Interviews

Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin are the authors of  Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-At-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work, a book offering strategy and advice to women resuming careers after extended time at home with children. With nine kids between them, Carol and Vivian have both taken time away from their demanding careers and have successfully returned to the workforce.

Thinking about a new career direction? Not sure if you are ready to take the leap into a new industry? Meet Louisa Shields, Public School Administrator (former Management Consultant) and Bay Area mother of 3 young children.

Describe your career when you became a mom.
After my son was born, I returned to the same company,
Deloitte Consulting, and continued to pursue a partner
path in strategic management consulting. However, I
had also negotiated a three-day, no travel work

Meet Jerri Barrett, Director of Marketing for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, "Connecting women and technology."   Jerri left her high tech marketing job to join the nonprofit world and was willing to share her inspirational story. Thank you Jerri!

Why did you join the nonprofit world?

We recently interviewed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, who just published her book, Life Equity. Marsha, like many women, was married to a frequent-traveler husband and chose a career OffRamp to care for her children.

Kristin's business evolved from freelance work.  Here's her story.

What’s the best part about being a Mompreneur? The best part is flexibility.  When the daycare is on vacation or he’s sick, I don’t need to ask for time off from work to stay home with my son.  Or when I was breastfeeding, I could work from home and have the caretaker bring him to me to feed and then go back to work.

Meet Melita Love,  a Policy Associate on the California Policy Team for Children Now.  Here is her story:

Please describe your career path, how did you end up at Children Now?

I Graduated from college with a degree in Elementary education and taught for 3 years, but left teaching to earn my MBA in finance at NYU.   I worked in Global Finance and Foreign Exchange for 4 years before deciding to stay home with my son (and later daughter) in 1988.

MIT Program for relaunchers interested in returning to science, engineering or technical careers

Atlanta-based Etcetera Area Development Manager, Hamilton Northcutt and her business partner Susan Stuart's Holiday Show in Atlanta kicks-off on September 20 and ends on Oct 7th. If women want to book an appointment all they need to do is send a note to myconsultant@etcetera.com or call 972-733-6503. For women interested in exploring opportunities with Etcetera please contact Director of Recruiting, Edie Dance at 850-484-8120 or edance@etcnyc.com


1) Hamilton, when did you join Etcetera and what prompted you to 
contact them?

Boston-area based Colleen Peterson’s Etcetera Holiday Show kicks-off on Sept 25 and ends of Oct 7th. If women want to book an appointment all they need to do is send a note to myconsultant@etcetera.com or call 972-733-6503.  For women interested in exploring career opportunities with Etcetera please contact Director of Recruiting, Edie Dance at 850-484-8120 or edance@etcnyc.com


Colleen, how did you join ETCETERA?

For those of you who missed hearing Sylvia in person, we asked Sylvia to respond to some of your key on-ramping questions.  Here are her answers.  We hope they inspire you!

Why are companies interested in hiring on-rampers, women in particular?

With Baby Boomers retiring, the war for talent is heating up. Women who are looking to return to the workplace are a key employee pool for employers.  They have the skills, drive and desire to be back working.