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Returning to work requires you to set goals.  But the goal, get a job, is daunting.  Breaking this goal into smaller, managable steps makes progress easier and more measurable.  For example, for me, the first step toward returning to work was to go back to school.
Here are some simple methods to help [...]

In this msnbc video, NBC reporter Rehema Ellis profiles two moms who returned to work via the mom-recruiting agency Mom Corps.  Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of the Mommy Wars, offers tips for women returning to work.  Here is a summary of her advice:
1.  Get determined to go back to work and don’t second-guess yourself.
2.  Invest in yourself with needed [...]

For those of you that would like to read my interview with Vivian, here it is.
With me today is Vivian Steir Rabin, co-author of the book, Back on the Career Track.  Vivian is a Harvard MBA who runs her own executive search business and consults on the topic of career reentry.  She is the mother of five [...]

This week I spoke with Vivian Steir Rabin, author of Back on the Career Track.  We discussed the current marketplace for women returning to work and she offered some great advice on handling resume gaps, networking and making the back to work transition easier for your family.  Give it a listen.

Listen to this 2004 wbur pbs Boston On Pointe radio broadcast “Women Returning to Work.”  Tom Ashbrook asks some tough questions about resume gaps, new technology and emotional issues of experts Hilary Stout, former reporter from the Wall Street Journal, Mary Shapiro, assistant professor from Simmons School of Management and Kathryn Sollman, co-founder of Women at [...]

 Katie Couric interviews Loretta Kaufman and Mary Quigley, authors of Going Back to Work:  A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms, in this video.  Good advice about going back to work and developing a strategic plan for re-entry. 
My favorite tip is that education is the “magic bullet” for re-entry. Women should go back to school to [...]

The desire and need to contribute to family finances and not be dependent on a spouse’s salary is a strong motivator in my decision to return to work. 
Leslie Bennetts’ book The Feminine Mistake:  Are We Giving Up Too Much? discusses this issue at length.   Bennetts defines women’s decisions to leave work as a mistake because of the [...]

According to a Newsweek article,  TLC’s Secret Life of A Soccer Mom has received some harsh criticism from viewers.  One of the women featured in the program decided to return to work and unfortunately this sparked the “Mommy Wars” fire on the show’s message board.  
In my own experience, I never encountered a mommy war.  What I did notice was [...]

Great news! Carol Fishman Cohen and her co-author Vivian Steir Rabin have agreed to provide their expert opinion for Mom Goes Back.
Both women are Harvard educated MBA’a who left established careers to stay home with their children and then returned to work.  They also host Career Relaunch Forum’s for women going back to work.   See [...]

I was happy to recieve the following comment from Carol Fishman Cohen, author of Back on the Career Track.
Hi Eileen,
Thank you so much for this post discussing our book Back on the Career Track. It is timely because we are holding an all day conference on returning to work after a career break in the [...]