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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for following our Back to Your Future Blog. After 8 years on Blogger, we're excited to announce that the blog now has a new home on our newly relaunched Women Returners website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-78333657230350666372020-05-14T18:01:00.000+01:002020-05-15T09:29:58.576+01:00How to Network Virtually<i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.1px;"><br /></i>
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.1px;">Catherine Kraus, Women Returners Coach, has created a short webinar on "How to Network Virtually" as part of our new series to support our network through the COVID-19 crisis. Here's a summary of some of the key points, with a link at the end if you want to watch the full 12 minute webinar.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">Networking is </span><span lang="EN-US">extremely useful to you when returning to the workforce. It can lead to career opportunities and access to new information that you didn’t have before. And while face-to-face networking is a great way to grow your professional network, online networking skills are essential, particularly in our current social-distancing environment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">That’s why we’re offering you some </span><span lang="IT">guidance </span><span lang="EN-US">on “How to Network Virtually” - how to get started, how to reach out to others and how to follow-up</span><span lang="EN-US"> with your contacts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><b>S</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US">et an intention:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Before you start to reach out to others, you need to clarify for yourself what goal you are trying to achieve. Your intention may vary greatly, depending on what kind of information you’re hoping to learn from your potential contacts. If you’re returning from a longer career break, you may want to reconnect with a former colleague to understand the recent industry trends from her perspective. If you’re thinking about becoming a freelancer, you may want to reach out to an acquaintance who did the same, in order to understand the pros/cons being an entrepreneur. Set your intention by reflecting on what you’d like to learn and, then, as a next step, think about who could possibly help you get that information.</span></span></li>
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Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-38920834852811372712020-04-29T16:31:00.002+01:002020-04-29T16:31:29.161+01:00How to Prepare for a Video Interview<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you’re on a career break and it’s been a long time since you’ve had a job interview, then you may be feeling nervous and uncertain about the interview process. Given the current situation, where your interview is likely to be virtual, your worries might be heightened. We have some top tips here to help you prepare and feel more calm and confident about having a successful video interview.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, you may lose some visual cues from your interviewer and it can be trickier to build rapport. However, on the plus side, you're in a familiar home environment and you can have all your preparation notes and your CV right next to you in case you need a prompt during the interview.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your interview is via video, maximise your broadband speed – ideally it should be at least 10-15Mbps. If you can, use an ethernet cable to plug directly in to your router as this will give a faster and more reliable connection. On the day, try to make sure others in your household are not using the internet at the same time. Close any cloud-based applications e.g. Spotify, Dropbox as they’ll be using precious bandwidth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whichever application your interviewer has proposed using (e.g. Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams) download and practise using it beforehand with a friend or family member. Review helpful online guides so that you know how to do things like switch video or audio on and off, share your screen or hide your self-view if you find that distracting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check and adjust the video angle so that your camera is looking straight at you – use some thick hardback books underneath your laptop or tablet if needed to elevate it. Make sure your face can be seen clearly and there is no shadow or glare from the side</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though a virtual interview may feel slightly less formal or you may have your preparation notes and CV to hand, it is still vital to prepare thoroughly so that you have clear, succinct and confident responses.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ask beforehand about the structure and length of the interview, as well as the competences they are looking for and the type of questions you might be asked – in that way you can focus your preparation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do your research on the organisation, department and role and prepare 2 or 3 questions that you’d like to ask – an interview is still a two-way process.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prepare responses to two typical types of questions. 1. General questions e.g. ‘Why are you interested in this role?’ or ‘What are your top 3 strengths?’; and 2. Competence-based questions e.g. ‘Give me an example of when you……’. Prepare for competence questions using the S.T.A.R format.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find a moment beforehand to gather your thoughts and take some deep breaths. Remind yourself of all your strengths, experience and achievements. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dress professionally, head-to-toe – just in case you need to stand up!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the interview, find a quiet spot without distractions – this can be challenging at the moment but do your best!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make sure your backdrop is professional and the lighting is good.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only switch your video on when the interviewer joins – that way you can enter confidently</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vary your tone of voice to convey your energy and enthusiasm for the role and organisation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sit up tall and confidently</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Smile!!</span></li>
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Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-23439742466207001592020-04-16T17:55:00.003+01:002020-04-16T17:55:21.566+01:00How to Manage Uncertainty and Take Control<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Hazel Little, Women Returners Client and Relationship Director, has created a short webinar on "How to Manage Uncertainty and Take Control" as part of our new series to support our network through the COVID-19 crisis. Here's a summary of some of the key points, with a link at the end if you want to watch the full 10 minute webinar.</i></span><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">In times of uncertainty we can feel overwhelmed. It’s difficult to know where to start, what to do and importantly how to switch off from it all. The pandemic is changing how we live and it’s changing it fast. All of this can make us feel anxious and worried and we risk getting into a negative downward spiral.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Extreme uncertainty and lack of control affect us mentally. Our rational brains have stepped to the side and our emotional brains are in the driving seat. When we are led by our emotions it makes it difficult to see things clearly, but there is a positive side. Understanding how we feel and what we’re anxious about, can drive us to take control and motivate us to take action.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">There will be a large number of different things that you are concerned about right now, including how the crisis will impact your return to work. Identify and write a long list of these concerns - these populate your Circle of Concern</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt;">For the remainder, challenge yourself to see if there is any action at all you can take to influence a positive outcome. If so, these come under your Circle of Influence. For example, your concern might be “employers have put recruitment on hold, I’m not going to be able to return to work”; you can’t control when they start recruiting again but you can influence the outcome by getting your CV updated or make use of free courses to upskill online to ensure you are in a stronger position when the time is right to apply.</span></li>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Focus as much as possible of your time, energy and attention on addressing concerns within the Circles of Control and Influence, rather than focusing on what is out of your control. You may well find that your Circle of Influence gets bigger if you think this way. By deliberately taking relevant actions to improve the outcome, you are likely to feel more productive, calmer and happier.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">If you've time, look for growth opportunities - </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.mooc.org/"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0cm;">upskill online</span></a></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"> or read articles relating your field. This will help you feel more knowledgeable and it’s great distraction</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">In our short webinar, How to Manage Uncertainty and Take Control, you’ll find more information on the nature of uncertainty, the importance of regaining control and advice on how to look after your emotional well-being. You can watch the webinar </span><a href="http://wrpn.womenreturners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Women-Returners-Webinar-2-Manage-Uncertainty-Take-Control.mp4" style="color: #954f72;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><b>here</b></span></a><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We're planning a series of free short webinars with advice on topics such as coping with uncertainty and virtual interviewing. Watch for announcements on <a href="http://womenreturners.com/">womenreturners.com</a> and we'll put out a summary from each webinar on this blog. In the meantime, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">here are some initial tips on coping in the current climate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Given our <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/06/tackling-return-to-work-fears-and.html">predisposition to negative thinking</a>, it's easy for our minds to race to the worse possible outcome right now, whether this be our chances of getting back to work after a break, the health of our family or the state of the world economy. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You may be feeling anxious and frustrated that your plans are put on hold for an uncertain period of time, and even wondering if you'll now ever get back to work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the moment we need to pause and to consciously try to regain perspective before accepting the worse case scenario. We're not suggesting ignoring the crisis - we're well aware that these are some of the toughest times many of us will face. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, it is a moment to aim for a mindset of 'realistic optimism', as psychology research has found this can help to boost your resilience and motivation in difficult situations.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This isn't about putting your head in the sand or blind optimism. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">psychologist Sandra Schneider tells us,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> optimism and realism are not in conflict - we need both. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Realistic optimists are cautiously hopeful that things will work out the way they want and will do everything they can to ensure a good outcome. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The realistic optimist finds out the facts and acknowledges the challenges and constraints she faces. Her optimism comes into play in her interpretation of ambiguous events and uncertain situations such as the one we're currently in</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. She recognises that many situations have a range of possible interpretations and chooses a helpful rather than an unhelpful one. She is aware of the positives as well as the negatives in each situation and actively looks for future opportunities, focusing on what she can control rather than what she has no influence over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To build this more resilient mindset, and avoid getting into a downward mental spiral, it helps to look out for and consider some positive facts alongside the overwhelmingly negative ones. For example, in the context of returning to work:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The hard reality is that many people are facing unemployment and a lot of recruitment is being put on hold. However, a significant number of employers are adopting a 'business as usual' attitude, adapting rapidly to a virtual world. There are still many jobs being advertised and we're finding this is applying to returner programmes as well as regular recruitment. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some businesses have an upturn of demand in the current climate and are </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">facing skills shortages and increasing recruitment (such as <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2020/03/17/covid-19-amazon-hiring/">Amazon</a>).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is a widespread call for nurses, midwives, occupational therapists and other healthcare specialists who have left the professional register to return to the NHS to cope with the crisis. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Indications from countries who were affected earlier are that the effects are time-limited and so we can all plan for normality starting to return after the summer.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It will help you to gain perspective if you relax the pressure you're putting on yourself. If your family is sick, or you now have children at home all day, your priorities will inevitably shift. That's OK. You don't need to completely abandon your</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Back to Work To-Do List, but it may be put on hold for a while and you definitely won't make the same progress you were making before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Similarly if you do now have school-age children at home, forget perfect parenting and be flexible about adjustments you all need to make. Try to establish a routine that works for everyone and don't put yourself at the bottom of the pile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can find more practical tips on maintaining your mental health in this Forbes article: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2020/03/17/stressed-because-of-the-coronavirus-why-you-need-mental-distancing-as-much-as-social-distancing-and-8-ways-to-get-it/#5fa48005dbbe">Coronavirus creating stress</a>? And </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LinkedIn has put out 16 free courses including </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/managing-stress-for-positive-change/welcome" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">managing stress for positive change</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/building-resilience/what-why-and-how-to-become-resilient" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">building resilience</a> .<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those of you with more time on your hands now, you can find advice on upskilling and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">improving your chance of a successful return to work when normality resumes</span> in our <a href="http://wrpn.womenreturners.com/advice/">Advice Hub</a>. And</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://bit.ly/WRnetwork" style="background-color: white; color: #5fbf66; text-decoration-line: none;">Sign up</a><span style="background-color: white;"> to our free </span>Women Returners Professional Network to receive our e</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mails and updates with more support and advice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>‘How do I explain the gap on my CV?’ is one of the most frequent questions we get asked. It’s a good question and one that causes many of our returners considerable angst. But, not anymore... </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Victoria McLean, CEO of City CV, ran a fantastic session on this topic at our Women Returners conference last year. And, we’re delighted she’s agreed to come back this year. The session is really interactive and packed with expert tips and insider knowledge of the recruitment market – it’s definitely not to be missed. <br /><br />As a taste of what’s to come, we asked Victoria to give us her top tips for writing your return to work CV and making the most of LinkedIn. Here’s what she had to say: <br /><br /><b>Top Tip #1: Never undersell yourself on your CV </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I feel a lot of people, women returners in particular, undersell themselves on their CV. It’s not about bragging, but a stand-out CV really needs to demonstrate the benefits you’ll bring to an employer. Your added-value needs to sing out from every line. Most people find that a bit daunting at first, especially after a career break when so many women forget just how great they are. My advice is – don’t panic, we’ll cover loads of ideas in the conference session. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are several ways to turn a gap on your CV into a positive selling point - make sure to include all the relevant skills and experience you've acquired. I'll talk about this in more depth at the conference. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We’ll also be looking at how to hone in on those key strengths and skills. And, how to optimise your CV with key words to get past the Applicant Tracking System (ATS). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>T</b><b>op Tip #2: LinkedIn is a valuable tool </b><br /><br />When it comes to LinkedIn, I feel very few people are really making the most of it. That’s a shame because it’s a valuable tool. Around 99% of recruiters use it to search for suitable candidates and to check you out before inviting you to interview. <br /><br />It’s really worth investing in your LinkedIn profile because it’s not enough to just copy and paste your CV. LinkedIn requires a different approach; it’s less formal and more dynamic than a CV. And, as you’d expect from a search engine run by algorithms, key words play a massive role. Your LinkedIn summary is the most important part of your profile and it should set out your business case with keywords and using all of the 2,000 characters available. It's really important to get the first two or three lines just right so recruiters are motivated to click 'see more'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Even if you’re completely new to LinkedIn, don’t worry. The conference session will boost your confidence and get you going in the right direction. If you’ve already got a LinkedIn profile but feel you could be doing more with it, we’ve got some ideas for that too. <br /><br />Thank you, Victoria. We’re looking forward to learning more at your session. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Victoria McLean, CEO of City CV, will be running a conference session on how to write a compelling, impressive CV and Linkedin profile, including how to position your career break. She will also be running a breakout session on Interview Skills.<br /><br /><b>Where & When? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>The 2020 Women Returners London Conference is on: <br /><br />Monday 12 October 2020: 9.00am to 5.30pm (rescheduled)<br /><br />Venue: 10 Union Street, London Bridge, London, SE1 1SZ – just a few minutes walk from London Bridge station. <br /><br />This is our fourth annual London Conference especially for professional woman interested in returning to work after a career break. It’s a highly motivational and inspiring day packed with expert speakers, panels and workshops. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />This conference is for everyone looking to return to work after a break. It doesn’t matter what your professional background is or whether your career break has been 18 months or 18 years. Join us for the opportunity to meet informally with other like-minded women and our returner employer sponsors, including Amazon Web Services, Bloomberg, Credit Suisse, FDM Group, J.P. Morgan, O2 and St. James’s Place Academy. <br /><br /><b>Early Bird offer</b> <br /><br />Our Early Bird ticket offer is available. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-returners-back-to-your-future-conference-2020-tickets-89044670005">Book your ticket now to secure your place.</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We know that when you are returning to work, concerns about how to balance life (which may include continuing caring responsibilities) with work again are a concern for many individuals. <br /><br />Louise Deverill-Smith, who founded a platform to connect parents with flexible employers, talked to Kate about the shift in perspective she has seen from many employers and shares some of her top tips about how to approach the subject when returning to work. <br /><br />Louise says “Whilst flexible working is not necessarily the norm as yet, it is definitely not the taboo subject that it once was. Many employers now offer agile working, which encourages flexible working and hot-desking. Many of our clients are thriving as they attract and retain great people, offer a productive and supportive working environment and generate respect and gravitas along the way”. <br /><br />However Louise very much appreciates that many women (and men) find approaching the subject of flexibility daunting, and that this is particularly difficult for those seeking to gain a foothold back into an organisation following an extended break. <br /><br />Louise shares with us some of her top tips on ways to approach the subject: <br /><br /><b>Really know what you’re asking for</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When some employers hear the words ‘flexible working’, they automatically associate that with reduced productivity, time out the office and an impact on their commercial outcome. Ensure your proposal considers all critical aspects from a team perspective and present your proposal as a business case solution, which has thought about any elements that the employer may see as a risk. <br /><br />Reassure them that even if your hours are less, the output will meet the needs of the job (put it in a spreadsheet if necessary), that your time in the office will be nothing but productive and that you are dedicated to your role and the company. <br /><br /><b>Consider your timing</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Many individuals worry about when to raise the subject of flexibility and worry that not raising it at interview could go against them later on when they might wish to revisit the subject. Louise agrees that it is important to only raise it once an employer is aware of your skills, experience and value to them - lead with that in the conversation. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some routes back to work such as a returnship will offer the chance for you to trial the ways you prefer to work and present an opportunity later in the programme to re-visit this and potentially change the way that you work. Equally if important to you to start with a level of flexibility from the outset, do your due diligence on the employer and their working culture and go in with an informed expectation of how it is likely to work in this environment. Don’t be afraid to raise it with the same tips above in mind – a solution-focused approach that emphasises the skills you bring and practical solutions for how you will deliver. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b> Always keep the reason you’re asking for flexible working at the forefront of your mind. It might be to help with childcare, to save costs or to just give you a better work/life balance – whatever it is, know that this is the overriding reason that this is important to you and this is your driver for making it work for both you and your employer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When my second child was born I decided that “if a job was going to take me away from my children, then it had better be something I really care about.” After researching a number of health professions I decided podiatry offered the combination of variety and flexibility I really needed in my life – as well as the satisfaction that would come from working with patients.<br /><br />Today I work for the NHS in Greenwich, treating patients at a hospital clinic and out in the community. As a podiatrist, I’ve been able to change work patterns as circumstances have evolved. I’ve just restructured my working hours to a three day a week arrangement, spread across four days. It means I am able to collect my children from school three days a week.<br /><br />Many podiatrists work privately, either within existing clinics or practices, or running their own business. It’s a great career to combine with childcare as you can keep the hours you need but still make a comfortable living.<br /><br />The experience of a previous career where there was a less positive work-life balance makes me really appreciate my current situation more. I would say to anyone who is working, take your job and look at what the best bits are – and I bet you there will be a career in podiatry that offers those things and more but with far fewer of the drawbacks.<br /><br />To practice as a podiatrist you need to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, which requires a degree in podiatry from one of 13 specialist university courses around the UK. Most school leavers will have A levels in science, but mature students – who have historically made up a large part of the intake for podiatry courses – may have alternative qualifications, as long as they can prove they meet the required standard.<br /><br />I trained at the University of East London after taking evening classes and an Open University Course to get my science up to scratch. It’s not an easy transition, but a shortage of podiatrists at the moment means that newly qualified professionals are entering jobs immediately after graduating.<br /><br />The more research I did into health careers, the more I realised that podiatry ticked all the boxes. I couldn’t find anything else that offered the variety: different avenues of progression with the ability to specialise, the job satisfaction in bringing immediate relief to patients and the flexibility in terms of being able to balance it with the rest of my life.</span></div>
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Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-78503515138004884142020-01-10T11:23:00.000+00:002020-01-28T15:09:53.192+00:00Women Returners champions returnships in the North of England: Interview with Jude Harvey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Women Returners has just opened an office in Leeds led by Jude Harvey. In this blog, we talk to Jude about Women Returners' plans for expansion in the North of England.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Quite simply because we want to champion the growth of returnships and supported hire programmes in the North of England. We've been working with organisations to help professional women return to work in the region for some time. Last year we ran the first cross-company return to law programme in Leeds and Manchester and we work with companies such as FDM, Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty on cross-UK programmes with opportunities in the region. We believe there's huge potential to bring the benefits of returnships to many more organisations and the highly skilled and experienced individuals who live in the North.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What is your focus for 2020?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm passionate about partnering with organisations to run more returner programmes in the North. Our vision is to make hiring of professionals who have taken an extended career break a normal part of regular recruitment. Large organisations here have the same challenges as everyone else, but they may have not used the solutions some of the companies in the South East have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Tuesday 25 February (11am to 12pm) we're running a free webinar for returners - How to Return to Work After a Career Break. I'd encourage anyone who's thinking of returning to work to join myself and my colleague Kate Mansfield as we draw on hundreds of case studies to discuss returnships, strategic volunteering, networking and a variety of non-standard job-hunting techniques which career returners have used successfully to get back into work. You can find out more and register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-return-to-work-after-a-career-break-tickets-90931349113">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I also want to encourage individual returners to <a href="https://us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ee33738f891a2e40840c33f2e&id=ef607d28d2">join</a> our free Women Returners Professional Network. They'll find lots of support and advice and will be the first to hear about new opportunities in their area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We'll also be engaging with businesses and demonstrating how returnships can help tackle challenges around recruiting talent and impact inclusion and diversity. On Tuesday 17 March (9.30am to 10.30am) we're running a free Employer Webinar so that employers can learn more about the benefits of returner programmes. Employers can find out more and register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-how-why-of-returner-programmes-tickets-90767460919">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was born in Scotland and have lived in Leeds for 15 years - I'm married to a Yorkshireman. I worked in diversity and inclusion - and prior to that learning and development - for a number of years. While I was head of diversity and inclusion at a large telecoms company I looked at returner programmes which led me, naturally, to working with Julianne and the Women Returners team, as the experts in this area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We worked together for about four years. I'd see women arrive at the beginning of the programmes we ran with little confidence but lots of talent and ability and then move confidently into permanent positions four months later. This was something that I personally found incredibly rewarding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having worked client-side, I understand some of the challenges that organisations face and can advise them on how Women Returners' solutions help address these.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I joined Women Returners in September last year and I'm hugely excited about our expansion plans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We'll be focussing on growing programmes centred on the northern hubs of Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Leicester, York, Newcastle, Sheffield and Bradford as there are lots of key businesses in these areas.</span><br />
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Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-24714141234302152482019-12-04T08:29:00.000+00:002019-12-04T16:34:25.471+00:00Government Equalities Office Returner Toolkit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This amazing free resource has 51 pages of advice and tips - it's a A-Z for returning to work. We'd encourage everyone to have a look at it, whatever stage you're at in the return to work journey. You can start from the beginning and work through it, or dip in and out of the stages that are most relevant to you. <br /><br />You'll find advice, ideas and information to help you on a range of topics:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">getting clear on your career direction</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">updating your skills and knowledge</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">networking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">finding job opportunities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">exploring options for flexible working</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">writing your CV and cover letter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">preparing for interviews</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started my career as a solicitor and then moved to a
City law firm to run their graduate recruitment and development function. After
a brief career break in the US with my young family, I returned to the UK and joined Women Like Us (now Timewise), a
brilliant flexible working consultancy, where I first gained real insight into
the challenges women often faced returning to work after a career break. I
loved working with them to help them find quality flexible work that matched
their seniority and skills, and to provide great talent to organisations. Most
recently, I worked in the charity sector, running leadership development
programmes for young adults and professional women. The common thread that’s run through my different roles has been
this real driver to enable others to develop and flourish so that they can
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why did you decide to join Women Returners?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd known about Women Returners for quite a long time and had been following their progress. I was really excited about what they were doing - championing a route back to work that really helped maximise the success for returners. I also knew they were a voice within Government and had built partnerships with big corporates. I was excited by the impact they were having. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Their values also chimed with mine - and that's become increasingly important to me as I've got older. Their aim to make a positive difference to society was a key driver for me. They're professional, innovative and ambitious and that for me makes them a really dynamic organisation to be part of.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I joined in January 2019 focusing on one-to-one coaching at first.</span> As Head of Coaching, the main part of my role now is to be the focal point for our brilliant team of coaches and to make sure we continue to innovate, evolve and develop our materials and resources - and, of course, ourselves as coaches.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What do you think makes Women Returners' coaching work?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Firstly, we have a team of really skilled, talented coaches with backgrounds in the corporate world. They understand both our clients' business needs and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the experience of being on a long career break and the challenges of returning to a professional role. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They're also incredibly warm and empathetic people. So for returners who start on day one feeling a little anxious about returning to work, our coaches really help them start well and progress successfully.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Secondly, we work with our clients from the beginning to understand what their business needs are so that we can tailor a programme to support them. A key objective for us is to set up programmes for success from the onset. We offer initial training for a client's recruitment team and line managers so that they understand upfront the return-to-work marketplace and the practical steps they need to put into place to allow returners to perform at their best both at interview and when they join the organisation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><br />For returnship programmes, we run our Career Returners Coaching Programme which </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">has been specifically tailored to address the practical and psychological challenges
faced by professionals re-entering the workforce. The coaching workshops are very effective as </span>they </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;">coincide with various transition stages the returners are going through. Our coaching for supported hire roles follows a similar pathway. The coaching is tailored to the group or individual and includes building professional confidence, sustainable working patterns, networking skills and action-planning for success.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also offer a variety of Return to Work coaching for individuals outside of our corporate programmes, which include CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation coaching. </span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We get fantastic feedback so we know the process works!</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;"><br />My hope is that, with people having longer working lives, taking career breaks for all sorts of reasons will become the norm. I'd also like to see supported routes back into work become a normal part of any recruitment strategy to find senior talent. I'd like to see </span><i style="text-indent: -24px;">all</i><span style="text-indent: -24px;"> returners have the ability to hit 'play' on their ambitions and careers knowing that they will be sought-after by top organisations. And when they do return, to know that they will be supported, trained and mentored so that they can get back up to speed really quickly. I hope all organisations will recognise that if they're not doing this they are missing out on some great talent.</span></div>
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years is a long time to be away from the corporate world but re-joining
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before my career break, I worked for a global accountancy firm as an employment tax manager. My route there took me through university and working for a number of smaller accountancy firms before joining one of the Big Four. It was a dynamic, fast-paced environment, where I got a number of exciting opportunities and learned a lot. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Two children and seven years later, the company was offering voluntary redundancy and my husband and I decided it would a great time to take a career break and spend more time at home with the children. That was 2003 – little did I know my career break would last 15 years! <br /><br />During that time, I’ve been pretty busy. Working from home, I set up and ran an e-commerce business before selling it on in 2011. I also started childminding for my family and friends in 2003 and over the years, gradually built up a nursery business which now employs qualified nursery nurses, provides childcare for 30 children and runs smoothly with a manager in place. <br /><br />Running both businesses allowed me to carry on developing my financial skills while developing a host of other skills! From number crunching to nappies, it was great to be home-based over the years while my kids were growing up. Now, with two older teenagers, I felt the time was right to take the big step back into corporate life. <br /><br />After mustering up some courage and carrying out a bit of research I found Women Returners. It seemed perfect for me. I updated my CV, got a crash course in LinkedIn and applied for a role that seemed a great fit on their cross-company Returners to Financial Service, Legal and FinTech Scotland programme. <br /><br />Grant Thornton appealed to me as they seemed to be doing things a little differently and I really liked their dynamic outlook. When I walked through the door for my interview, I immediately felt at home. My delight on hearing the news that I’d been successful was short-lived and quickly overtaken by the dreaded imposter syndrome. Would I really be able to learn new systems, to tackle this role, to keep up with the fast pace of corporate life after 15 years? <br /><br />I really shouldn’t have worried – or had the sleepless nights. My experience of returning has been smooth and everyone in my team has been very supportive. While I had doubts that I wouldn’t be able to operate at the same level as before, I’ve been encouraged not to be too hard on myself and that it will take time to learn new systems and get back up to speed. <br /><br />Importantly, I have been supported by a buddy, a mentor, coaching and an understanding people manager. This support has allowed me to relax into the role, knowing that I can ask for help when I need it. Grant Thornton also promote agile working to offer their staff a healthy work-life balance. I have chosen to work part-time, but I can also work from home when possible. This definitely provides a great work-life balance and it works well for me. <br /><br />Now, over two months into the role, I’ve started to get into my stride and I was thrilled to have my contract extended. It has given me confidence, knowing that I am doing a good job. Now, I’m starting to work directly with clients and I’m enjoying this interaction and being back in a professional working environment. <br /><br />Fifteen years is a long time to be away from the corporate world but re-joining has been easier than I thought. For anyone considering returning to work, my advice is to go for it! You will be surprised at just how much you have to offer employers and your confidence will soar. What you get back in return is simply invaluable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Planning your return to work is a great opportunity to take stock of your current financial situation and plan for your future. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The tips below, taken from the </span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Insuring Women’s Futures</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.insuringwomensfutures.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Financial-Wellbeing-A3-2pp-17-09-19.pdf" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Financial Wellbeing Guide</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> show how you can actively engage in your own financial life journey and also raise awareness of the financial </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/352683872" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Perils and Pitfalls</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> facing women.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you return or search for work you should consider the below:</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>1. When researching potential employers</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> take time to compare financial packages, pensions and perks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>2. Research the gender pay gap</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations annually</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>3. Understand employers' opportunities for flexible workers</b> – openly disclosing policies is a good sign<br /><br /><b>4. Find out from potential employers</b> what are the career prospects for returners and those with family commitments and are there carer policies?<br /><br /><b>5. When you start a new job, </b>check out your employer’s pension arrangements, free employer contributions and tax deductions, and fully consider joining the pension scheme. If there are options on how much to contribute, you might be surprised how much bigger your pension pot could be if you paid in at a higher rate, together with the added ‘free employer and tax relief money’<br /><br /><b>6. If you want to work part-time,</b> in multiple jobs or temporarily, think carefully about how you can maximise your workplace pensions (including any existing policies you may have) and any eligibility criteria that might preclude you. Reflect on whether you might be inadvertently missing out on valuable contributions<br /><br />We encourage you to read the full <a href="https://www.insuringwomensfutures.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Financial-Wellbeing-A3-2pp-17-09-19.pdf" target="_blank">Financial Wellbeing Guide</a>, in particular the re-entering the workforce section, to review your personal situation in more detail.<br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Insuring Women’s Futures website:</b> The <a href="https://www.insuringwomensfutures.co.uk/resources/" target="_blank">resource page</a> contains research, videos and links to useful websites and tools</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5768" target="_blank">ACAS website:</a></b> You can find out more here on equal pay and gender pay gap reporting</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Your employer:</b> Once you are back at work, many workplaces run sessions for returners or have helplines</span></li>
<li><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your existing pension provider:</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Find out the position of your existing pension schemes and understand your options for reinvestment and transferral</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>An independent financial adviser:</b> If you need further financial advice, you can search for a qualified, local financial adviser on <a href="https://www.thepfs.org/yourmoney/find-an-adviser/" target="_blank">Findanadviser</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This November, Insuring Women’s Futures are running a campaign called <a href="https://www.insuringwomensfutures.co.uk/talk-2-10k/" target="_blank">Talk 2 10K.</a> They are challenging as many people as possible to talk to at least 10 other people about women’s financial wellbeing. To get involved all you need to do is:</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<li>Organise your conversations (these can be anything from a chat with a friend to a formal session with colleagues)</li>
<li>Spend a few minutes on 21 November sharing an anecdote, photo or video from your conversations on social media – make sure to use the following in your posts - #MakeEachMomentCount #InsuringFutures #WomensFinancialWellbeing and @CII<br /></li>
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Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-47867586230244201112019-10-10T11:26:00.000+01:002019-10-10T11:29:30.502+01:00Returning to work? Don't let Imposter Syndrome hold you back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><i><b>Do you sometimes feel that you don't deserve your success or that your achievements are flukes that can be put down to just good luck? Do you feel that it's only a matter of time until you are 'found out'? <br /><br /></b></i>If you do then you're certainly not alone. These feelings are so common they have a name - Imposter Syndrome.<br /><br />Imposter Syndrome was first <a href="https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-23/edition-5/feeling-fraud" target="_blank">identified by psychologists</a> in 1978. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are three defining features: a belief that others have an inflated view of your abilities, a fear that your true abilities will be found out, and a tendency to attribute your success to luck or extreme effort. There have been many studies into Imposter Syndrome since then, including one in 2011 that found that <a href="https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJBS/article/view/521/pdf" target="_blank">70% of people</a></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">will experience the phenomenon at some point in their lives. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And it's not just a 'women's issue' - research now suggests that men are just as likely as women to experience impostorism.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Imposter Syndrome is most common when we're moving out of our comfort zone and facing periods of change or uncertainty ... such as returning to work after a long career break.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>1. Remember these feelings are normal. </b>Imposter Syndrome can affect anyone, even people who seem to be the <a href="https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-quotes-on-impostor-syndrome-434739" target="_blank">most confident and capable</a>. Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has been quoted as saying: "There are still days when I wake up feeling like a fraud, not sure I should be where I am." And even Albert Einstein considered himself an "involuntary swindler." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Avoid putting your successes down to luck. </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Write down all your career and personal achievements to date, and think about the role that your abilities and hard work played. It will become clear to you that your successes were largely due to your hard work and abilities – not 'just luck'. </span>Read this <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/09/re-connecting-with-your-professional.html" target="_blank">blog</a> for advice. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-25320242162183959122019-09-26T07:31:00.000+01:002019-09-26T07:31:57.099+01:00Why your career break is a positive not a negative<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are lots of reasons for a career break – to care for young children or other relatives, for health reasons, to study, to travel or simply to recharge your batteries. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Far from being something to try to hide when you want to return to the workplace, there are very good reasons why you - and your potential employers - should celebrate your break.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We know from experience that returners re-enter the workplace with a fresh perspective, together with renewed energy and motivation. Employers value this too. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At our Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference, O2's Andrea Jones told the audience:<br /><br /><i>"There’s so much experience the returners have before their career break and they’ve gained so many skills on their career break. They come in with a really fresh pair of eyes....they can look at our processes and our systems and the ways we work quite differently. I think it’s a real breath of fresh air – and that’s what we hear from our managers."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Other employers spoke about the enthusiasm of the returners they had hired, the fact that they are incredibly efficient as time management comes more naturally to them, and their desire to contribute more broadly to the organisation rather than just doing their job. Returners were also valued as role models for younger employees of people who had taken a non-traditional career path. <br /><br />Dependent on the reason for your career break, you are also likely to have developed a variety of new skills. For example:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you've taken time out to care for others you will have honed your communication, time-management and organisation skills. And nothing improves negotiation ability more than getting to a compromise with a teenager! </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you've done skilled voluntary work you will have developed both teamwork and leadership skills - managing volunteers is much harder than paid staff.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you were travelling or studying, this can signal an openness to experiences and a motivation to learn and develop. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If your break was because of a personal trauma or health issue, you will have developed resilience and fortitude.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When writing your <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/08/five-tips-for-writing-your-back-to-work-CV.html" target="_blank">return-to-work CV</a> and <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2015/02/how-to-write-back-to-work-cover-letter.html" target="_blank">cover letter</a> and preparing for <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/09/six-essential-steps-for-successful.html" target="_blank">interviews</a> consider everything<i> </i>you've done during your break.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Make sure the skills and experience you've acquired come across - they are an important part of who you are now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Switch your focus. Rather than seeing your career break as a negative to employers, focus on how it differentiates you and makes you a better employee, gaining maturity, perspective and many new skills. You will be an asset to your next employer because of, not in spite of, your career break.</span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-6d261eff-7fff-ad03-9fa7-4e3e8f1e0aa2"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/WRnetwork">Sign up</a> to our free network for more advice, support and job opportunities.</i> </span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You’ll find much more <a href="http://wrpn.womenreturners.com/advice/">help and advice</a> on our website.</span></i></span></div>
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<br />Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-91971882960911941562019-09-13T15:24:00.000+01:002019-09-13T15:24:32.196+01:00What does success mean to you?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What does success mean to you? It's an interesting question to ask yourself from time to time - especially when you're considering returning to work after a career break.<br /><br />Often we judge how successful others are in their career by looking at their salary level or how far they've progressed up the corporate ladder. If you've taken a long break and so haven't progressed as far as your peers who didn't step off the career ladder, it's easy to label yourself as 'less successful'.<br /><br />However, research shows that the majority of people tend to use more subjective measures when judging their own success. A classic study* by Jane Sturges found that factors such as enjoyment, accomplishment, influence, expertise and personal recognition rated highly in a group of managers' descriptions of what success meant to them. For all of the women in the study, the content of the job was rated as more important than pay or status. Some people considered how effectively they balanced their work and home life as a key measure of success - a definite marker of success in our view but one we rarely hear or speak about.<br /><br />Defining what success means to you can help you to feel more positive about the choices you have made in your career/life to date, and can point you in the right direction for the future.<br /><br /><b>Ideas to clarify what success looks like for you</b><br /><br /><b>1. Fast-forward </b><br />A useful exercise is to mentally fast-forward to your 70th birthday. To put yourself in the right frame of mind, imagine who is there with you, where you are, even what you're wearing. Now imagine you're giving a speech discussing what you're proud of having achieved in your career and - most importantly - in your life as a whole. What comes to mind? What will make you feel you have succeeded in your life? Write down whatever comes to mind and you'll have a good starting point for developing your own personal view of success<br /><br /><b>2. Think-back</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Consider the proudest achievements in your life. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What were the moments that made you feel really good about yourself? Can you see any common themes? Could these past accomplishments help you define what success will look like in the future? Has your perspective changed during your career break?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And don't forget to <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/10/improve-your-return-to-work-confidence.html" target="_blank">build your self-efficacy</a> so that you believe you can succeed!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*What it means to succeed - Jane Sturges (1999)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span>Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-2072250823138275752019-08-21T16:30:00.000+01:002019-08-21T16:42:05.330+01:00Why ‘back to school’ is a good time to focus on your return to work<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyN2gekPmZl_zzwoxvk2Q3DuXqwTEHCMI7dkUyA2DCNuMyttClIifn8fFc9ODWIZ9kEjh5yESKD2QxUWND45rdWIgMh3zyD5Me4XTl0ESwI4bwI9Xm7xRmLRwbiOFK1Cnz_Iou36SNLc/s1600/autumn+1.jpg"><img alt="Autumn is a good time to focus on returning to work" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyN2gekPmZl_zzwoxvk2Q3DuXqwTEHCMI7dkUyA2DCNuMyttClIifn8fFc9ODWIZ9kEjh5yESKD2QxUWND45rdWIgMh3zyD5Me4XTl0ESwI4bwI9Xm7xRmLRwbiOFK1Cnz_Iou36SNLc/s640/autumn+1.jpg" title="Back to school is a good time to return to work" /></a><br /><br /> <br />The nights are already drawing in and soon there’ll be an autumnal chill in the air. Many people have that ‘back to school’ feeling at this time of year - whether they have children or not – as the move into September can feel like a new beginning – more like New Year than New Year itself. <br /><br />And it’s a great time to focus on a return-to-work as businesses return to full strength after the lull of July and August and start hiring again. You may also have taken time over the summer to relax and now feel refreshed, revitalised and raring to go. This can get your return-to-work off to a flying start! <br /><br />Here are our top tips to capitalise on that ‘back to school’ feeling: <br /><br /> <b>1. Getting started </b><br /><br />Two of the most important things to nail when you start thinking about returning to work are clarity and focus. It’s therefore important to begin by taking the time to <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/07/how-to-develop-your-return-to-work-career-direction.html">develop your return to work career direction</a> as this will save you wasting time and energy on unhelpful job-hunting strategies. <br /> <br />If you’re struggling to decide what kind of role to look for it’s worth bearing in mind that studies consistently show that one of the key things that make us happy at work is using our strengths. Read our blogs for advice on <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/03/setting-your-career-compass-identifying.html">how to identify your strengths</a> and your <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2016/04/whats-your-usc-unique-strengths.html">unique strengths combination.</a> <br /><br />Once you have carefully considered your reasons for returning to work and what you want to do, you may find that you have <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2013/05/too-few-choices.html">too few choices</a> or <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2013/03/too-many-choices.html">too many choices</a> and therefore need to work on these. Taking the time to focus on your options at this stage will maximise your chances of success. <br /> <br /><br /><b>2. Making progress</b> <br /><br />Once you are clear on your career direction and the kind of roles you want to look for you’ll need to put together a great <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2018/05/how-to-write-your-post-break-cv.html" target="_blank">post-break CV</a>, <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/02/how-to-optimise-your-linkedin-profile.html">optimise your LinkedIn profile</a> and brush up on your <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/09/six-essential-steps-for-successful.html">interview</a> technique. <br /><br />If you find yourself thinking things like ‘I’m too old to move into a new area’ or ‘I’m hopeless at networking’, these can be signs that you may have a fixed mindset, and this could impede your progress. Read our blog on <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2018/11/how-to-develop-growth-mindset.html">how developing a growth mindset</a> can improve your chances of finding a satisfying and fulfilling role. <br /><br />Perhaps your professional confidence has taken a knock if you’ve had an extended career break – hardly surprising considering how much of our identity is tied up with our work. We have some <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/03/boost-your-confidence-for-a-successful-return-to-work.html">top tips for boosting confidence</a> and advice on <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2018/10/how-to-look-more-confident-than-you.html">how to look more confident than you really are</a>. <br /><br />Read our tips on <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2018/09/how-to-be-successful-returner-candidate.html">how to be a successful returner candidate</a> and also <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/05/advice-from-successful-returners-to-work.html">advice from people who have successfully returned to work</a>. The <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/05/advice-from-employers-for-returners.html">advice from employers for returners</a> on recognising your value can be especially helpful. <br /><br /> <br /><b>3. Keeping going </b><br /><br />Looking for a new role after an extended career break can sometimes feel overwhelming and the inevitable setbacks may mean sustained motivation – so necessary for success – can wane. Read our advice on <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2018/10/stay-motivated-in-return-to-work-job-search.html">how to stay motivated in your return to work job search</a>. <br /><br />If you find yourself becoming demotivated – our <a href="http://wrpn.womenreturners.com/success-stories/">stories</a> from women who have successfully navigated a return to work will help give you encouragement and reassurance. <br /> <br />You’ll find lots more help in the <a href="http://wrpn.womenreturners.com/advice/">advice hub</a> on our website. And don’t forget to <a href="https://us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ee33738f891a2e40840c33f2e&id=ef607d28d2">sign up</a> to our Women Returners Professional Network for information on returnships, returner roles and return-to-work events and webinars. <br /><br /> </span>Back to your futurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128056757283765470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851473975076382285.post-24412384784655402942019-08-07T08:29:00.000+01:002019-08-07T08:29:11.431+01:00Five tips for writing your back-to-work CV <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The end of the holidays and the new school year will be with us in a few weeks. If that’s got you thinking about re-igniting your own career Victoria McLean, Founder and CEO of career consultancy <a href="https://citycv.co.uk/">City CV</a>, has some tips to get your CV in great shape. </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Returning to professional life can be daunting. But a career break should never hold you back. The first step in your back-to-work plan is to make sure you have a professional, targeted and compelling CV that highlights your relevant strengths, achievements and skills. <br /><br />Here are my top tips for creating a CV that will convince prospective employers of your value to them: <br /><br /><b>1. Tailor your CV to your target role </b><br /><br />Think about what the employer really needs. What skills are they looking for? Why would they pick you over potentially hundreds of other candidates? Be positive and make a list of your skills and achievements from previous roles and personal experiences that demonstrate you have what it takes to match their requirements. <br /><br /><b>2. Get up to speed on Applicant Tracking Systems </b><br /><br />If you’ve been out of the job market for a while, you may not know about Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). These work like a search engine – scanning CVs for key words. If your CV is to get past the ATS and onto the desk of a real human, you need to identify the key words from the job description – and then use them. <br /><br /><b>3. Don’t start with a gap </b><br /><br />Mention your career break, but keep it simple and lean. Include a short ‘Career Break’ section under your work experience, with dates, including any professionally-relevant activities such as skilled volunteering or a home-based business. <br /><br /><b>4. Cherry pick</b> <br /><br />It can be a challenge to distil a long or varied career into two pages. But, it is possible if you highlight exceptional projects, skills and experience that align with your target role. Facts and figures are a great way to reinforce your results and achievements. <br /><br /><b>5. Don’t forget about the six-second test </b><br /><br />On average, recruiters take just six seconds to decide whether to reject a CV or read on – so it needs to be compelling. Would your current CV pass this test? If you’re not sure, sign up for our next CV webinar below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>‘The Perfect CV’ FREE webinar with Women Returners and Victoria McLean, founder and CEO, City CV </b></i></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>As founder and CEO of City CV, Victoria has reviewed over 50,000 CVs over the course of her career and many of our clients have benefited from her workshops at the Women Returners annual conference. In this webinar, Victoria shares her knowledge on how to market yourself and build an effective business case on your CV. She’ll be talking about how to create a personal career story that showcases your most relevant achievements and helps you open that door to the job interview. We’ll also delve into the details of CV writing, with lots of practical tips. <br /></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Sign up to the webinar</i></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b> <a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6657804989689085195?redirect=true" target="_blank">here</a> </b></i></span></b><br /><br />When: Thursday 26 September 2019 <br /><br />Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm</i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At our Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference earlier this summer, our CEO Julianne Miles led a session on how to get focused and develop your return to work career direction. Here are some of the key takeouts.</span></b></i><br />
<i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We find that many returners adopt one of these unhelpful strategies when they want to return to work:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Treating it like a research project with lots of thinking but little action</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taking a scattergun approach - randomly applying for a range of jobs online</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Waiting to 'find their passion' or for the 'perfect job' to come along.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For success, it's important to have greater clarity and focus</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span>Julianne explained, "When you're thinking of going back to work, there are three questions you need to answer - why do I want to go back to work? What do I want to do? How do I get there?" This session focused on helping you to answer the first two questions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Why do I want to go back to work?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Start by working out exactly </span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">why</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> you want to return to work. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your motivation is often a mix of different things. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It could be a need for mental stimulation, to use your qualifications, or to be a role model for your children. It could be a desire for a more tangible sense of achievement or to get your professional identity back.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It could be financial motivation; in this case consider whether you need the money, want to have your <b>own</b> money or want to have the affirmation of being paid what you are worth. As you think about your options, check that you'll be fulfilling your major motivations in the job(s) you're considering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What do I want to do?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"This is often where people get off track," said Julianne. "They don't recognise that there is a trade-off triangle - it's very difficult to optimise job fulfilment, flexibility and pay/level. I recommend that people start with job fulfilment</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and then think 'how can I do that flexibly (if this is important to you) and how can I get the salary I want?'</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> A return to work is unlikely to be successful unless you enjoy what you are doing and are getting enough out of the work day-to-day."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There's a lot of evidence that if you orientate your career, and life as a whole, around knowing and <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2014/03/setting-your-career-compass-identifying.html" target="_blank">using your strengths</a> you are likely to be better at what you do and also to be happier. Often other people are best placed to give you very valuable feedback on your strengths. This is because we tend to underestimate our own strengths as they are often the things that come naturally to us - and we tend to value more the things we find harder.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's also important to determine your work values - what is most important to you in your working life? Test which aspects you can compromise on and which are make-or-break for you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Likewise, working out what interests you is very important. What do you enjoy doing? Remember that you're more likely to find your passion if you start off by doing something that interests you, rather than waiting for your passion to appear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use these factors to develop your decision criteria. This will help you to develop new options or to narrow down the options you have already identified.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next step is to actively explore your options. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Julianne said: "Pick two or three options that you have the most energy to investigate. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">G</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o out and talk to people to find out more information. Start by talking to family and friends. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Go to conferences, seminars - parachute yourself in with lots of people who are already doing what you want to do - and investigate if this could work for you. This way you'll be able to clarify which option best meets your decision criteria. And don't underestimate the intangible aspects - which job feels most like you - as this is equally valuable information." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>At our Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference, co-founder and CEO Julianne Miles MBE spoke about what led her to set up Women Returners and how the UK landscape for returners has changed over the last five years.</b></i><br /><br />After her own 4-year career break to care for her young family, Julianne decided that she didn't want to return to her former career in corporate strategy and marketing. She found it difficult to decide what to do next and was disappointed to find that there was no support available to help her. In the end, she found her own way back by retraining as a Chartered Psychologist and s</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">etting up an occupational psychology practice</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />As a sideline, Julianne began to help more and more friends and acquaintances who had taken career breaks and were unsure of what to do or how to get back to work. In 2012, together with Women Returners co-founder Katarina Gould (who stepped back to pursue other interests in 2016), she started this blog to support returners. The initial aim was to provide free online return to work advice and to spread positive success stories about returning to work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Julianne and Katerina became increasingly frustrated by the structural difficulties that talented and experienced returners faced when trying to get back to work. The story was always the same - they were ignored or rejected out of hand when they applied for jobs through traditional recruitment processes, and had to find roles through their networks, to retrain or to take much lower-level positions. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />In 2014, they had the ambitious goal of putting returners on the map for UK business. The idea was to introduce returner programmes to create bridges between employers who wanted to recruit talented and diverse professionals and returners looking to find satisfying work using their skills and experience. They also wanted to act as a voice and advocate for career returners within the Government and professional bodies.<br /><br />"Our mission has always been to make career breaks a normal part of a 40 to 50 year career, and to remove the 'career break penalty'" Julianne told the Conference audience. "To do this we work with three different groups - individuals, organisations and the Government."<br /><br />Julianne explained that, alongside their free Returner Network for individuals, Women Returners partners with employers to develop and support three main types of returner programme:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Returnships</b> - high level, paid 'professional internships', where returners do a job for three to six months with transition support provided by the organisation. At the end of the period, there is a very strong likelihood of a permanent role if it works for both sides. These have really taken off in the UK and now in Ireland, and are at the pioneer stage in mainland Europe,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Supported hire programmes</b> - bringing returners into a permanent role with transition support, and an understanding that there may be a short ramp-up period as a returner gets up to speed. The term 'supported hire' was coined by Women Returners in 2015.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Returner training programme</b> - a form of returner programme where people who have taken an extended </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">break are retrained into a different field, such as tech or wealth management.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Five years ago, we introduced the concept of the returnship into the UK and have broadened our offering from there," said Julianne. "I did think that employers might not be that interested. However, this has definitely not been the case! In 2014 there were 3 UK returner programmes, by 2018 over 70 employers ran them."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Almost every day I get contacted by a new employer asking about returner programmes. The interest is growing and growing, and we're seeing a real change in attitudes generally. Employers are realising that this is a really strong pool of candidates and they are looking beyond the gap to the skills returners bring."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Julianne described how Women Returners has partnered with employers to develop programmes around England, Scotland and Ireland. Although the concentration remains in the South, activity in the Midlands and the North of England is building. There is still little happening in Mainland Europe but she hopes this will change over the next 5 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I'm proud to say that returners are now firmly on the Government' agenda," said Julianne. "There's a returners unit within the Equalities Office, and last year we co-wrote <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/set-up-a-returner-programme" target="_blank">best practice guidance for employers on returner programmes</a> which is on GOV.UK."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"We're doing what we can to change the context," said Julianne, "but I want to ask you as returners to do your bit as well. Be positive, proactive and don't write yourself off! If you find yourself thinking 'I'm too old', 'It's too late', 'Nobody's going to want me' - push all those thoughts away. Listen to and gain support from the positive people in your life who can help you think about what you CAN bring. Remember - you are the same, competent professional that you were before you took your career break. You might be a bit out of practice, but it won't take long to get up to speed and to be firing on all cylinders!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>At our 2019 Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference last month, Anna Johnstone, senior coach at Women Returners, led a session on how to boost professional confidence. Here are some takeouts from that session.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the recurring themes we see when we coach returners is lack of professional confidence. The women we work with may be very confident in their personal life, but often doubt their self-worth when it comes to returning to the workplace. They may think "What have I got to offer? Will I be able to do the job? What value can I add? Will an employer even want to hire me?" We hear these doubts again and again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our senior coach, Anna Johnstone, focussed on tackling a lack of professional confidence head on at our recent Conference by focussing on three key areas - 1) internal feelings of worth and self-belief, 2) outer confidence - your gravitas, the impact that you have, and 3) reframing confidence as courage.</span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) Inner confidence - feelings of worth and self-belief</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some people refer to self-belief as having backbone. But Anna says that improving your self-belief is a bit like strengthening the muscles <i>around</i> your backbone which may have become a little weak during a career break. Self-doubt - your inner critic or gremlin - may be telling you that you've lost your skills, you're too old or that you'll never get back up to speed with technology. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are Anna's tips for dealing with your inner critic and boosting your self-belief:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try reframing the way you think. Instead of thinking, for example, "I will never get back up to speed" say to yourself - "<i>my inner critic is telling me </i>I will never get back up to speed"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a subtle, but effective, change which will make you question negative assumptions. It may also bring out the fight in you so that you think "someone is telling me that I'm not going to get back up to speed - but I <i>am</i> going to get back up to speed."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Remember that you also have another internal voice - your inner mentor. This is the voice of someone who cares about you - it's calm, kind and supportive. Learn to listen to this voice and to dial it up so that it becomes louder than your inner critic</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Remind yourself of the things you are good at - it's a great way to boost self-belief. Remember that you have a wealth of skills and experience developed throughout your career and your career break - write these down and practise saying them out loud</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>2) Outer confidence - how do you act more confident even if you have doubts on the inside?</b> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Think about your body - if you change how you sit and stand this will change the way you think. For example, putting your feet firmly on the ground so that you feel solid can really help if you’re about to go into a situation that makes you feel stressed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Roll back and lower your shoulders. This will take the tension out of your shoulders and allow you to breathe better </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Breathe deeply from your diaphragm - in through your nose, out through your mouth - five times. This will help dissipate doubts and anxieties and strengthen your voice - particularly important just before an interview!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Watch <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en" target="_blank">Amy Cuddy's Power Pose TEDTalk</a> - and practise 'power posing' every morning and before facing any situation you find stressful</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you hear yourself speaking quickly make a conscious effort to slow down. People will hear more of what you say and speaking slower has the added bonus of giving you more time to think</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Feel more confident at interviews and meetings by wearing something that makes you feel good about yourself and gives you a boost</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The problem with thinking "if only I had more confidence I would send this email, apply for that role, phone my contact etc" is that you end up waiting to feel more confident, which can stop you from taking action</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Instead of focusing on having more confidence, try focusing on having more courage</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Courage is when you decide to do something difficult even though you may have doubts, even though you feel afraid</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Courage is a much more positive word - aim to dial your courage up a notch to help you to take action despite your self-doubts.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>At our 2019 Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference, Claire Cohen, Women's Editor of The Telegraph, interviewed five of our employer sponsors who have experience of running successful returner programmes: Bloomberg, Credit Suisse, FDM Group, Fidelity International and O2.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12.100000381469727px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Read some of the highlights on CV and interview advice from the panel's responses below (and see our <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2019/05/advice-from-employers-for-returners.html" target="_blank">previous post on recognising your value</a> too).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>How can you write a great CV for a returner programme? </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Make sure you bring out your career break on your CV - the experience that you’ve had and what you've done, the skills that you've learned. Some people leave this out and just put the dates in instead of explaining what they've done during that period."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Most people have amazing backgrounds. Demonstrate the skills you want the employer to see, bring those out with some real-life examples on your CV."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />“What I really look for is experience - make sure this is fully explained on your CV and at the interview as well, because the experience you bring is so different from other candidates and that’s what really sets you apart."<br /><br />“Put your career break front and centre of your CV. There’s no point in trying to hide it - why should you? It’s absolutely part of who you are and the experience you're bringing to the role so draw that out at the beginning."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />“If you want an employer to give your CV time, to give <i>you</i> time, you need to put the time in yourself. Before you press the send button read it a second, third time and just make sure that it makes sense."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>How can you present yourself well during an interview?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It’s very important to come to the table with what you are bringing to the organisation and not to focus on what you may not have, such as technical/digital skills.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Be prepared. When you go to that interview know your CV, know your skills and don’t dismiss the soft skills."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Articulate what your top strengths are - this can be powerful in an interview.” (see <a href="http://blog.womenreturners.com/2016/04/whats-your-usc-unique-strengths.html" target="_blank">What's your Unique Strengths Combination</a>)<br /><br />“Don’t define yourself by what you’ve done before. Think about transferable skills. Break down what you’ve done into elements that will help an employer understand what you bring to the table."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Try to be succinct. Articulate exactly what skills you bring."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />"Don’t undersell what you’ve been doing - a lot of people undersell what they’ve done during their supposed 'time out'."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>At our 2019 Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference, Claire Cohen, Women's Editor of The Telegraph, interviewed five of our employer sponsors who have experience of running successful returner programmes: Bloomberg, Credit Suisse, FDM Group, Fidelity International and O2.</i></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Read some of the highlights from the panel's responses below (more to come in our next blog).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Why do employers run returner programmes?</b><br /><br />"We were thinking about this talent pool that’s incredibly talented and has amazing skills and we thought we’re going to tap into this to help us solve one of our business problems. So we launched in 2014 and it’s been brilliant for us. We’re now in our sixth cohort and we have a fantastic group of alumni who’ve been through the programme and are active participants in our day to day work."<br /><br />"The proof is in the pudding. The more returnships we run and the more the hiring managers see the quality of the candidates coming into those programmes and what they can bring over and above another hire from another bank, or similar institution, is really valuable and I can only see that growing."<br /><br /><b>What benefits do returners bring to the workplace?</b><br /><br />"[Returners] come in with a really fresh pair of eyes. They can look at our processes and our systems and the way that we work quite differently and it’s a real breath of fresh air - that’s what we hear from our managers." <br /> <br />"Another thing that I’ve seen is the enthusiasm when they come back and the fact that they bring so much - they want to give back to the organisation. I can cite several examples of our returners acting as mentors to some of the more junior women. They are active participants in key elements of our organisation." <br /><br /><b>What are employers looking for in a returner candidate? </b><br /><br />“I want flexibility of mind. You’re not the same person as before your career break. You want us to see this a positive so you’ve got to see that as a positive as well. Be flexible, be open! Your time out has taught you a lot." <br /><br />“We’re constantly looking at ways to improve things so any type of improvement or process improvement [including during your career break] that you’ve done will be really valuable to organisations." <br /><br />“Flexibility - we want to move people around the organisation so I'd really encourage people to be really open-minded about what they initially start to do because it could lead on to so many other things once you’re there."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Did you miss our Women Returners 'Back to Your Future' Conference this week in London? For those of you who couldn't join us, our next few blogs will talk about the takeouts from this sellout event.</b></i><br /><br />Our Returner Panel session was chaired by the wonderful Jane Garvey from BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour. Five women who have successfully returned to work after a multi-year career break spoke about their experiences. Two had taken a break to care for small children, one for fostering and setting up a business, one to focus on family time with older children and one to take time out from a long career in a high-pressure role. Three had returned to work via a returnship, the other two via networks or stepping-stone roles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Here are some of the highlights from their comments, including the panel's advice for other women wanting to get back to work:<br /><br /><b>On where they are now:</b><br /><br />“It’s been a revelation to me - the whole returnship process, the support the firm has provided me, the support from Women Returners and the whole promotion of the idea of being able to return to work... I managed not only to return to work but to start a whole new career in the finance industry." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I didn't know that returnships existed. I had set my standard of returning to work as 'perhaps I could take a few steps back if someone would have me' - I really had no expectations and not a lot of confidence that I'd be able to step back into a senior role...honestly, the programme has been transformative for me and my career."<br /><br />“It’s amazing - I didn’t think that from where I was two and a half years ago to where I am now was going to be possible."<br /><br /><br /><b>On how they first felt being back at work:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b><br />"It was a bit of a shock, I wanted it but it was quite challenging. The most interesting thing for me was the progression over a number of weeks. And what I learned from day one was not to crucify myself by setting totally unrealistic standards about what I wanted to achieve.”<br /><br />"I think we all have that slight reservation that we’re not quite up to it or that we won’t know what to do when we (arrive) and sit down or go to a meeting. But I was amazed at how quickly it all came back. After about three weeks the senior management team were saying 'we feel like you’ve been in the organisation for years - you’ve just fitted back in'."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />"My first day was a mixture of terror and excitement.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“My employers were really welcoming...I was nervous about photocopiers and phone systems."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Don't worry - within a week you'll be back in the swing of it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I was made to feel incredibly welcome from day one. I was given a senior woman as a mentor and meetings were set up for me to meet other people in the department."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"You have to decide what you’re going to do in a week, what you’re going to deliver and make sure you communicate that to people around you."<br /><br />"It's really important for you to take responsibility (for managing boundaries). No-one is going to do that for you."<br /><br />"Don't set unrealistic standards about what you can achieve when you first get back to work."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"A friend gave me some brilliant career advice once. He said - when you’re going for an interview don’t do things that will enable people to write you off from the beginning. If you’re going for an interview where - like it or not - they wear suits then wear a suit. Do your research."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"For me, it’s about feeling confident. - if you feel confident in what you’re wearing that’s what’s important - and the fact that you project that confidence."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“It's very dependent on the workplace. I don’t think it’s to do with wearing a suit - it’s about getting the dress code right.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I went to the hairdresser for the first time in two years - I wanted to feel 'put together' and confident."</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">General comments/advice:</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />"What I would recommend is lots of positive talk to yourself in front of the mirror before you go into the interview."<br /><br />"We have to understand that we have skills - they don’t go away - they might be slightly rusty but I can reassure you that within a week you’ll be back in the swing of things and within three months you’ll feel you’ve never been away."<br /><br />“You’ve had a break, you’ve developed lots of positive behaviours and that’s what you’ve got to offer a new employer."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“One of the women on my returner programme had been out of the workplace for 20 years and came back in and did the programme and got herself a job that she was absolutely thrilled to get and loves and is forging another career."</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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