3,2,1 iRelaunch
375 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsiRelaunch is all about getting professionals back to work after a career break - most often childcare, but also eldercare, pursuing a personal interest, a personal health issue, extended travel, or other reasons. We also think about how other non-traditional professionals – expats repatriating, retirees “unretiring, military spouses and veterans, fit into the relauncher demographic.
iRelaunch works with employers to create, implement and expand career re-entry programs of all kinds, and we produce the largest and longest-running dedicated career re-entry event in the country - the iRelaunch Return to Work Conference. Our fast-growing national community is made up of thousands of relaunchers in all stages of returning to work. iRelaunch Chair and Co-founder Carol Fishman Cohen's TED talk “How to get back to work after a career break” has viewed more than 2.5 million times and translated into 29 languages. Join us for our award-winning podcast featuring advice, strategies and success stories on returning to work after a career break.
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EP 286: Networking Makes the Difference When Relaunching with Mary Catherine Malley, rebroadcast
April 18, 2024 18:49 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBMary Catherine Malley is Director, Assistant General Counsel for Juniper Networks. Her route to this huge role for a global, NYSE listed, multi-billion company following an 11 year career break is the topic of our conversation. A surprising conversation with a neighbor jumpstarted her relaunch, and ended up in a returnship-like role for his company. Mary Catherine details the key role networking played in her relaunch, and how attending our iRelaunch Return to Work Conference twice and the iR...
EP 286: How Networking Makes the Difference Relaunching with Mary Catherine Malley, rebroadcast
April 18, 2024 18:49 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBMary Catherine Malley is Director, Assistant General Counsel for Juniper Networks. Her route to this huge role for a global, NYSE listed, multi-billion company following an 11 year career break is the topic of our conversation. A surprising conversation with a neighbor jumpstarted her relaunch, and ended up in a returnship-like role for his company. Mary Catherine details the key role networking played in her relaunch, and how attending our iRelaunch Return to Work Conference twice and the iR...
EP 285: The Stigma of Long Term Unemployment and What to Do About It, with sociologist Ofer Sharone
April 04, 2024 19:52 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBToday we welcome Ofer Sharone, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose research focuses on career transitions, unemployment, and aspirations. His new book, The Stigma Trap: College-Educated, Experienced, and Long-Term Unemployed shows how the stigma of unemployment renders all workers, including those who are highly experienced and hold advanced degrees from elite universities, precarious and vulnerable to being trapped in long-term unemployment. Reco...
EP 284: Harnessing disruption when you least expect it, a conversation with Carol Fishman Cohen
March 08, 2024 22:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWe are pleased to present you with a special broadcast of a previously recorded interview where Carol Fishman Cohen, host of the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast, CEO & Co-founder of iRelaunch, sits on the opposite side of the podcast mic and answers questions regarding her relaunch and more on the "Disrupt Yourself Podcast" with Whitney Johnson. We hope you enjoy this insightful and inspirational conversation, and get a peak into aspects of Carol's relaunch story and her journey in founding iRelaunch.
EP 283:Relaunch success in Tech Sales after a 17-year break and nearing age 50 with Elizabeth Andrew
February 23, 2024 15:45 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBElizabeth Andrew is a top-producing technology sales executive, startup advisor, and TEDx speaker who has established herself as a leader, motivator, and role model. Elizabeth achieved career success by breaking down barriers in the San Francisco technology space at nearly 50 years old and after a 17-year career break, with no technology experience. Elizabeth has been a three-time VP of sales working for companies including Hello Sign, Dropbox, Puma, and Netomi. She is now the co-founder and...
EP 282:Top Examples of Diversity Initiatives that Work, with iRelaunch Diversity Lead Janet Peterson
February 08, 2024 18:36 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBJanet Peterson is Diversity Lead at iRelaunch, and like many on the iRelaunch team, Janet is a relauncher. Prior to her five-year career break, Janet held leadership roles in sales, marketing, and training and advocacy at Johnson & Johnson, and at Xerox Corporation. She served as board member for the American Diabetes Association and was a liaison for the National Urban League, NAACP and La Raza. Janet currently serves her community through Mocha Moms, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Wo...
EP 281: How to Brag about Yourself Without Sounding Obnoxious with Selena Rezvani, rebroadcast
January 25, 2024 15:18 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBToday's episode is a rebroadcast of an earlier podcast full of tips on how to bring your best self to the table. When Carol asks for Selena Rezvani’s best advice on how to “be a fierce self-advocate” as Selena says, and how to reach out to people to help in a job search without coming across as opportunistic, Selena explains this is all about demonstrating executive presence! Selena is a popular Leadership Speaker and Inclusion Consultant as well as a LinkedIn Learning Instructor. Her book “P...
EP 280: From a Wall Street returnship to DEI leader: a relauncher reflects, with Jennifer Andrews
January 12, 2024 19:58 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBJennifer Andrews is an equity and inclusion expert who relaunched her career in 2015 as part of Credit Suisse's Real Returns program in their second cohort. After eight and a half years at Credit Suisse, Jennifer took on a new role leading the equity and inclusion efforts globally at Guardian Life, where she is today. We speak with Jennifer about her job search and experience relaunching through a returnship, how a volunteer position with her children’s school inspired her to pursue a career ...
EP 279: Best advice compilation of 2023 - Part 2
December 21, 2023 17:25 - 32 minutes - 45 MBLooking back at the many stories we've aired over the last year, we wanted to share the best bits of advice from our incredible list of guests. Today, the great advice continues as we hear from Keita Young of FanDuel and her exciting story of reaching a senior level after her relaunch; Samantha Orlando of Lockheed Martin and her relaunch after a life-threatening illness; Chip Conley, founder of Modern Elder Academy; Jennifer Chin Schnabl of State Street Advisors; Wendy Sachs, author and talen...
EP 278: Best advice compilation of 2023 - Part 1
December 13, 2023 20:08 - 37 minutes - 52 MBLooking back at the many stories we've aired over the last year, we wanted to share the best bits of advice from our incredible list of guests. Today, we'll hear from Kerry Carter, who relaunched and had a long career at Staples before becoming CEO of non-profit Hope & Comfort; Avanti Tilak, astrophysicist turned data scientist; Shweta Sharma, who relaunched in tech after three career breaks; star comedian Zarna Garg, and her journey onto the stage; Alisha Fernandez Miranda, author of "My Wh...
EP 277: The Black Relaunchers' Perspective discussion; a Mocha Moms + iRelaunch event
November 30, 2023 20:13 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBToday, we are pleased to share an excerpt from The Black Relauncher’s Perspective Panel, a webinar hosted recently by Mocha Moms + iRelaunch. This panel highlights the professional return to work stories of four Black relaunchers, Catherine Duffy, Country Leader of Bermuda, AIG; Kuae Kelch, National President of Mocha Moms Inc.; LaBrena Settles, SVP, Program Manager, Bank of America; and Tiana Sousa, Contract Manager, Iron Bow Technologies; hosted by iRelaunch’s Diversity Lead, Janet Peterson...
EP 276: Resume advice for relaunchers, with iRelaunch resume expert Heidi Ravis
November 16, 2023 18:52 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MBToday we welcome Heidi Ravis, our iRelaunch recommended resume expert. Heidi has over 30 years experience working with relaunchers in a wide range of industries and situations. She's a relauncher herself and has a first-hand understanding of relauncher résumé challenges. In this episode, we speak with Heidi about her career journey, and get her best resume recommendations. Listening to this episode is a must if you’re struggling with framing your resume for career reentry programs and tr...
EP 275: From infrastructure consulting to public finance investment banking, with Ying Chen Axt
November 03, 2023 01:12 - 44 minutes - 61.9 MBYing Chen Axt spent six years as an Infrastructure project finance consultant before taking a nine year career break. While on career break, working around her child’s schedule, she studied for and passed the three rigorous and notoriously difficult Chartered Financial Analyst exams to gain the highly regarded CFA credential. “It turned out the experience of studying for the CFA was instrumental: it not only helped me sharpen my technical skills, but also built my confidence and networks in ...
EP 274: Strategies for a successful HR relaunch and the important role of SHRM, with Christine Fay
October 19, 2023 18:46 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBChristine Fay is the Human Resources Manager at Grenova, a biotechnology start-up focused on waste reduction solutions. A human resources professional with extensive experience in human capital consulting across a variety of sectors, from Fortune 500 companies to federal government agencies, Christine relaunched her HR career after a seven-year career break. Christine serves as the Director of Learning Events and on the Board of Directors of the Richmond, Virginia chapter of the Society for H...
EP 273: Negative Self-Talk and the Job Search with Steven Campbell, rebroadcast
October 05, 2023 20:48 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBAuthor, Speaker, Educator and Coach Steven Campbell joins Carol to discuss the power of the brain and how destructive negative self-talk can be, especially during a prolonged job search. Steven points out “your brain believes everything that you tell it” and having a more positive discussion with your brain can change your life. He will also discuss how his personal experience changing a negative narrative into a positive one led to the work he’s doing today. This is a rebroadcast of a previo...
EP 272: Relaunching as a business systems analyst in academia with Priya Venkatesan
September 21, 2023 19:34 - 40 minutes - 56 MBPriya Venkatesan works as a Business Systems Analyst at University of California, Davis. She relaunched into her position with UC Davis after a 16 year career break. Her relaunch involved many job applications, interviews and rejections before she ultimately found success. She became a certified Scrum Master during her career break, and since she's been back at work, she has achieved her Lean Six Sigma white, yellow, and green belts. Priya calls attending the iRelaunch Return to Work conf...
EP 271: Angel investor diversity and inclusive access to capital with Jill Johnson
September 08, 2023 18:37 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBJill Johnson is the co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), based in Newark, New Jersey. IFEL is an independent nonprofit organization that supports economic development through entrepreneurship. IFEL recently acquired Pipeline Angels, founded by Natalia Oberti Noguera, who is a member of the iRelaunch Advisory Board. As a 30 year champion for black businesses, Jill is a pioneering voice for inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems and access to capital. She's ...
EP 270: Career pivots and relaunches with producer, director, author and speaker Wendy Sachs
August 24, 2023 21:27 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBToday we welcome Wendy Sachs, a seasoned communications executive and creative storyteller. Wendy has spent more than two decades in media as a journalist, Capitol Hill Press secretary, Emmy Award-winning TV producer, Forbes columnist, author, film director, and digital editor in chief. Additionally, Wendy is a frequent keynote speaker giving talks about growing confidence, embracing failure, engineering serendipity and taking risks. In today's episode, we speak with Wendy and her career pivo...
EP 269: An unusual decision and a successful relaunch in finance, with Jennifer Chin Schnabl
August 10, 2023 20:02 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBToday we welcome Jennifer Chin Schnabl, who relaunched her finance career four years ago. Jennifer is currently a Vice President in the Capital Markets group at State Street Global Advisors, where she is responsible for managing and developing relationships and strategic initiatives with top tier investment banks and liquidity providers. In today’s episode, we speak with Jennifer about her return to work journey, and her unusual decision to plan for her career break by attending an iRelaunch ...
EP 268: MEA's mission to reframe aging and midlife, with founder Chip Conley
July 27, 2023 19:25 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBChip Conley, co-founder of MEA (Modern Elder Academy), started his professional career disrupting the hospitality industry twice, first, as the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, the second largest operator of boutique hotels in the world, and then as Airbnb's head of Global Hospitality and Strategy leading a worldwide revolution in travel. Chip co-founded MEA in January, 2018. Dedicated to reframing the concept of aging, MEA supports students to navigate midlife with a renewed sense of pu...
EP 267: Relaunching an Engineering career after a life-threatening illness, with Samantha Orlando
July 13, 2023 18:46 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBSamantha Orlando is Senior Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin. Samantha, who has a bachelor's degree in ocean engineering from Florida Atlantic University started her career in 2003 as a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, where she built underwater vehicles. A decade later, Samantha resigned for medical reasons. In March, 2021, Samantha resumed her engineering career by returning to Lockheed Martin through their career reentry program, Chapter Next. We don't often have the opportunity to s...
EP 266: Reaching Senior Level Management after Relaunch: Keita Young's Exciting Career Path
June 29, 2023 18:09 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBKeita Young is an attorney who is currently Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at FanDuel. After practicing employment law earlier in her career, Keita took an 11-year career break from the legal profession. During that time she was an entrepreneur - owning a children’s specialty boutique and eventually relaunched her legal career through JPMorgan Chase’s ReEntry Program. She was selected for the inaugural 2014 Legal ReEntry cohort and over the next 8 and 1/2 years, Keita rose in seniority...
EP 265: UK's Daphne Jackson Trust leader helps over 480 relaunchers in research, with Katie Perry
June 15, 2023 16:34 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBKatie Perry is the Chief Executive of the Daphne Jackson Trust, which under her leadership has become the UK’s leading organization dedicated to helping returners relaunch their research careers. Katie is a physicist with a background in science communication. She holds a doctorate degree in Physics from the University of Surrey, where she worked with the Trust's namesake and the first female physics professor in the UK, Professor Daphne Jackson. In 2022, Katie was awarded an honorary degree ...
EP 264:Electrical engineer relaunched her career 4 years ago and is going strong with Tcheula Lienou
June 01, 2023 19:19 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBTcheula Lienou, a Senior Controls Hardware Engineer with Trane Technologies took a ten-year career break to raise her three children before relaunching her career in 2019. Tcheula participated in the inaugural cohort of Ingersoll Rand’s ReLaunch career reentry program, which is now run by Trane Technologies following a 2020 corporate restructuring. Her focus is in new product development, life cycle engineering, quality and supply chain. We will speak with Tcheula about her career path, caree...
EP 263:Relaunchers in Senior Roles: How Carmen Park Rose Through the Ranks after an 8yr Career Break
May 18, 2023 14:49 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBCarmen Park is a technical leader with experience in the automotive, electronics, telecom, semiconductor, defense, and medical device industries. She is a senior manager at Johnson & Johnson and is pursuing a master’s degree in data analytics at Penn State University. Carmen returned to a technical role after an 8-year career break. Listen in as she describes the key role her husband had in supporting her before and during her relaunch, and how her involvement in the Society of Women Engineer...
EP 262: Keeping your Contacts over an 8 Year Break and Relaunching in Public Service with Jana Toner
May 04, 2023 19:19 - 33 minutes - 46.8 MBToday we welcome Jana Toner, Senior Vice President with American Corporate Partners, which is dedicated to assisting US veterans and active-duty military spouses in finding rewarding careers. Based in Washington DC, Jana has over 20 years’ experience in the private and public sectors, including working in two White House administrations. She took an eight-year career break to care for her children. In this episode, we speak with Jana about what steps she did during her relaunch to keep her “t...
EP 261: Redefining Career Paths in Terms of Life Stage, not Age, with Susan Golden
April 20, 2023 13:50 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBSusan Golden is the director of DCIX at the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI), and a lecturer and adjunct professor at Stanford University. She leads the DCIX Longevity Innovation Special Interest Group focused on creating innovations and new business opportunities for longevity and healthy aging, and she serves as a lead mentor to the Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator. Susan is also the author of Stage Not Age, How to Understand and Serve People Over 60, which focuses on...
EP 260:Taking a Break from a Prolonged Job Search Led to Getting Hired, with Amy Miller, rebroadcast
April 06, 2023 15:57 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBAmy Miller is a PR and communications expert who wrote to us a few months ago after relaunching her career following an eight year career break and a three year effort to relaunch. Despite doing all of the recommended steps to find a new job, she only got a couple of phone interviews and got to the point where she became so demoralized that she had to stop because she was becoming depressed. Things changed when Amy took a break from her job search, updated her skills, and made the decision to...
EP 259: My What If Year Author Alisha Fernandez Miranda Explores Careers thru 4 Internships
March 24, 2023 14:46 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBAlisha Fernandez Miranda is the author of My What If Year. Detailing her year of unpaid internships, the book follows Alisha on her quest to figure out what might have happened if her life had taken a different path. Alisha is also the host of Quit Your Day Job, a new podcast that takes listeners behind the scenes of her guests' dream jobs. Alisha is a Cuban-American, born and raised in Miami who has spent her adult life in New York and London. She is currently based in Scotland. Alisha is ...
EP 258: How One Couple Managed Their "Dual Relaunch," with Corey & LaBrena Settles
March 09, 2023 19:35 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBToday we are airing the audio version of our previously released video interview with Corey and LaBrena Settles, both military veterans who later relaunched their careers within a five year period; Corey after a 2 year career break for eldercare reasons and LaBrena after a 17-year career break focused primarily on childcare. We discuss how Corey and LaBrena coordinated the timing of their relaunches, what kinds of conversations they had leading up to their double relaunch, how it actually pl...
EP 257: Zarna Garg's Spectacular Relaunch from SAHM to Stand-Up Comedy and Social Media Star
February 23, 2023 20:52 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MB"She could make anyone laugh and I wanted her to be paid for it. 'Mom, have you ever thought about being a stand-up comedian?' As she began dreaming of a comedy career, the reality of her current life as a stay-at-home mom sank in. She began to cry and told me it was too late for her. I could not bear to watch her struggle between ambition and doubt," wrote Zoya Garg, Zarna's daughter. Zarna Garg, an Indian immigrant, started her career as a lawyer and then spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mo...
EP 256: Relaunching in Tech in the US and India after Three Career Breaks, with Shweta Sharma
February 09, 2023 21:23 - 41 minutes - 57 MBHow does a technical professional prepare for relaunching her career in technical roles after career breaks of different lengths and in two countries? What kind of updating is required? How does the job search work? Did it get any easier after each career break? Did the strategies change? A strong proponent for the benefits relaunchers can bring to an organization, and as part of her commitment to “paying it forward,” Shweta Sharma gives us the answers from her first hand experience. Shweta...
EP 255: How an Astrophysicist Career-transitioned and Relaunched in Data Science with Avanti Tilak
January 27, 2023 03:45 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBAvanti Tilak's career transition and relaunch from astrophysics and academia to corporate data science was a triumph after a long, frustrating period of setbacks. Avanti explains how she updated her skills, which freelance roles contributed to her progress, how she dealt with repeated rejection, and what ultimately led to her successful relaunch into the corporate world via IBM's Tech Re-Entry program. Two and a half years later, she was part of a layoff from IBM during the pandemic. This mea...
EP 254: From Corporate Relaunch to Senior Executive Leadership to a NonProfit CEO with Kerry Carter
January 13, 2023 02:52 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBAfter her relaunch and subsequent rise to senior executive leadership roles in the distribution and logistics industry, Kerry Carter made the leap to the nonprofit world, taking on the role of CEO of Hope & Comfort. Hope & Comfort provides basic hygiene products to tens of thousands of adults in need in Massachusetts such as deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo. Before her current role, Kerry led a national same-day specialty logistics company focused on the medical and life sciences industry and h...
EP 253: "Best Advice for Relaunchers" Holiday 2022 Compilation
December 29, 2022 17:29 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBHear the “Best Piece of Advice” from select episodes of “3,2,1 iRelaunch,” Samantha Kranyak shares what gave her the confidence to relaunch after divorce and becoming a single parent; Arlene Willis successfully relaunched into the transportation industry; Rabbi Suzanne Offit offers encouragement from her relaunch in the clergy; Krystal Shorts shares how she returned to work through an internship in civil engineering as a military spouse; Caytha Jentis put her career in the entertainment indus...
EP 252: "Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books," a Relaunch Success Story, with Zibby Owens
December 15, 2022 16:54 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBZibby Owens is an author, podcaster, publisher, CEO, and mother of four. Writing has been her passion since she was a child. During her 11 year career break to take care of her children, she continued writing and ultimately began a podcast called Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. The popularity of her podcast subsequently led to the creation of her own publishing and media entity, Zibby Owens Media, which is disrupting the publishing industry. In our conversation with Zibby, originally re...
EP 251: Powerful Language and Its Effect When You’re Relaunching with Julie Holunga, rebroadcast
December 01, 2022 19:56 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBHow can relaunchers ensure they are making the best impression while networking, at a professional conference, and even in an interview? Today’s episode is a rebroadcast of an earlier episode with guest, Julie Holunga, executive coach and founder of Chinook Executive Solutions. Julie asserts that relaunchers should be deliberate about the words they use – presenting themselves with confidence and thereby projecting confidence about themselves onto others. Noting mirror-neuron studies that sug...
EP 250: How I Relaunched after Years of Trying, and Where I am Today, with Amanda Liu
November 17, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBAmanda Drake Liu is currently Senior Director, Data Analytics, for ADP. She took a 14-year career break before relaunching as part of MetLife’s Act2 Program in 2014, to which she connected with through iRelaunch’s Return to Work Conference. Amanda got in touch with us last year because she was interested in hiring a relauncher to work for her! We discuss Amanda’s relaunch journey, how the first few years she tried to reenter the workforce were unsuccessful and what made the difference in fin...
EP 249: Big Career Pivots: From Professional Dancer to Professional Chef with Steve Konopelski
November 03, 2022 17:36 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBToday we welcome Chef Steve Konopelski, a Broadway dancer turned pastry chef who is Chef Instructor with the prestigious Auguste Escoffier Culinary Institute. Steve explains how he successfully navigated his extreme career transition; starting with how he thought of his new career goal in the first place, to how he proceeded to reach that goal step by step. As always, we get into the important details! As different as professional dancer and pastry chef careers seem, Steve reveals how they...
EP 248: Relaunch + Career Shift: Investor Relations to Hospital Administration, with Wendy Schlatner
October 13, 2022 17:08 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBWendy Schlatner’s career started in investment banking and investment relations. She took a 16-year career break and then made a career transition when she relaunched in medical practice management. Her interest in the new field was piqued after spending several summers running the health office at her kids’ sleepaway camp. In this episode, which is part of our “Relaunching in Medicine” mini-series, we will hear from Wendy about how she navigated her career shift and progressed in her post-r...
EP 247: Discussing their new book How to Leave the Law, with co-authors Liz Brown & Amy Impellizzeri
September 29, 2022 18:48 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBLiz Brown, a lawyer turned business professor, and Amy Impellizzeri, litigator turned novelist, are the co-authors of How to Leave the Law, a guidebook for lawyers considering a career change, that was released September 6, 2022. Listen in as we speak with Liz and Amy about their individual career paths, their new book and the many examples of career pivots it features, plus strategies for career transition that are relevant for non-lawyers too.
EP 246: Returning to the Legal Profession After a 12 Year Career Break, with Kendra Johnson
September 15, 2022 18:48 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBKendra Johnson is currently Senior Counsel/Manager, Management Liability Claims at the global insurance giant, Markel Corporation. Kendra had been out of the legal profession for over 12 years when she attended our Spring 2019 iRelaunch Return to Work Conference in metro Chicago, at a pre-Pandemic time when our conferences were in person! Shortly after attending, she was hired at Markel handling management liability claims. Now at Markel for over three years, Kendra has been promoted twice, a...
EP 245: Returning to Work as a Salesforce Administrator, with Supermums Founder Heather Black
September 01, 2022 14:56 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBHeather Black is founder and CEO of Supermums, an organization that trains relaunchers and others to be Salesforce administrators. In 2010, Heather became an “accidental” Salesforce administrator for her non-profit, helping to establish their customer relationship management system (CRM). She loved it so much that two years later she decided to upskill as a Salesforce Consultant and help other non-profits do the same. She realized her career path could work for other mothers, so she launched...
EP 244: The Mental and Emotional Journey of a Career Break and Ultimate Relaunch with Steve Deeble
August 19, 2022 15:03 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBSteve Deeble is a Senior Technical Writer at Gurucul, a global cybersecurity company protecting data and information from insider threats and external cyberattacks. He has taken career breaks to care for his father following a stroke, and to transition back to a technical career after 12 years as a video producer. He found himself competing with younger professionals and had to fight the perception he was technologically obsolete. Steve recounts the mental and emotional journey of his prolon...
EP 243: Relaunching at Lockheed Martin after a 20 year Career Break, with Jennifer Tufillaro
August 04, 2022 17:59 - 29 minutes - 40 MBJennifer Tufillaro is a Control Account Manager for the Radar Systems Engineering Group at Lockheed Martin. She initially joined Lockheed Martin after receiving her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University, and subsequently took a 20-year career break for childcare reasons. Jennifer returned to Lockheed Martin when she relaunched her career through Lockheed’s Chapter Next program, which she found through iRelaunch, and now works in a part-time engineering role. I...
EP 242: The Career Journey from Military Spouse to Strategy Consultant, with Monique Garcia Rizer
July 21, 2022 17:26 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBMonique Garcia Rizer was a military spouse for 13 years to a reserve service member. She relaunched twice, first after her partner's deployment, and second, after a major life transition. Monique currently serves as Vice President of Freedman Consulting, a consulting firm focused on strategic planning and policy development for non-profits, foundations and advocacy organizations. She has served in leadership and executive roles for direct service nonprofits, coalitions, and policy advocacy or...
EP 241: How Persistence and Risk-taking led to a Partner Role in Silicon Valley, with Anita Rehman
July 07, 2022 16:10 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBAnita Rehman is a Partner at GSV in Silicon Valley who took a 2-year career break. Her experience encompasses roles as an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor to global companies in the Technology sector. Prior to GSV, Anita was an investment professional at Vantage Point Capital Partners where she invested in early to growth stage technology companies across the Consumer, Enterprise and Energy sectors. In addition, Anita is the founder of a vertically integrated plus size womenswear retail st...
EP 240: Financial Decision Making When Reentering the Workforce, with Lazetta Rainey Braxton
June 23, 2022 15:14 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBLazetta Rainey Braxton is the co-CEO of 2050 Wealth Partners, a financial planning firm. She is also the Founder and CEO of Lazetta and Associates, a consulting practice that helps financial services firms create culturally aware and hospitable workplace environments. Today we are focusing on financial decision making when returning to work after a career break. Relaunching can impact Social Security benefits, tax brackets, budgeting and more. If a spouse or partner is involved, money-relate...
EP 239: The Unexpected Path from Corporate to Becoming a Chocolate Sommelier, with Estelle Tracy
June 09, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBIn 2015, Estelle, a French native, resigned from a career in proposal development at an ERP software company to meet the demands of mothering a child with special needs and a new baby. Shortly after, she turned published a food survival guide for French people in the US. Next, she challenged herself to review 37 chocolate bars in honor of her 37th birthday that Halloween. Estelle is now an award-winning food writer and chocolate sommelier. In this episode, we talk to Estelle about her journ...
EP 238: Relaunching after Challenging Life Events and Transitions with Kimberly Frost
May 26, 2022 17:17 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBKimberly Frost is the Director of Public Sector Growth at Britton Industries, a circular eco solutions company, where she manages recycling initiatives throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, tapping into her passion for creative repurposing and sustainable materials management strategies. Following a relocation and birth of her son, Kim took a career break to adapt to her new circumstances. She was diagnosed with postpartum depression, had a passive investment morph into her running a busin...