3, 2, 1 iRelaunch Podcast

Episode 119: What is your Best Piece of Advice for our Relauncher Audience? Special Compilation Episode

We have once again put together a “Valuable Advice for Relaunchers” special episode from 12 previous episodes of 3, 2, 1, iRelaunch. You’ll hear top advice from jobs expert Mac Prichard, one of the first returnship participants Kathy Preble Bayert, supply chain relauncher Lisa Fenton, women’s career path expert Michelle…

Episode 118: How to Highlight Accomplishments Without it Feeling Like Bragging with Carla Bass

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, iRelaunch Carol talks with Carla Bass, Colonel in the United States AirForce (Ret) and author of “Write to Influence”. In a mock interview and a discussion about performance reviews that require the relauncher to write about accomplishments on the job, Carla advises how…

Episode 117: “How Carefully Managed Career Restarts Can Benefit Individuals and Employers" [rebroadcast from HBS Managing the Future of Work podcast]

Today’s episode of “3, 2, 1, iRelaunch” is a rebroadcast from an interview Carol did earlier this year with Joseph B. Fuller, Professor of Management Practice and Co-Director of the Project on Managing the Future of Work at Harvard Business School. In this episode (also entitled “Managing the Future of…

Episode 116: Negative Self-Talk and the Job Search with Steven Campbell

Author, Speaker, Educator and Coach Steven Campbell joins Carol to discuss the power of the brain and how destructive negative self-talk can be, especially during a prolonged job search. Steven points out “your brain believes everything that you tell it” and having a more positive discussion with your brain can…

Episode 115: Beyond the First Role: Professional Development Considerations for a Relaunched Career: With Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett

As relaunchers, we focus almost myopically on the critical first role post-relaunch. While that is of course crucial, it is also important to consider longer term issues as well. In this episode, iRelaunch Guest Host and Special Advisor Cheryl McGee Wallace speaks with Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founder and president…

Episode 114: Grace Bennett, Former Senior Editor of Sesame Street Parents and McCall’s Magazines, Talks About Her Relaunch

Seasoned editor and journalist Grace Bennett joins Carol to discuss her career path and time off to raise her family. Despite having reached the top of her field prior to her career break, Grace had the “nobody wanted her” experience so many of us do when looking to relaunch after…

Episode 113: Relaunching in the Arts with Theresa Harris

Theresa Harris is the director of the Edgewater Galleries, two Middlebury, VT galleries and one in Boston, MA. She began her career as a designer of custom rugs for Stark Carpet, then went into freelance design work, and following an eight-year career break, relaunched as a teacher and mentor to…

Episode 112: This is my “Real Real” Life and Relaunch with Liz Logie

Today, Carol talks with Liz Logie about her amazing relaunch story. Liz began her legal career as a "big firm law" corporate/banking attorney in New York City, and then took a 10-year career break. She relaunched as an entrepreneur in the fashion business for 15 years, ultimately joining online luxury…

Episode 111: The Benefits of Coaching with Sara Dickison Taylor

Coaching is one of the many tools relaunchers have at their disposal. Yet it's often overlooked. In this edition of 3, 2, 1 iRelaunch, Special Advisor and Guest Podcast Host Cheryl McGee Wallace discusses the benefits of coaching with coach, Sara Dickison Taylor. Sara explains what a coach does (and…

Episode 110: Maintaining Mental Health During a Prolonged Job Search – with Chris Rudnicki

We contacted Chris after reading his powerful and compelling article in Medium about his father’s depression during a prolonged period of unemployment, and the risks of ignoring mental health issues during the job search. We see signs of depression and anxiety in our own community of relaunchers; when people post…

Episode 109: A Seasoned Recruiter’s Perspective on Relaunching: A conversation with Donnie Watson - Part 2

In this special 3, 2, 1, iRelaunch series on the nuts and bolts of the recruiting process, we speak with recruiters from firms with and without back-to-work programs to provide you with the broadest perspective possible. iRelaunch Special Advisor and Guest Podcast Host Cheryl McGee Wallace talks with Donnie…

Episode 108: A Seasoned Recruiter’s Perspective on Relaunching: A conversation with Donnie Watson - Part 1

In this special 3, 2, 1, iRelaunch series on the nuts and bolts of the recruiting process, we speak with recruiters from firms with and without back-to-work programs to provide you with the broadest perspective possible. iRelaunch Special Advisor and Guest Podcast Host Cheryl McGee Wallace talks with Donnie…