Hot Topics
The following “hot topics” will be featured in the Mom Goes Back blog:
1. References/Resources :
The objective of this section/topic is to provide women with a one-stop shopping trip experience of relevant and practical information and news on women re-entering the work force. What I wished I could have found years ago when I started researching this subject!
Reference material and resources will be aggregated and updated to provide users with a comprehensive list of material available on this subject. This list would include books, articles and websites related to women returning to work.
Blog Entry Example: Executive training for women re-entering the workforce.
In the past three years, the nation’s top business schools have recognized the importance of women returning to the work force. Harvard, Dartmouth and Wharton offer executive training programs for professional re-entry. Features in both the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are listed below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/jobs/12jmar.html?sq=women returning to work&st=ny
Anne Marie Chaker, The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2006, “Business Schools Target At-Home Moms”
Note: WSJ archived articles must be purchased from ProQuest Archiver at www. pqarchiver.com or from Factiva at www.factiva.com. Direct links are not available without subscription.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb500148.htm
Links to the programs offered at Harvard Business School, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business are also provided. Note, the programs are very popular and demand and competition is fierce. If you are interested in applying the application deadlines are a year in advance of the start date for these one-to-two week executive training programs.
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Harvard School of Business
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/path/
Dartmouth Tuck School of Business
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/exec/pdf/bib_brochure.pdf
Other schools to look into include, Babson College, MA, Baruch College NY, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, IL.
2. Examples and stories of women who have attempted to re-enter the workforce successfully or unsuccessfully and the challenges faced.
The objective of this topic is to provide examples and stories of women re-entering the workforce in different industries and from different demographics. Specifically, are some industries easier to re-enter? How does women’s age affect re-entry? Does the number of years out of the work force affect re-entry?
www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/jobs/05jmar.html?_r=1&sq=moms
http://video.ivillage.com/player/?id=225954
Anne Marie Chaker and Hilary Stout, The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2004, “Second Chances: After Years Off, Women Struggle to Revive Careers, www.pqarchiver or www.factiva.com
3. Advice on how to re-enter.
Practical “how-to” advice will be offered from both experts and women who have re-entered the work force. There are a few books on the subject (listed below) will be used as references for this topic.
Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-home Moms Who Want to Return to Work, Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin, June, 2007
Going Back to Work: A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms, Mary W. Quigley & Loretta E. Kaufman, August, 2004
Women Returning to Work: How to Work Out What You Want and Then Go Out and Get It, Sally Longson, August, 1999
Links to a video interviews and a podcast on this topic are below.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6292973
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2004/05/20040513_a_main.asp
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/stayathomeparents/a/return_to_work.htm
Other topics to explore include Demographic and Economic/Labor Trends, Family/Work Balance and Childcare.
