Resources

TIPS & TOOLS

FLEXFORCE ARTICLE SERIES

Introduction: Strategies for Stay-At-Home-Parents Re-entering the Workforce
Part 1: Handling the “Gap”
Part 2: Regaining Confidence
Part 3: Committing (coming soon)

SUPPORT RESOURCES

Julie Cohen, PCC - Career and Personal Coach

BLOGS

Back in Force and Back in Force Blog Radio: Returning to Work after Raising Kids, by LeeAnn Dance
Second Verse: Great Career Resources for Boomers, by Kerry Hannon, Forbes

WORK / LIFE WEBSITES

Center for Work-Life Policy at www.worklifepolicy.org
Workplace Flexibility at www.law.georgetown.edu/workplaceflexibility2010
Working Mom Resources at www.workingmoms.about.com
Work-Life Resources at www.workfamily.com
Flexibility Options at www.we-inc.org/flex.cfm
Work Options at www.workoptions.com
Your OnRamp at www.youronramp.com

BOOKS

What’s Next? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job, by Kerry Hannon [April 2010]
7 Keys to Work-Life Balance, by Julie Cohen [Feb 2010]
Glass Ceilings and 100-Hour Couples: What the Opt-Out Phenomenon Can Teach Us about Work and Family, by Karin Moe and Diana Shandy [Oct. 2009]
Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success, by Claire Shipman and Katty Kay [Jun. 2009]
All Moms Work: Short-Term Career Strategies fo Long-Range Success, by Sharon Reed Abboud [Apr. 2009]
Getting to 50/50: How Women Can Have It All By Sharing It All, by Joanna Strober and Sharon Meers [Feb. 2009]
Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work, by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin [Aug. 2008]
Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce [May 2007]
Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families, by Leslie Morgan Steiner [Feb. 2007]