How to get back to work after a career break | Carol Fishman Cohen
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2016
- If you've taken a career break and are now looking to return to the workforce, would you consider taking an internship? Career reentry expert Carol Fishman Cohen thinks you should. In this talk, hear about Cohen's own experience as a 40-year-old intern, her work championing the success of "relaunchers" and how employers are changing how they engage with return-to-work talent.
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As someone who is hesitant to return to work after taking some time off I really needed to hear this. thank you!!
Same. I’m returning to work after two years of getting into a car accident going home from my last job. It’s so intimidating.
Big companies in the developing nations should consider this as well, break from career could be due to various reasons and if the person is returning to work, it only means that he/she has come out as a stronger individual with better EQ & IQ and against all odds. I enjoyed watching every bit of this talk. Thank you.
only if employers think the same way... but also i guess competition is strong. I mean if two people have about the same resume and education, and one has a career break, the employer is sure to favor the one without. So... it's understandable and frustrating at the same time.
I guess it's pretty randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to stream newly released movies online ?
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@Jay Robert Yup, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself :D
@Jay Robert Thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!!
I am returning to work after caring for my elderly grandmother and mother. I refuse to give up.
Hope things are working out fine for you. Add oil!
This was SUPER encouraging. As a woman who has been out of the field for 7 years and looking at re-entry strategies, this was incredibly helpful. Thank you!
This was very encouraging for me! I am re entering the workforce after 18 years as a mom. Carol's talk comforted me and made me realize there are many of us that have solid, marketable skills but we need to rethink how we look at ourselves. Thank you Carol! Barbara D.
I've personally been on a 3 year hiatus from the workforce. I was dealing with a lot of personal issues that hindered me from doing anything with a clear head. I actually JUST got back into it as a intern in fact. Interesting to see this video at this time in my life. Stay up yall. Nothing is permanent.
Coming up on this part of my life. 32 with a 6 year break for medical reasons.
How did you get on Robert? Wishing you all the best
I’ve been in career break for about 7 years (maternity leave). And started to plan the ways I could get what I want. I got TESOL (from ASU), won a scholarship (fully granted) Ph.D in management studies. I still have loads of things/obstacles/hardships cuz I m out of my comfort zone I had. Morally draining,at times frustrating,but believing in myself. It is really hard to manage your family life and research studies (due to high demands)
A change in career path meant a 5 year absence from full time work. Ive earned a second degree in a field far removed from my original education... and while I look forward to a 3 month placement, I'm not looking forward to the corporate wall I hit trying to get back in. Old, traditional, conservative managers and executive are still breathing and choking the life from the new face of the work force. So... I hope more companies see this and learn from it.
Been a house wife since 1996. Just now trying to get back into a job. That's 20 years. It's a bit more than a 'break.' lol
Same here. LOL!
Just listened to Carol's Ted talk and read ur comment. looks like it was 9 months ago when you wrote this. How's it going? Barbara D.
wow! Have you found a job yet?
Good luck in your endeavor!
Same with my mom. I don't know what to do
I'm still not over my mountain but i really needed to hear this. thank you carol!
I quit my software job to write as it has been my passion since I was 7. I am 25 now. I spent the last 17 months in the process with no results. My writing is not going well. Some really depressing things happened over the last year and hindered my writing even more. I went through depression, took therapy, experienced anxiety, and felt out of place almost every day. But I am still pursuing my writing. I have set up a deadline for myself and if my writing isn't over by the deadline, I am planning to apply for software jobs again. Trying to keep it together despite constant self-doubts and fear of failure. I never thought I would be this demotivated to post on a UA-cam video for reassurance. Any other writer who could relate to me? Any comment is appreciated.
Your plan is realistic, keep at it.
Keep going! You sound like you’re passionate and that always gets results, just keep yourself realistic and keep planning ahead. Find a local group to join for inspiration and networking. You got this!
I am currently on a career break and its been 1.5 years only. Reason behind was deceased family member and additional single motherhood responsibilities. I am unboxing myself to new skills and talents now. Cant wait to enter the workforce after covid. This is indeed a fantastic you tube and i recommend to every women across the globe to watch it! It is so true. Thanks
Very inspiring, Requesting all the employer to understand women are capable of handling both personal life and career. Parenting is a major part in building a society. So giving them the time required is responsibility for everyone in the society. Because of the fear of unemployment many are struggling.
What a great society you're in when you can have a career break for 5 years and not die.
+BruceKarrde Thanks welfare state!
+BruceKarrde Others are working for you from 3,000km away.
There are greater problems than dying.
You mean you're surprised minimum wage is high enough for people to not die? Or disability for those that had a break due to disability???
@@boredathome206 are you serious?
stupid system, entrepreneurs dying of hunger while people have to beg a company for internships, ridiculous.
Excellent talk. I am in search of a job after my career break. Thanks, Carol Fishman Cohen.
I haven’t had a job in so long , and the thought of a job interview freaks me out ..
Loved it. Dealing with that at the moment.
Career break lmao. I've been on a career break since I graduated college last year...meaning I can't find a job:(
+Mark Sohan So your career is sitting in a classroom?
padraigsd No I graduated. I sitting at home with no work.
+Mark Sohan What did you study ?
ルパート・さん Criminology. I live in NY where a lot of jobs are supposed to be available. But, the job market sucks everywhere.
+Mark Sohan 1 year is nothing - I have a 4 year degree in construction and have not been able secure a job in 3 years since I graduated
Lol I love that you added the pics from your sahm days! I totally relate to that!!!
Thank you the break. It has permanently scarred me and messed with my mental health.
Beginning work next week after leaving to raise my children. It's been 17 years and I'm anxious but excited .
Thank You Carol, this is helping me recraft my approach.
love this very reassuring and inspiring
Awesome! Thanks so much for the wealth of informations.❤️👍🏽
Scary concept for me. I don't want to ask the emperor for my old job back. Good luck to everyone in this situation. It's tough right now.
I have been care giving my mother since 2014.
My mother is close now to crossing over the veil to met up with our father
It will be a celebration if a life well lived despite her pain over the years
She is still with us and we hope she has comfort and family to enjoy her final days weeks etc
I’m planning to return I work professionally as I move through my grief that will come as I miss my mothers presence here in this mortal coil
I can’t wait to get back to work
I’m 56 and I’m a big picture thought innovation blessing for any team in my field …
I’m ready mum … I love you.
It’s time.
Creator guide us well together.
❤
Thank you for this video.
I thought it gonna be deep ted talk. But she said simple things I've already known.
Well said.
Thank you so very much!
I took a 2 year break in my early 30s.. mini retirement..it was worth it ..
but i'm 27 with a 3 year "career break"
"Videogame beta-tester". Works everytime.
Lesbian
Are you me? Since you said this two years ago, I hope all's well now.
Damn! I'm now 26 with 3 year career break :/
33 yo and 4 year "career break"
Simply amazing and such great information!!!
Before I watch this video, I am struggling to find the ambition to return to work because I know my entire life requires complete change. Thanks to the pandemic I have complete faith that I will get the opportunity.
If you don't have a network, then this information won't help.
i've taken almost 2 years off. don't think that's too much
wow excellent, Thanks
i appreciate that there is a discussion, but middle aged people cannot work for free or below minimum wage for an internship. and from my experience, a lot of people just exploit interns and fire them before they get to expensive.
Thank you
brilliant talk! very inspiring
+Sonia Khatri YOU DIDNT EVEN WATCH IT THOUGH
+mic9check I did and it takes a lot to go back to interning when you've worked all your life. This woman is not only confident but she's motivated. Too bad you weren't here to watch me listening to this Ted talk.
Sonia Khatri LOOK BEHIND YOU
+mic9check oh shut up
This video make me encourge :)
Anyone else watching this before going back to work after covid lol
But how do I start a career after a long break when I didn’t get a career started before? I have no recent references, old degrees, and old minimal job experiences that is unrelated to what I’m applying for?
Is my only option to go back to school?
I have almost the same problem... only 2 years of experience as accountant in BPO then started family and till now (almost 6 years! :o) without any other job experience :( I have to look for some re-entry programs here in Warsaw..
@@olkadbska5750 2 years are also not bad,at least something. You can start by taking the course to get professional certificate to prove your abilities (of course u should and need to want to work hard and hone your skills). Then will gradually start your career path over.
Oh my god, I can't even bare the thought of being surrounded by other people and having to fulfill expectations and responsibilities. All this while knowing my precious time of life is being wasted by incredibly trivial tasks and the years passing much faster than without work.
You might have bipolar tendencies. I am diagnosed bipolar and this is the exact same line of thinking that caused me so much heartache. Try to find a career you want to enter, that way everyday working will be meaningful since it's one day closer to your next career goal
I'm not looking forward to my alarm goin off at 6!!! Sweet dreams sarks 😚😚😚
Now I have to start over.
Will probably be a 20 year break for me. It’s more like a second life for me. The end of one phase and onto the next.
interesting talk,
Why can't I find any information about people who need to return to the workforce without having had a highly focused and successful career beforehand? I have been at home raising my kids for nearly 9 years and the jobs I had before were minimum wage and part time so that I could also finish my degree. I have never had a job in what I got my degree in and the jobs I had while finishing school were ones any high school kid could get and frankly ones I'd never want to return to. Every UA-cam video and article I find about "relaunchers" refer to highly focused career professionals, like social workers, Wall Street people and freaking rocket scientists. Many of us are not in that category-- not even close. I was in my 20s when I married and made the decision to have and raise children at home before tackling a career. Where can I find information and guidance for people like me? I'm not a lawyer, account, neuroscientist etc., etc.-- I worked at the YMCA while I completed a degree in English and I've taken care of my family for almost a decade. I return to the workforce in 5 months. I am fully prepared for entry level employment but it would be great to find resources reaching out to my specific demographic. There are a lot of us out there.
Ash P I will probably be in that position in a few years and I’m really afraid. I don’t really have a career now bc of some mishaps in life. Now I’m married and pregnant. Finishing degrees and working is going to be even harder now until the kids are in schools. And at that time I don’t know how I will do it....
I wish there was something like that out there. I am in the same situation right now. It is such a roller coaster.
I wish to rejoin my former company after a break of 6 years, however they are offering me a lower designation(Executive)than I had with them previously(Senior Executive). Should I accept it? How do I negotiate for the same designation and salary ?
I would take it and rebuild from there. Glad they’re offering that to you.
This is going to be my story
I wish I made enough to even take a one month break. A career break for me is just plain ole homelessness.
+Jonathan Green I think she's referring to a state of unemployment in-between-jobs in general, whether by choice or by circumstance.An all-encompassing "How to get back into the workforce if you've been out of the loop" so to speak.In which case I'm assuming the term "break" is being used here since taking a break sounds like a thing that you don't need to be ashamed of, and is something that people should be able to do in any sane environment.
Whereas for some unholy reason society tends to treat the word "jobless" as some sort of symbol of willing laziness and thus therefore a sin, while said stigma tends to make people beat themselves up for not having a job more than they're already doing.Buuuut I might just be trying to find a silver lining here. Tbh the video's word choices and tone DOES sound like some sort of cheap, stuck-up, feel-good motivational speech coming from a successful upper middle class person out of touch with reality
That having been said, I'm sorry to hear you're in such a bad situation. Hope things get better for you.
I agree. Honestly, this is a very first-world-problemy video.
+Jonathan Green It depends whether you have a family to feed, I guess. I have a friend who is the main breadwinner and his siblings are not helping out. I feel they have exploited him and have told him that he has to stand up for himself but I don't think he would cos of traditional family values.
+Krowel Yrelle 'first world problems' are problems nonetheless. That phrase is silly.
It's just an arrogant excuse to downplay others' struggles instead of helping them out.
"They remember you as you were."
Probably less so in our current social media climate.
I am 45 an have never had a career, education and past jobs and odd jobs. How does one get a career at 45?
When did Dr Melfi take this career break? Was this before or after she guided a major crime boss?
EXCELLENT TALK!! Thank you!!!
This gives me hope I have a 10 plus gap.
I have 10 years gap. Started to look for job now.
I'm a chemist looking for a job after 5 year career break
Unemployment rates for 50-year-olds and up are the highest of any age bracket.
lol maybe because they're fuckin retired?
No, it's because people don't want to hire them. My mom is in her 50s and is dealing with age discrimination. I wish she could retire.
I'm on a career break of 4 years... after high school I didn't got into medical school (although I did get into dental school but I had my head high in sky so I didn't take it and I decided to take a year off and then another year and then another) I regret taking too many breaks 'cause it's getting boring for me to do the same thing again and again. I could've graduated today but 'cause of my over ambitious mentality I'm behind my peers;
+SamVikings Dreams and ideas that are not acted upon are just dreams and ideas.
+llgla or people making assumptions without knowing the whole story are judgemental people
SamVikings
The ability to judge is a survival tactic. Everyone judges whether something is worth their effort or time everyday. Those who seem they aren't either couldn't be bothered with the situation or keep the judgment to himself/herself.
+llgla omg preach! well I was saying you don't know my exact situation and if you're meant that I haven't acted upon my dreams then you're totally wrong. so your judgment wasn't correct
SamVikings
I'm saying achieving dreams and realizing ideas need continuous effort. It's like riding a bicycle - you gotta keep pedaling if you want to move forward. If you stop pedaling, the bicycle loses speed. If you take your hands off, the bicycle loses direction and crashes.
I came home from work.
Was tired. Sat down on the sofa. Put my feet up.
Wife brought me a glass of water. Son gave me a sheet of paper 📄
English. 17 /100
BM. 35/100
Maths. 40 /100
Physics 37/100
Chemistry 42/100
I lost my temper
😤😤😤😡😡😡
"What is this?
All the time on phone and TV.
How dare you show me such marks?"
😡😡😡
Wife said: "Be patient. Listen...."
I told her:
"Shut up. It's your love and pampering that has spoilt him. He is no good."
Wife said: "Oh. Really?"
I said:
"No one in our family has performed so badly ever."
Son said:
"Dad. I was cleaning the old cupboard and I found this."
"This is your old school report card."
😂😂😂
Typical Malaysian parents lah 😁
Indian parents too 😂
Glad I’m in the healthcare.. easy to get a job anytime
Really
Can i mention the Corporate lay off in my cv
i have career break.
A "career break", a perfectly good reason for any *earnings* gap out there, as we all know now that wage gaps are a myth.
Yup, I've had a career break since Feb 2012. Get on my level. Not.
career breaks are for the privileged. Career breaks to us lower class people is called unemployment & it means you get less breaks or you're gonna be homeless if you don't keep going. We need a TEDtalk from somebody we can relate to more, not these upper & middle class people. We are on the cusp of class based warfare & we need start connecting people, use a platform like TEDtalk to branch to the lowest class or they will continue to feel alone.
Hey man wanna come take a ride on my helicopter?
Cause that's what I need. I'll tell you what, I'll ride in your helicopter if you donate the same amount of money to charity as it takes to go on our good-for-nothing flight, cool?
i totally agree now unemployed fighting to get help with benefits and training cut of after 34 ,agess comes to mind its a harsh world out there i have three mths to find work before im homeless etc
Call it a career break either way by choice or not.. It's still being UNEMPLOYED. Its all about your perspective. Your as low as you feel. Maybe that's why some people that want jobs are unemployed...it starts with your mental state. Be optimistic and stop thinking that you are your income!
I have connected with people I want to connect with. It would be weird to talk to strangers about finding a job, isn't it? Imagine hearing this at a party on Friday night "I'm still looking for a job. How's your week?"
Good success story but what about the 1,000's that were not successful
TEDx, maybe.
спасибо большое за перевод!
очень надеюсь,что и далее будете переводить выпуски.
What I find to question is who are their targeted audience?
Where u get money to get carier break
Career*
3,5 years ago I was incapacitated due to a life crisis... I felt miserable and ashamed, as if I had failed in life... Guilt....
I left work without saying a word to anyone... Stopped going to facebook.. Isolated myself at home, locked my door and turned off my phone... This lasted for basically 3 months...
Before I got picked up by.... pffft... Family protection agency... And from there I have spent the past 3 years working with myself internally to somehow find happiness and passion towards life again... To be honest... I am really struggling... I recently turned 28.... And I feel as if I have blown my chances and that the train has left the station a long time ago....
+Alexander Maxhall - There are 7 billion people in the world. What you don't know is how many people are where you are, or have been where you are. There will be hundreds of thousands of them. You just don't know any of them. You think your alone...but your not. Please take the time to find WishCraft book on the web, I got mine as a free PDF download, and see Byron Katies work - which is also free. These two resources were what most helped me. I'd like to suggest you go to a train station near you, grab a coffee and sit there and watch. You'll see after one train comes another. And another, then another. Go watch James Marshall at the 21 Studio on UA-cam, and Tea time with Teal. When your ready, life is out there waiting for you to turn up and life will love you all the more for having been through what you've gone through and left behind, but not forgotten. You have so much to give the world and people around you.
+Alexander Maxhall It's good that you are really struggling. That means you haven't given up. The average age of success in business is 55. Winston Churchill lived with his mother until he was 30 and never got a job, then suddenly became one of the most influential politicians in history. The only thing any of us can ever do to ensure success is to keep trying. If you never stop trying and never give up, someday you will find that break you need, you'll get lucky, you'll figure it out, and everything will fall into place.
+Z-Dine Studio Also Adolf Hitler was homeless for years & a failed Artist. He went on to become one of the most famous men in history. Van gogh was a drifter for most of his life & his paintings only became famous in the last 2 years of his life at the age of 37. JK Rowling lived on welfare for years before writing the Harry Potter books. History is full of examples. Its very true. I believe that many of the people who struggle in early life become very successful later on. If they dont give up that is.
Highway Phantom Lol. Interesting list. I found out the other day that 30% of America's billionaires came from impoverished families and a good number of them have been homeless. It's never quite a straight path to success in life. I think people get stuck on that a lot. It's so very normal to fail, to suffer and to break down. Happens to the best of us.
28 is so very young, I hope life has been kinder to you 🌼 🌻
❤❤❤
How about for a 55 year old white male? How difficult is it for them?
You should be focusing on retirement
@@smack_dab, that would be nice, but in order to focus on retirement, one needs to be making decent money.
I realized the American dream is a lie and you have to be asleep to believe it.
I dont buy into the materialistic mindset.
Time is the real true valuable currency.
+I dislike the new youtube I'm black and took a break to raise my children and have my family together. It's a huge financial sacrifice but not a white person problem.
what
+Austin Luca I think that +belizeantodabone was replying to the user named "+I Dislike the new UA-cam". This user said "Hash tag White people problems," so +belizeantodabone was saying that the video applies to non-white people as well, and gave the example that they are black and took a career break.
+Aaron Forbes I think that +belizeantodabone was replying to the user named "+I Dislike the new UA-cam". This user said "Hash tag White people problems," so +belizeantodabone was saying that the video applies to non-white people as well, and gave the example that they are black and took a career break.
Airyu what
Austin Luca *raises one eyebrow*
*I have a career break every weekend.*
Everybody deserves a break on top of the Kit Kat break
Mehatroniki z višje s TŠC-ja where u at?
A bit of disconnect. She says the benefit of relaunchers are that they have settled, that they know what they want. And then go on to contradict it by saying it's the relaunchers responsibility to figure out if they still have the passion for particular position or skill. Seems like employers are not unfounded in their worries, according to her.
Also, title is misleading. It's not how to get back after break, it's more like a history of and what employers are currently doing to attract relaunchers.
I can see this turning into the new Hunger Games. Keep giving internships to MS degree for $10/hr. Maybe it works out for them, maybe we hire some billionaire's second cousin. Who knows what'll happen. May the odds be in your favor.
Please stop using these horrible cancer commercials. My mother died of cancer. I do not need to be reminded about it and it does no good what soever to open a talk to hear someone asking me if I think about cancer! Not normally!! Not until I hear this annoying man insist that I be reminded about it!
+Chris Fullerton while I feel for you, the world does not exist to bend to your every need, whim, or concern. There will continue to be commercials about cancer, deal with it.
I know this is 3 years later, but the content creators doesn’t have any control over what commercials google shows us. They know so much about us and they tend to us that against us as a way to mark relative products. Mark the commercial as a thumbs down and click that you no longer want to see it anymore. That should work just fine.
erster
Who else watching this after a 1 week break
Every time she says "relaunchers" replace it with "rocket launchers"
I've never said anything like this. But, "Hash tag White people problems".
Fits here very well.
nah m8, I'm black and I have this exact problem due to depression
+zach b hy-a-ton If you were white you wouldn't be depressed? Racist bro
+I Dislike the new UA-cam
Not really, this is a reoccuring problem in all developed industrial states. Especially the ones that operate mainly in the third economical sector.
+I Dislike the new UA-cam Middle to upper class problems in developed nation problem.
The joke was that only privileged folks can take a "career break". And then have the gall to be all pissy about "not being that into it".
Meh, not a great talk.
Real question is: why get back to work after a career break?
Ummmmmmm what about the impending crisis of capitalism? This talk is for privileged people...that isn't how it is for many others. It's just a giant impasse.
How about you don't get pregnant?
If women didn't get pregnant then how would we continue the species you idiot.
What if your mother did the same?😂