You Want To Get back In the Work Force
So did our guest, Erin Allen Gibson. She was a lawyer, raised her family, and then 10 years later she decided she wanted to return and be a lawyer again. Whether you are a lawyer, doctor, teacher, or any other profession, when you 'take a break' from the workforce for any reason, the path back to the working world can be daunting. What's more, as Erin found, the "path" back may be non-existent. Sometime when you have no path, you have to make your own!
Create Your Own Way Back to the Job That You Want
In one of my favorite movies, Murphy's Romance, the main character, Murphy, runs into his love interest, Emma, at city hall. He is paying a fine for parking his vintage car in front of his store. Emma chides Murphy, "Don't you know you can't beat city hall?" Murphy replies, "Then wrestle 'em!"
The path back to work after a break is not an easy one and sometimes you have to take Erin and Murphy's advice and "wrestle 'em" or more appropriately "create your own way to the job you want."
Paying It Forward to Help Women ad Men Find the Job They Love
Erin Allen's story and tips are encouraging, positive, and innovative. Erin is now a partner in her Pittsburgh law firm, a position she earned by creating her own way. She shares that way in this podcast episode. This episode is Erin's "paying it forward" to anyone - woman or man - who wants to return to the workforce for any reason - raising a family, taking care of a loved one, a spousal move, a health issue - for ANY reason!
You will learn:
** Skills - based volunteering and how it can help you get back to a paying career
** What to say in a interview to the hated question: "Why is there a break in your employment?" Hint: It takes just 8 words!
** What your first day back could look like?
** What to wear on your interview and the first day back?
** Why every decision is NOT a financial decision?
** How long it might take to find the Career you want.
Join us for this amazing podcast episode on Stories and Strategies for Women. Feel free to share it with anyone you know who might be looking to get back in the workforce! Erin Allen's message is positive and encouraging!
Erin's book recommendation is: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Erin Mentions the Resource: iLaunch.com
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