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3, 2, 1 iRelaunch Podcast

Normalizing career breaks™

...for relaunchers everywhere

Featured as a "Top Career Podcast" since its inception in 2017, 3, 2, 1 iRelaunch is our podcast focused on getting you Back on the Career Track and making your return to work smooth and successful. We feature strategies, advice and success stories about returning to work after a career break.

Our full episode listing is below. It is regularly updated with new episodes. If you're not sure where to dive in, get your feet wet with one of our mini-series: Managing Through a Prolonged Job Search, Relaunching in Senior Roles, Military Spouse Relaunches and Longest Career Break Relaunches. The entire mini-series library is here.

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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 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…

Episode 105: Recruiting for the JNJ Re-Ignite #ReturnToWorkProgram with Elizabeth Markus

As part of our series on the nuts and bolts of recruiting, guest podcast host Cheryl McGee Wallace speaks with Elizabeth Markus, Director of the Johnson & Johnson Re-Ignite Return to Work Program, a 16-week, paid program for returning professionals. Elizabeth determines the fit, interview questions and eligibility requirements for…

Episode 77: Disrupternship: What it Means and How it Affects Today’s Relaunchers with Guest Host Ginny Brzezinski

In this episode of 3, 2, 1, iRelaunch, Author, Former Capitol Hill Press Secretary and iRelaunch Advisory Board Member, Ginny Brzezinski, interviews Carol Fishman Cohen about “Disrupternship.” They discuss how mid-career return to work programs have disrupted traditional University internships and how the use of mid-career internships have disrupted…

Episode 58: Conversation with Returnship® Pioneer Monica Marquez

Over 10 years ago, Monica Marquez was instrumental in creating the Goldman Sachs Returnship® program, the first formal return to work internship program. At that time, as a member of Goldman's “Experienced Hire Diversity Recruiting Team," Monica recognized the need to bring talented employees back to the workforce, but found…

Episode 48: Story of a Successful Re-Entry Internship: Inside United Technologies "Re-Empower" with Shanda Hinton

In this episode, Carol talks with Shanda Hinton, Global Diversity Talent Attraction Leader at United Technologies (UTC) and one of the leaders of the United Technologies Re-Empower return to work program. A member of the Society of Women Engineers/iRelaunch STEM Re-entry Task Force, UTC is starting their third cohort of…

Episode 47: What Really Matters to Your Future Employer with Marc Cenedella

Marc Cenedella, best-selling author and Founder and CEO of Ladders, Inc. the website connecting $100K+ professionals with employers and recruiters throughout the US, is a renowned thought leader on job search, career management, and recruiting. In this dynamic and candid episode, Carol and Marc cover everything from what you can…

Episode 26: The STEM Re-entry Internship – A Benchmark for Success with Jen Scott

Carol talks with Jen Scott, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and co-lead of the STEM Re-Entry Task Force. Since its inception in 2016 the STEM Re-entry Task Force has been a pipeline for more than 200 female technical professionals to return to the…