Back on the Career Track : A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work

Returning to the workforce can be a daunting job for
full-time moms. It requires reigniting old contacts
(including co-workers who were once their junior),
marketing themselves strategically, and battling the
diminished self-image that plagues most women who
have been off the career track--whether it's been two,
six, or 15 years. Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian
Steir Rabin understand, because they've been there.
And as women who have successfully relaunched their
careers, they know it can be done with careful planning,
strategizing, and creativity. Now, in BACK ON
THE CAREER TRACK, they offer a prescriptive,
seven-step program that covers such topics as building
confidence, assessing career options, updating job skills,
preparing for interviews, getting the family on board,
networking, and much more.

"Finally! A smart, practical, inspiring guide for moms looking to get back to paid work--without losing their minds." --Leslie Morgan Steiner, editor of Mommy Wars and columnist, Washingtonpost.com

"This comprehensive step-by-step guide to workforce reentry should be invaluable to women seeking to relaunch their careers. Real-life examples of success stories combined with a multitude of practical advice make this book a unique resource." --Constance C. Helfat, professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College

"This guide is a wonderful and practical roadmap to 'on ramping' back into the workforce. If you're thinking about that journey, this book is the way forward!" --Anne Erni, Chief Diversity Officer, Lehman Brothers

"Candid, constructive, compelling... The authors provide realistic yet optimistic advice with examples on how to relaunch a career successfully." --W. Stanton Smith, National Director, Next Generation Initiatives/Human Resources, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

"After you have talked your girlfriends to death, bored your husband with all your plans and even, in desperation, consulted your mother-in-law, let Cohen and Rabin show you how it is done. They will help you plan the step-by-step campaign that will get you back into the job market no matter how much time you have taken off." --Lisa Endlich, author of Goldman Sachs: The Culture of Success

"A terrific compendium of the issues, trade-offs--and opportunities--that Serious Moms recommitting to Serious Professional life will encounter." --Mary Lindley Burton, president, Burton Strategies, and coauthor of In Transition: From the Harvard Business School Club of New York's Career Management Seminar

CAROL FISHMAN COHEN lives
in Newton, Massachusetts,
with her husband and four children.

VIVIAN STEIR RABIN lives
in Clifton, New Jersey,
with her husband and five children.