Betsy was looking to switch to a more creative environment.
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Growing Your Business Over TimeThere are many advantages for a family when both parents work. However, when the cost of daycare is more than one parents salary, it may be time to reevaluate the situation. Diane Petrovski* and her husband both worked for several years after starting their family. Soon the cost of daycare became too high to justify Diane’s job as an office manager.
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Volunteering Your Way to a JobReturning to the workforce after many years of unemployment is a challenging thing to do. It’s especially difficult for mothers who stay home to raise their families and are out of work for ten or more years. They wonder how to fill the hole in their resume and what professional skills they still possess.
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