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EP 229: Return Utah-the 1st State Career Reentry Program, w/ Program Manager & Relauncher Shay Baker

Shay Baker is Program Manager of Return Utah, Utah’s career reentry program. Utah is the first state to launch a career reentry program. Shay was a participant in the inaugural cohort of Return Utah that launched in fall 2021, and was subsequently hired to run the program. The second cohort…

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EP 230: President of Lean In Belfast, Nuala Murphy Shares her Relaunch Journey into Entrepreneurship

Relauncher Nuala Murphy is a professional marketer, entrepreneur, community builder and connector. As a marketer she has worked with some of Northern Ireland's most successful companies internationally, selling and marketing products, services and technology across many industries for 15+ years. As President of the Lean In network in Belfast, Nuala…

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Ellevate Network Special Event with Carol Fishman Cohen

How has the Pandemic impacted professionals who are returning to work after career breaks taken since March 2020 and those whose career breaks began much earlier? In what way have employer career reentry programs changed because of the Pandemic? Hear from Carol Fishman Cohen, the pioneering iRelaunch CEO who…

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EP: 231 Richard Eisenberg, former Managing Editor of Next Avenue, shares thoughts on “Unretiring”

Richard Eisenberg was, until recently, the Managing Editor of Next Avenue, the PBS’s website for people 50+, and the editor of the site's Money & Policy and Work & Purpose channels. Richard was a previous guest for Episode 197 of the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast, when we discussed career progression trends…

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Employer interest in relauncher talent is at an all time high

“Change” is the driver and emerged as the theme for this year’s Summit. Mature programs are being reimagined; programs are experimenting with defined cohorts, “loose” cohorts, and “rolling admissions” or switching from returnship to direct hire models. Each option has advantages and challenges and discussing them in detail is a…

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Shay Baker's Relaunch Success Story

Shay Baker is the new leader of “Return Utah,” Utah’s return to work program that launched in the fall of 2021. Utah is the first state to run a return to work program. Shay was a relauncher participant in the inaugural cohort of Return Utah and was asked at the…

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EP 232: The Goldman Sachs Returnship® & COVID-19 Career Relaunch Initiative with Mariany Polanco-Cruz

At the time of this podcast recording, Mariany Polanco-Cruz was a Vice President on the Global Diversity Recruiting Team at Goldman Sachs. She discusses the recent innovations to the Goldman Sachs Returnship program which was completely overhauled, as well as last Fall’s newly-introduced COVID-19 Career Relaunch Initiative. Mariany describes who…

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Jennifer Bibby's Relaunch Success Story

Soon after marrying and beginning the adoption process, Jennifer and her husband, a Marine Corps Veteran, welcomed their son who was born just six months later, creating the family they had dreamed of. Despite her extensive work experience, Jennifer felt that “it would be harder to say goodbye to my…

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Alison Cormack's Relaunch Success Story

After graduating from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1993, Alison Cormack spent several years at Hewlett-Packard where she held roles in finance, sales, and operations. She stepped out of the paid workforce for 10 years to raise a family, during which time she also ran a $76 million…

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