Alumni Webinar: Anticipating the Career Path that Includes a Career Break

Date/Time:

Thu, June 07, 2018
09:00AM - 10:00AM

Venue:

Virtual Event

Registration Period:

11/07/2017-06/07/2018

Price:

Complimentary

Contact:

Katie Pandes

gsb_alumnicareers@stanford.edu

650-724-9152

A career break may be the furthest thing from your mind right now—but looking ahead, there are expected and unexpected reasons why you might take a break from your career: childcare, eldercare, your own health or that of a loved one, infertility issues, a wish to travel or pursue a personal interest, corporate downsizing . . . there are many scenarios.

What steps should you take now—as a working professional anticipating a career break—in order to lay the groundwork for a successful career reentry? And once on career break, what are the best strategies to ensure a smooth return to work when you are ready?

Speaker Carol Fishman Cohen, CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch, will discuss the importance of taking the long view of your career and anticipating the path that includes a career break. In this workshop, you will learn:

• The realities of a career break, and how to think strategically about your alternatives
• Concrete steps you can take now that your “post-career break self” will thank you for
• How to use a career break as an opportunity to reflect on your own career ambitions and career path

Audience

This webinar is for Stanford GSB alumni who are on the cusp of a career break or who may see one in their future.

Speaker

Carol Fishman Cohen has been recognized as one of the top management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led. She is a 1985 graduate of Harvard Business School and her return to work at Bain Capital after 11 years out of the full-time workforce is documented in a Harvard Business School case study. Carol lives in greater Boston and has four grown children. Her TED talk "How to get back to work after a career break" has been viewed over 1.5 million times and has been translated into 29 languages, and her Harvard Business Review article "The 40-Year-Old Intern" is considered the seminal article on mid-career internships.

The event is limited to Business School Alumni/Students.