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Best LinkedIn Hacks for Relaunchers
Having a social media strategy in place will help you to successfully return to the workforce, build deeper and more meaningful relationships, make more memorable impressions, develop mutual trust, advance in your career and discover new opportunities. Recruiters are utilizing technology for skills assessments and video interviews. They will review…
How to Approach and Explain Your Career Gap
One of my new clients, wants to relaunch her career in the legal field, after a five-year hiatus during which she focused on raising her children. She is nervous about this gap in employment and how prospective employers will perceive her time away from the workforce.
Honoring Return to Work Dads
One of our goals at iRelaunch is to trumpet success stories - to give so many examples of people returning to work after a career break that it becomes viewed as a normal and unremarkable career path. As we head into Father's Day weekend, let’s honor four of our return…
5 Tips for Retiring ... and Returning to Work!
After leaving my corporate VP of Sales position in my 50th year, I stayed home with my kids for eight years. When I left my corporate job, I was retiring; I had worked nearly 30 years. After my youngest went to college, I unexpectedly found I wanted to return to…
FIVE Top Tips for Technical Relaunchers
As we enter our fourth year co-leading the STEM Reentry Task Force with the Society of Women Engineers and nearly 25 global companies to pilot, implement and expand return to work programs for technical relaunchers, we have collected some of the best advice for relaunch success in IT, coding, programming,…
Writing A Thank You Note - Even After You Didn't Get The Job
Our mothers and grandmothers have stressed the importance of writing a thank you note for centuries. The obligatory handwritten notes have been an integral part of many a decorum primer and a necessary vehicle to display genuine gratitude. Writing a thank you note to a prospective employer is stressed in…
Be Fearless When it Comes to Tech
It’s natural to put off updating your tech skills. Many relaunchers I meet are afraid of technology. But, as with virtually every fear we face, getting started is the hardest step in the process.
Getting Clarity on Your Career Path
There may be many times in our career when we feel “stuck." Deciding to return to the workforce, or “relaunch,” may be one of these times. While the relaunch decision itself may have seemed daunting, figuring out the type of position and industry that you’re not only qualified for, but…
Seven Reasons Women Work Remotely
I co-manage a team of six female professionals, all of whom work remotely, and I have been working remotely myself for the last ten years. At iRelaunch, we have worked with employers of all sizes with remote workforces...