Resources
TIPS & TOOLS
- Tune-Up Checklist for Re-Entering the Workforce
- Interview Preparation Checklist
- Sample Interview Questions
- Resume Ideas for Candidates Returning to Work
- Resume Editing Tips
- Reference Advice (Article)
- Sample Resume #1, Sample Resume #2, Sample Resume #3, Sample Resume #4
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]
- Great Jobs for Everyone 50+: Finding Work That Keeps You Happy and Healthy . . .and Pays the Bills, by Kerry Hannon [September 2012]
ARCHIVED FLEXPROFESSIONALS NEWS
- Washington Post Article Highlights Flexforce As Part of Movement to Remake Workplace
- SecondAct Interviews Co-Owner Gwenn Rosener
- Forbes.com Column Highlights Flexforce’s Growth
- Connection Newspaper Interviews FlexProfessionals Founders
- DullesMoms Interviews Co-Owner Sheila Murphy
- Loudoun Business Highlights How Our Model Is Win-Win for Businesses and Women
- 2BoomerBabes Radio: Re-Entering the Highly-Skilled Job Force