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Back on the Career Track After a Divorce

Returning to work after a career break, or "relaunching," in the face of a divorce brings special challenges. You may have immediate financial need and feel especially emotionally vulnerable. But you shouldn't be any less strategic than if you were returning to work for other reasons. See this blog post…

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Networking in an Age of Social Distancing

As if networking wasn’t tough enough, how in the world can you network when most states have a stay-at-home order in effect and when we do go out for essentials, we have to be six feet apart?

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Stay-at-Home Mom Morphs from Teaching to Consulting

@LucretiaPruitt, has over 12,500 followers on Twitter. She is a COBOL expert, a former computer science professor, and she heads up her own social media strategy consulting firm Social Media Matters. She is one of Walmart’s “Eleven Moms,” and corporate giants ranging from Ford to Colgate-Palmolive fly her out to…

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Confidently Negotiating Your Salary

You’ve soared through the initial interview, aced the case interview, and now it’s all come down to the hiring details. Often, the same woman who confidently prepared for “winning” the job fails to take the same fearless approach when answering one key question: “What are your salary expectations?”

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Appreciating Military Spouses as Fellow Relaunchers

Military spouses play a huge role in not only taking care of things while their loved ones are deployed, but also in providing a backbone of support and care during the tough times. The sacrifices of a military spouse are many and can be quite costly. Many have difficulty finding…

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Research & Academia: You Can Dial Back Up

Brown Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yael Chatav Schonbrun's New York Times Opinionator piece "A Mother's Ambitions" revealed her disappointment and frustration about her stunted career prospects despite the joy she is experiencing as a mother. This was the result of a personal decision she made to allocate a higher percentage…

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Leaders and Landmarks in the History of Women in the Workplace

March is Women’s History Month in the United States – a month-long celebration designated to “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” “Valiant Women of the Vote” pays homage to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, honoring "the brave women…

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Helping Young Kids Adapt to your Relaunch

You want to get your preschoolers invested alongside you when you return to work so here are some thoughts on how to involve them...

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Dare, Dream, Do

Whitney Johnson’s Dare Dream Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream calls out to relaunchers with a prescription for encouraging uncensored dreaming and occasionally acting on those dreams that make sense in the current context of one’s life. The strength of the book is in the real-life stories.…

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Equal Pay for Equal Work - A Challenge for Relaunchers

The "trading compensation for control" solution some women choose when returning to work after a career break can be a realistic strategy for a first foray back into the workforce. This option for women returning from career breaks is to take less money than they think is fair or than…

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