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We are women helping women. We are a few women who happen to be trying to get back into the working world at the same time. Together, we have over 100 years of work experience! Surely that type of experience would be valuable to some company, right? We decided it would be less intimidating and much more fun if we got together to support each other in our efforts. So that's what we do. We meet. We share ideas. We give each other encouragement. We help each other with resumes. We help each other with interview prep. We laugh a lot and we frequently get sidetracked into totally unrelated conversations. Oh do we enjoy getting sidetracked! This blog is a delightful result of one of our sidetrack conversations.

About this blog

We hope that this blog does what we have been doing in our get-togethers (except for the sidetrack conversations part). We hope it serves as a place where people can share ideas; give encouragement and help each other. We hope you find value in it and enjoy it.

-Clare, Kim, Kristin, Linda and Susan

A Perfectly Imperfect Re-entry Tale

You GOT the job! After what seems like an eternity of looking you are ready to start your new job. You have that feeling you get on a roller coaster as you head for the first drop, nervous but excited. There is a vision in your head of a parade heralding your triumphant return to the working world. Surely everyone is as happy and excited for you to be there as you are, right? In reality, it's more subtle. Kander and Ebb beautifully describes it in the song A Quiet Thing . The song begins with the lyrics," When it all comes true just the way you planned, its funny the bells don't ring. It's a quiet thing.", that capture how it really feels. Wait...what? Try it's more like Murphy's Law. On my first day back to work, I was prepared. I had mapped out my commuting route. I got up early to make sure I could get the kids off to school and leave for work with plenty of time to spare. I had a killer outfit picked out. I was ready to take on the world. Well i...

Informational Interviews: A Getting to Know You Meeting

So, you’re ready to go back to work! You know you have the skills and the motivation. You’ve checked the job postings online, maybe even done a few applications. Now… you wait.

Be Ready for the Unforeseen Opportunity

Sitting at the kitchen table, staring at my laptop, what do I do next to find a job? Networking, LinkedIn, combing through online job postings, informational interviews. Pop! My Facebook feed shows reacHIRE - an organization to help women re-enter the workforce is offering a "Resume" workshop and a "PowerUp" workshop to prepare to go back to work. It sounds interesting, all I have to do is send in my resume, how hard can that be I think, let's go for this! I send along my resume with a brief yet professional email. There's a response email in my inbox a few days later--you have been selected to take the next step, please answer some questions for us by email. Sure, why not! I am about to pack up a family of 4 and put the dog in the kennel. We are about to travel halfway around the world to see family for two weeks. I can fit in few short answers to these questions can't I? Before I know it I am writing my responses to these questions at LAX, surp...

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