This week's topics: Connecting on LinkedIn before or after meeting a colleague, client, or other person at a conference, event or once on the job
This week's topics: Reconnecting with former colleagues on LinkedIn after many years – without coming across as awkward or opportunistic
This week's topics: How to talk about coursework in two “tell me about yourself” situations - after a long career break and when transitioning to a new field
This week's topics: (1) answering the "tell me about yourself" question and (2) how to talk about your career break in an interview
This is the toughest job market relaunchers have ever faced, and the challenge of relaunching in this environment rests on top of the stress, grief and logistical wrangling our community (and the world beyond) has dealt with every day since the pandemic hit.
It seems that we all have more questions than answers these days. Fortunately, on the iRelaunch front, you can find more of the answers. On April 24th, Carol Fishman Cohen, iRelaunch Chair and Co-Founder, held a special Facebook Live session in which she answered many of the questions that relaunchers are asking right now. In case you missed it, you'll find those questions, and Carol's answers, right here.
You can also watch a recording of Facebook Live session at the bottom of this page.
Now let's get to those answers!
On November 19, 2019, Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network joined iRelaunch to deliver a webinar entitled, “The Secrets to Building an Ongoing Framework for Networking Success.” In the webinar, Kristy unraveled the whys, whos and hows of building a dynamic and ongoing professional network and provided many tips for ensuring its success. What follows is a summary of the webinar (click here to receive a link to the recording):
Depending on the amount of time you’ve been out of the professional workforce, you may feel your familiarity with common office project management tools and other office-related applications is lacking. First, don't be hard on yourself! Keeping up with these technologies can be like shoveling a driveway when it's snowing ... there's always more in the way. Technology is changing every day, and newer (and better?) applications seem to be released every five minutes. Thankfully, with free and accessible online courses, you’ll be up to speed in no time.
A cold and rainy day was no match for the energy and enthusiasm of more than 600 attendees at the 26th iRelaunch Return to Work Conference at Columbia University in NYC on October 3rd.
In the years since Carol Fishman Cohen first shined a light on the difficulty mid-career professional women faced when returning to work after raising children, the concept of relaunching after a career break is becoming normalized as a career path for returners of all genders, expats, veterans, post-retirees, eldercare-givers and more.