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day 2 Harvard–networks and next steps


Photo Credit:  Michael Blackburn
Day two at Harvard’s Charting Your Course program focused on building networks and formulating next steps.  Pam Lassiter,  author of The New Job Security (a Wall Street Journal award winner), and career consultant, discussed strategies to establish networks, develop your elevator story, and position yourself as product to be packaged and sold to potential employers. [...]

day 1–Charting your Course from Harvard


Wednesday I attended day one of a two-day career development seminar at Harvard Business School. The 48 participants were mostly female Harvard MBA’s that are in career transition.  Some had left the workforce and were in the re-entry process, others considering career changes, most were parents.  There was one transitioning entrepreneur who was a stay-at-home father. 
Day one of the [...]

“Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer…”


Photo credit:  Ben Blankenburg
Just how hard is it do re-enter the work force? In the past few years there have been articles and research saying it has gotten easier and there have been articles and research that said it is hard or just not feasible for women to successfully return to their professional careers after [...]

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