Women Back to Work/Cisco Returnship Kick-off: A Returner’s Perspective
It’s been a busy quarter for the Women Back to Work team. We’ve been focused on implementing our Full Service Returnship at Cisco. The WBW Returnship is one of the most comprehensive and effective ways to engage talented women looking to return to the workforce.
In just a few weeks, a phenomenal group of returners with a background in Project/Program Management and Software Engineering will start their 16-week paid ‘Returnship’ at Cisco systems. These career hopefuls will spend their Returnship immersed in Cisco culture, working with seasoned employees, and learning the latest tools and platforms, all while being mentored by Cisco’s leadership.
How to Dress for an Interview: 5 WBW Tips
Preparing for a job interview after a hiatus from work is stressful. You need to have answers ready for all possible questions that might be posed to you. You need to make sure your resume is up to date and formatted correctly. And you need to look your professional best as well.
Women Back to Work Success Story: Anusha Ragothama Rao
At WBW we see many women come through our doors every week, each one with varying levels of work experience, and different reasons behind their hiatus. The thread of commonality that connects them all is their keen desire to get back to work. One such WBW is Anusha Ragothama Rao, with whom we connected in latter half of 2018.
Stay at Home Mom Resume Examples and Tips
As a stay-at-home mom, you’ve been dedicated to raising your children and tending to the needs of your family, and you’ve mastered the art of juggling multiple responsibilities. Now it’s time to bring that experience to the workplace.
6 Tips for Moms Returning to Work After Having a Baby
Taking a break from work to have a child can be a mixed bag of emotions for most women. On one hand, having a baby is an exciting time for anyone. But taking a significant amount of time off from work can be worrisome. Will your job be there when you are ready to return? If not, will you be able to find a new job with a gap in your resume? How will you strike a balance between being productive at work and caring for your family? Will you be able to contribute at work in the same way as before? While the process is never easy, the WBW returnees we talked to told us there are some things you can do to master the art of balancing a successful career and life at home as a mom.
Women Back to Work - A Special Guest at the Evanta CIO Executive Summit
The purpose of Women Back to Work (WBW) is to create systemic pathways for the re-entry of women into the workplace.
Last week, in line with our purpose, WBW took a group of returnees to the Evanta CIO Executive Summit at San Francisco. Evanta, a Gartner company, fosters leadership development and collaborative exchange among top C-level executives through their world-class leadership and networking events – CIO Executive Summit being one of them.
5 Reasons Why You Should Network as a Returnee
Whatever the economic climate happens to be, landing a new job is always challenging, especially if you are a woman returning to the workforce after a hiatus. Searching through job openings, competing against currently employed candidates, and preparing for interviews can feel overwhelming. And you know it’s the same thing that everyone else is doing. So what can you do that will give you an advantage? Something that other job seekers aren’t likely to be doing? How do you give yourself a leg-up in your job search?
5 Tips for Returnees on Using Social Media for a Job Search
We often forget how pervasive social media is. The first thing many of us do when we wake in the morning is check our phones for messages or calls. We then move on to our social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Social media is so seamlessly integrated into our lives that we rarely notice how many times a day we check our accounts. Statistics show that the average person spends close to 135 minutes on social media every day, and cumulatively, a whopping five years of their lives! That’s a lot!
Women Back to Work Success Story: Chinmayi Vembar
At Women Back to Work, we encounter hundreds of women, all with their unique story and set of experiences. We are incredibly fortunate to be in the position to help and make an impact on the lives of the women with whom we cross paths; and when we have a success story, we celebrate it! Read below about one such story- Chinmayi Vembar- who found WBW in 2017…
Interviewing Do's and Dont's for Women Returnees
So, you’ve made up your mind to look for new job after a break of 1 year, 2 years, 5 years... whatever the case may be. Maybe your child has outgrown their terrible twos and is now, thankfully, ready to go to school. Or your duties of taking care of an ailing loved one are no longer needed and you are ready to get back into the workforce.