Though I had always thought that I would return to work as soon as my youngest was in kindergarten, I had not anticipated some of the challenges I faced in re-entry. Specifically, I struggled to find a permanent position in financial services. Part of it was down to circumstance: I had lived and worked abroad soContinueContinue reading “Fear Not! Dream Big!”
Author Archives: Kristin Becker
Setting Small Achievable Goals
As I move on from my ‘returnship’ into a permanent role, it is significantly easier than my initial return to work campaign. I have hired a coach, who is effective, and I enjoy working with. I told her my goal is to be her easiest, fastest client in getting a new job: our goals areContinueContinue reading “Setting Small Achievable Goals”
Augmenting Managerial Skills
In speaking with a friend who heads a large team in several separate locations, he mentioned that he was pleased with himself as a manager in how he had handled a certain situation in a project their team was doing and a problem they had to deal with. He said that he was happy withContinueContinue reading “Augmenting Managerial Skills”
A World of Opportunity
Opportunities come from many places. I wasn’t thinking that they would come in a car dealership? I recently got a new car. I waited until the end of the month to get a great deal… or found myself there at the end of the month because my beloved 10year old car had failed inspection? There wasContinueContinue reading “A World of Opportunity”
It’s More than The Job
I am proud to call myself a successful returner! I re-entered the full-time, paid workforce in November 2017 after looking since the beginning of that year. The position I returned to was workable with my family commitments and I was enjoying working outside the home, and of course the paycheck. But I had taken aContinueContinue reading “It’s More than The Job”
Excel for Dummies (Returners’ Edition)
As I contemplated my return to full time employment after a 5 year break, I thought about a lot of things. Most of the thoughts were positive: the things that I would enjoy doing, the additional focus on things outside my home and family, using some of my untapped intellectual skills and having some free time, wellContinueContinue reading “Excel for Dummies (Returners’ Edition)”
Back to Work Organizations … One Woman’s Experience
I had avoided ‘back to work’ type organizations and jobs because I was so (over?) confident in my ability to source opportunities and be such an outstanding candidate on my own that I ‘knew’ I wouldn’t need that help. Over the months of my job search, more than a few people, in an effort toContinueContinue reading “Back to Work Organizations … One Woman’s Experience”
‘Will you have time to do it all….?’
‘I am going back to work!’ I proudly announced to just about anyone who would listen. Many people were very supportive, my younger child was heading to kindergarten and though I had indeed devoted my focus to being a full-time mother for the prior several years, I missed the intellectual stimulation and connection with the professional world I wasContinueContinue reading “‘Will you have time to do it all….?’”
To Coach… Or… Not to Coach?
I began the return to work process in earnest in January, 2017 by hiring a career coach and a resumé writer who also customized my LinkedIn profile. The sum of these costs equaled about a week and a half of pay at the job I KNEW I would be getting, so I actually considered myself clever forContinueContinue reading “To Coach… Or… Not to Coach?”
Untacking and Stabling My High Horse…. To Stay on the Trail of Positivity
‘When are you going to get a job…?’ asked my children. A valid question, as I had been searching for many months, but, not necessarily one that I expected to hear from a 5 and a 7 year old. I had stopped working while pregnant with the 5 year old and committed to returning toContinueContinue reading “Untacking and Stabling My High Horse…. To Stay on the Trail of Positivity”
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