From the course: Returning to Work with a Resume Gap
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Network your back way in
From the course: Returning to Work with a Resume Gap
Network your back way in
- Nancy came to me over a decade ago. She was a high-energy former HR director whose youngest child was entering school. After 10 years at home, Nancy was ready to go back to work. Because of her earlier career and robust community leadership experience, it wasn't hard to create a dynamic resume or LinkedIn profile for Nancy. And she took to networking like a fish to water, but job-seeking takes time, and after three months of diligently networking and applying, Nancy was impatient and frustrated. She was doing all the right things and well. I assured her to stick with it, and about two months later, Nancy called ecstatic. Turns out her future boss was waiting for her on the corner. On a recent morning, Nancy was waiting at the bus stop with her son when a dad and his son joined them. The two adults exchanged pleasantries, and then Nancy asked the man what he did for work. "I own a software company," he said. "What do you…
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