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Results: Back To Work

Published on 05/16/2018
By: Harriet56
1925
Business
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Balancing a career and a family can be difficult especially for women, who are usually the primary caregivers. Often women (and some men) opt to stay home and raise their children, but eventually want to re-enter the workforce. And that can sometimes be difficult, especially if the gap is longer. Did you take time off from the workforce to raise your children, and if so, did you find it hard re-entering the job market?
Balancing a career and a family can be difficult especially for women, who are usually the primary caregivers. Often women (and some men) opt to stay home and raise their children, but eventually want to re-enter the workforce. And that can sometimes be difficult, especially if the gap is longer. Did you take time off from the workforce to raise your children, and if so, did you find it hard re-entering the job market?
I took only a short maternity leave
12%
228 votes
I took time off to raise my children
12%
228 votes
I was not working when I had my children
9%
179 votes
I found it hard getting back into the workforce
8%
145 votes
I found it easy getting back into the workforce
7%
131 votes
I have not tried to re-enter the workforce yet
3%
63 votes
I have no desire to re-enter the workfroce
6%
117 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
85 votes
No children so this does not apply to me
33%
628 votes
I have children but did not stop working
18%
346 votes
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The women who have the most difficulty re-entering the workforce are those who have been out of the workforce in a rapidly changing field. In the United States, within the last few years, returnships have become an increasingly popular option for women looking to brush up on skills and ease back into the work force, particularly in the startup world of Silicon Valley. Large companies such as IBM, Goldman Sachs and Deloitte all offer such back-to-work programs. These programs are nine-week-to six-month-long "test drives," which provides women with programs that help with skill retooling and finding jobs. During that time, a company evaluates a candidate, teaches relevant skills, and eventually decides whether it will offer the candidate a permanent job. It's also an opportunity for the individual to see if they like the culture, fit and pace of the company. Open to women and men who have taken time off for various reasons— from eldercare to medical leave—the programs attract mostly women who have off-ramped for childrearing. Returnships are now becoming popular in other areas of the country, and also in Canada. Do you think a returnship sounds like a good idea to get back into the job market?
The women who have the most difficulty re-entering the workforce are those who have been out of the workforce in a rapidly changing field. In the United States, within the last few years, returnships have become an increasingly popular option for women looking to brush up on skills and ease back into the work force, particularly in the startup world of Silicon Valley. Large companies such as IBM, Goldman Sachs and Deloitte all offer such back-to-work programs. These programs are nine-week-to six-month-long
Yes
20%
388 votes
In some cases, yes, but not all jobs need this type of internship
39%
747 votes
No
9%
180 votes
Not sure
32%
610 votes
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Returnships are also great for switching career paths. In fact, many successful people had a later start in the career that would eventually make them famous. How many of these career changes did you already know about?
Returnships are also great for switching career paths. In fact, many successful people had a later start in the career that would eventually make them famous. How many of these career changes did you already know about?
Julia Child worked in advertising, media, and secret intelligence before writing her first cookbook when she was 50, launching her career as a celebrity chef in 1961.
18%
344 votes
Martha Stewart was a full-time model until, as a 25-year-old mother, she found few modeling jobs coming her way. After a stint as a Wall Street stockbroker, Stewart turned her love of gourmet cooking and creative presentation into what is now Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
24%
466 votes
Michael Bloomberg left his job as CEO of financial software, data, and media company Bloomberg L.P. at 59 in 2002 to assume the role of mayor of New York City, which he held for 12 years. He has since re-assumed his role at Bloomberg as CEO.
11%
216 votes
Vera Wang was a figure skater and journalist before entering the fashion industry at age 40. Today she's one of the world's premier women's designers.
10%
194 votes
Billionaire Spanx founder Sara Blakely sold office supplies door-to-door for seven years in her 20s before her line of slimming footless pantyhose launched to success in 2000. She quit her sales job at 30 to run her company full-time.
5%
99 votes
Jeff Bezos had a lucrative career in computer science on Wall Street and took on top roles at various financial firms before transitioning to the world of e-commerce and launching Amazon at 31.
6%
114 votes
Harland Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, was 62 when he franchised Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1952, which he sold for $2 million 12 years later. Before serving up his renowned original recipe, Sanders held several odd jobs including country lawyer, gas station operator, and railroad worker.
13%
255 votes
Before launching viral new media sites Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post in his 30s, Jonah Peretti was teaching middle-schoolers how to use Microsoft Office as a computer science teacher.
2%
36 votes
Ray Kroc spent his career as a milkshake-device salesman before buying McDonald's at age 52 in 1954. He grew it into the world's biggest fast-food franchise.
10%
200 votes
Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses, began her prolific painting career at 78. In 2006, one of her paintings sold for $1.2 million. Previously, she was a housekeeper and farm laborer.
9%
170 votes
Tim and Nina Zagat were both lawyers in their late 30s when they published their first collection of restaurant reviews under the Zagat name in 1979. The brand eventually became a mark of culinary authority.
2%
42 votes
Donald Fisher was 40 and had no experience in retail when he and his wife, Doris, opened the first Gap store in San Francisco in 1969.
2%
33 votes
I knew about all of these
5%
88 votes
None
54%
1033 votes
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