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How To Answer "Are You Willing to Relocate?"

If you haven't thought about how you'll answer this question, it's time you do. According to an Indeed.com survey, 45 percent of people who relocated within the past year (2017 stats) did so for occupational reasons—either for long-term career prospects or for a job offer they couldn't resist. Determining whether…

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Volunteer Your Way into the Workforce

Cathy P. was a medical social worker who took a 17-year career break, waiting until her second child entered college before she began the process of returning to work. Still interested in the medical social work field, Cathy started back by working as a volunteer in a hospice. She hadn't…

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Stretching Your Negotiation Muscles for Pay and Benefits

Reentering the work world has you dusting off many talents you have not used in awhile. Happily, negotiating is not one of them. Everyone negotiates. You just might not call it that. Times that most of us can relate to negotiating are family gatherings, be it Thanksgiving, Fourth of July,…

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Why Mindfulness is Important for Relaunchers

A job search under the best conditions is stressful. The COVID-19 pandemic has exponentially increased the amount of stress relaunchers are dealing with, and that stress can have a significant effect on your health, your resilience, and ultimately your relaunch. Adopting a mindfulness practice can fundamentally change how you deal…

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Creating Relaunch Advocates

Networking should be more than just a bunch of coffees and random lunches in hopes of getting a job. Networking should be about creating advocates, meaning you want to find someone who is willing to utilize their “professional capital” on you and therefore recommend and champion you.

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Dave Carty's Success Story

Dave Carty was a sales and marketing executive for a large, multinational consumer products’ company prior to his decision to stay home to raise his children and finish his MBA (which was started while traveling and having twins!) With the addition of his third child, his role as stay-at-home dad…

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Cathy Tanelli's Relaunch Success Story

Cathy is a Senior Manager with Deloitte LLP, where she now serves as a Business Project Manager and part of the broader team supporting the Office of the US Chair. Cathy joined Deloitte in 2015 following a successful search, and while Cathy didn't relaunch as a member of the…

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Sami Kafala's Relaunch Success Story

Sami Kafala found an opportunity to research and train in Medical Physics through the Daphne Jackson Fellowship, a UK program that returns professionals in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Technology.

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Sara Harnish's Relaunch Success Story

With the birth of her first child, Sara left her full-time position as an associate at the firm Parker, Coulter, Daley & White and returned on a part-time basis. When she found that litigation didn’t lend itself to the flexibility she needed, Sara left and worked for several years as…

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Dave Hubbard's Relaunch Success Story

Staying in touch with his former employer led to Dave Hubbard’s return to the job he had prior to his career break. Interestingly however, his five years as a stay-at-home-dad was a distinguishing feature in his background that resulted in being approached by Monster.com with professional opportunities.

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