Review of Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay at Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work
By Sarah Susanka
Review by D. Prince
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T
he choice to go back to work after time-off with the kids is never an easy one for women to make. There is always conflicting inner feelings, advice and comments from well-meaning friends and family, and then there are the critics who disagree with your decision. Whatever your decision and reasons, now there is a comprehensive guide on rejoining the work force after you've been out for awhile raising the kids.
Whether it's anxiety about being able to juggle home and work, worrying about being out of step with the times, or that you've changed too much to get back in, it offers you hope that it can be done successfully. It deals honestly with issues such as lack of confidence, guilt about ambition, worrying about what others think of your decision, negotiating salary, child care, work/life balance issues, updating job skills, resume writing and dealing with anxieties about the very difficult choice that stymies millions of women. The authors, Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin, talked to over 100 women ( including retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor), as well as the career counselors, recruiters and employers" so that you can benefit from their experiences.
Cohen and Rabin, who are both successful Harvard educated relaunchers, offer step by step instructions on how to make the transition from stay-at-home mom to paid work less painful. They offer their own antidotes, along with other women who have made successful relaunces. So if you're looking to quell your fears and even if you aren't ready to go back as yet, this book will prepare and inspire you to make the decision that is right for you. It's like having a coach or mentor guiding you the process.
The authors give you practical, realistic information and advice to give you the confidence, build strategy and relaunch intelligently. This book doesn't get into the raging debate about stay at home versus going back. It's matter of fact about what it takes to go back if you so decide. It gives the most common reasons why women decide to return, and there's even a "Relaunch Readiness Quiz" and re-direction in case it doesn't work out.
In this compelling and complete guide and 7-step program, the practical quizzes, worksheets, resources and sample resumes will help you see things more clearly and get you back on the career track. While it is aimed at professional women who've taken time-off to raise their children and are ready to rejoin the work force, women looking for a new direction in their careers or those who are looking to find a happy balance between work and family life can benefit from Cohen and Rabin's expert advice. Long overdue.
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