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The Comeback Program with Danone North America’s Surbhi Martin
Nearly 1 million women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic in February 2020. This staggering statistic is why Surbhi Martin, Vice President of Greek Yogurt and Functional Nutrition at Danone North America, and her team have launched The Comeback Program. (read and listen)
Sonu Ratra on “Returnships” and the Value of Women
“Companies have to start thinking about why these women left and that we need to hire them back,” Ratra said. “We ask women to know their value, but companies need to clearly demonstrate that they recognize their value too. The ones that do will get ahead in impact.” (read)
This Software Company Offers Women a Path to Return to a Post-Pandemic Workplace
Freshworks, a software-as-a-service company with headquarters in San Mateo, California, and Chennai, India, recently introduced its Career Restart Program in the U.S. (read)
A Program is Helping Women Return to Work After a Career Break
A special “thank you” to David Louie of ABC7 Bay Area for visiting one of our Power Hours and sharing the amazing work the Women Back to Work team is doing. (watch)
The Challenges for Women on the Journey Back to Working
WBW Founder, Sonu Ratra, talked to Eyewitness News 3 in Connecticut about the challenges returners face when trying to reenter the workforce and the solutions to this problem. (watch)
Why Are Women Leaving Their Jobs?
After taking a career break for a few years to care for her son, Nikki Dong is grateful she is working again as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. (watch)
Returnships helping women get back into the workforce
Looking for a job is a job itself and one that can take months to get paid for. Linda Francis, a mother of two, knows how tough that search can be. She’s been looking for a job for more than a year. (read)
The Startup Getting Women Back to Work
Women Back to Work Founder, Sonu Ratra, spoke to Bloomberg about how WBW is partnering with companies to help women return to the workforce after a career break. (watch)
How Splunk is Welcoming People Returning to the Workforce
Here at Splunk, we're constantly looking at how we can improve and iterate on our programs and processes when it comes to Splunkers. A big part of that, however, is also how we invite new potential Splunkers to the door. (read)
Career Reinvention: From Family Caregiver to Tesla Engineer
This Wall Street Journal feature tells the story of WBW Returner Mimi Tran. By taking a risk to realign her professional goals with what truly excites her about life, Mimi found a way to reinvent her career during the pandemic. (watch)
Women Account for 100% of Job Loses in December: Report
What a difference a year makes. Women outnumbered men in the workforce last year, but now, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the advancements women in America have made in the workforce. (read article)
Aurora’s new DEI chief is looking to win the self-driving talent war by drawing in women who have left the workforce
One of Aurora’s key tools for finding diverse talent hinges on people who aren’t in the workforce right now but want to jump back after months or years. (read article)
Strengthening Your Business Through Diversity
Who are the employees in your organization? What are their unique perspectives and life experiences? If your company tends to hire people from a similar background you may not be getting the variety of viewpoints you need for your business to thrive and your staff to flourish. (read article)
Reporte: Pandemia afecta a las mujeres en el ámbito laboral
La pandemia golpeó el bolsillo económico de la mayoría de personas, pero para las mujeres, ha sido mucho peor. (watch)
Local Resident’s Program Helps Women Re-Enter the Workforce
For Sonu Ratra, founder of the Women Back to Work initiative, re-entering the workforce after taking a break to mother her daughter was not easy. “About 20 years ago, I took some time off of work to take care of my daughter,” the Los Altos resident said. (read article)
Women Back to Work Founder, Sonu Ratra, spoke with International Law Firm Harris Bricken about her career path, what led her to start Women Back to Work, and the benefits for companies that are engaging the Returner talent pool.
Rolling Out the Welcome (Back) Mat
Did you know that more than 2.6 million women in the U.S. hold college degrees but do not work outside the home? And 40% of American mothers have reduced their hours or taken time off for caregiving, with 27% leaving the workforce entirely. (read article)
Hot Job Market is Wooing Women Into Workforce Faster Than Men
Gaby Gemetti thought she was failing. After having a second child, she struggled to be a good mom and also a good employee. "I felt like I wasn't a good mother," she says. "I was waking up in the middle of the night thinking about, 'Oh, my presentation,' or just work in general." (read article)
Before Sonu Ratra helped build her company, Akraya, into a multinational staffing and consulting firm for Silicon Valley high-tech firms, she was a stay-at-home mom eager to get back to work. (read article)
Community Impact Individual Champion: Her Mission is to Help Women Reclaim Careers
Sonu Ratra knows firsthand the challenges women face when they return from a career break. The Akraya co-founder confronted those challenges when she left a lucrative job 17 years ago to spend time raising her daughter, Ananya. When she wanted to return to work, she hit a brick wall. (read article)
Back to Work
It's early in the morning, and Margaret Seery is standing in front of the mirror, thinking about what to wear. She has stood in this spot so many times before, but today feels different. It is different. (read article)
How Companies Like PayPal Help Women Get Back to Work After a Career Hiatus
Shashi Dokania left her finance job for four years to raise her second child, who had a medical condition, but the 36-year-old found that even with an MBA, the journey back to work wasn’t as smooth as she thought. (read article)
WorkWise: Overlooked Talent Pools
Current unemployment, at 3.9 per cent, has resulted from a labor shortage cause by multiple factors. The Conference Board in its “Global Labor Market Outlook,” explains that the retirement of workers ages 60-64 is problematic, because the pool of workers ages 15-19 is too small to replace them. (read article)