Going Back To Work: A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms - Softcover

Quigley, Mary W.; Kaufman, Loretta E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312313217 ISBN 13: 9780312313210

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

Synopsis

Essential information and strategies for recharging a career or starting a new one.

The most comprehensive resource for any woman thinking about taking the plunge back into the workforce.

Women who left their careers to raise children-whether just for the toddler years or until the nest is empty-face economic and emotional challenges when deciding to go back to work. Going Back to Work is a rich trove of data and ideas to ease what can be a tough transition. Quigley and Kaufman have zeroed in on strategies that succeeded for women who have gone back to work, and frame the key questions involved in making the decision. Inside this book, you'll learn how to:

--Explain that big gap on the resume
--Understand that there may be no "perfect moment" to go back and why
--Recharge an abandoned career or start anew
--Find work with flexibility
--Face family challenges when mommy's role changes
--Say no to a new boss
--Negotiate everything from salary to flextime

Based on a national survey of 1,000 women and dozens of personal interviews, Going Back to Work is the ultimate coping guide to gearing up your career.

About this title

About the Author

Mary Quigley is the author of numerous articles for national magazines, including Good Housekeeping and Newsday. She is a journalism professor at New York University and lives in New York.

Lorretta E. Kaufman has written dozens or articles for publications such as Money and Good Housekeeping, and was the New York correspondent for Live magazine for three years. She lives in Los Angeles.

Together, Quigley and Kaufman are the authors of And What Do You Do? When Women Choose to Stay Home

From Publishers Weekly

Many parents are torn, wanting to be hands-on, full-time parents but also feeling ambivalent about leaving interesting, financially lucrative careers. This handbook, by freelance journalists Quigley and Kaufman, focuses on those mothers who are returning to the workplace after time spent away: networking to find a position, negotiating salary and other benefits, starting a business from home and more. In a casual tone, the authors draw upon their own experiences as well as on those of other mothers who were interviewed or contributed anecdotes to the authors' Web site. While many of these career topics are discussed in other books, this volume offers a fresh perspective in several areas; sections on changing careers and using volunteer jobs as a way of getting a new position are particularly insightful. Furthermore, the solutions are realistic. For example, regarding reliable child care, the authors discuss the advantages of having a family member (sibling, spouse or grandmother) available for child care or emergency care. This is a solid guide that should appeal to mothers who can't or don't want to return to their previous careers.
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About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312313217
• ISBN 13: 9780312313210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292