As someone who is hesitant to return to work after taking some time off I really needed to hear this. thank you!!

This was SUPER encouraging. As a woman who has been out of the field for 7 years and looking at re-entry strategies, this was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

Big companies in the developing nations should consider this as well, break from career could be due to various reasons and if the person is returning to work, it only means that he/she has come out as a stronger individual with better EQ & IQ and against all odds. I enjoyed watching every bit of this talk. Thank you.

I am returning to work after caring for my elderly grandmother and mother. I refuse to give up.

This was very encouraging for me! I am re entering the workforce after 18 years as a mom. Carol's talk comforted me and made me realize there are many of us that have solid, marketable skills but we need to rethink how we look at ourselves. Thank you Carol! Barbara D.

I've personally been on a 3 year hiatus from the workforce. I was dealing with a lot of personal issues that hindered me from doing anything with a clear head. I actually JUST got back into it as a intern in fact. Interesting to see this video at this time in my life. Stay up yall. Nothing is permanent.

I’ve been in career break for about 7 years (maternity leave). And started to plan the ways I could get what I want. I got TESOL (from ASU), won a scholarship (fully granted) Ph.D in management studies. I still have loads of things/obstacles/hardships cuz I m out of my comfort zone I had. Morally draining,at times frustrating,but believing in myself. It is really hard to manage your family life and research studies (due to high demands)

I'm still not over my mountain but i really needed to hear this. thank you carol!

Coming up on this part of my life. 32 with a 6 year break for medical reasons.

I am currently on a career break and its been 1.5 years only. Reason behind was deceased family member and additional single motherhood responsibilities. I am unboxing myself to new skills and talents now. Cant wait to enter the workforce after covid. This is indeed a fantastic you tube and i recommend to every women across the globe to watch it! It is so true. Thanks

A change in career path meant a 5 year absence from full time work. Ive earned a second degree in a field far removed from my original education... and while I look forward to a 3 month placement, I'm not looking forward to the corporate wall I hit trying to get back in. Old, traditional, conservative managers and executive are still breathing and choking the life from the new face of the work force. So... I hope more companies see this and learn from it.

Very inspiring, Requesting all the employer to understand women are capable of handling both personal life and career. Parenting is a major part in building a society. So giving them the time required is responsibility for everyone in the society. Because of the fear of unemployment many are struggling.

I quit my software job to write as it has been my passion since I was 7. I am 25 now. I spent the last 17 months in the process with no results. My writing is not going well. Some really depressing things happened over the last year and hindered my writing even more. I went through depression, took therapy, experienced anxiety, and felt out of place almost every day. But I am still pursuing my writing. I have set up a deadline for myself and if my writing isn't over by the deadline, I am planning to apply for software jobs again. Trying to keep it together despite constant self-doubts and fear of failure. I never thought I would be this demotivated to post on a KZfaq video for reassurance. Any other writer who could relate to me? Any comment is appreciated.

Excellent talk. I am in search of a job after my career break. Thanks, Carol Fishman Cohen.

Beginning work next week after leaving to raise my children. It's been 17 years and I'm anxious but excited .

Lol I love that you added the pics from your sahm days! I totally relate to that!!!

I have been caregiver for my mother since 2015 after my father’s crossing over into spirit. My mother is close now to crossing over to meet with our father. It will be a celebration of a life lived well despite her pain over the years. She is still with us and we hope she has comfort and family to enjoy her final days weeks etc. I’m planning to return to work professionally as I move through my grief that will come as I miss my mother’s presence here in this mortal coil. I can’t wait to get back to work but I know my healing will take time and right space to restore my grace in the workplace. I’m 56 and I’m a big picture visionary with team player focused blessings for any work environment in multiple professional fields. I’m ready mum … I love you. It’s time. Be free of your pain now … leave the world to us your children - we’ll do our best. You are loved. Creator guide us well together. ❤

Loved it. Dealing with that at the moment.

Thank You Carol, this is helping me recraft my approach.

Been a house wife since 1996. Just now trying to get back into a job. That's 20 years. It's a bit more than a 'break.' lol

stupid system, entrepreneurs dying of hunger while people have to beg a company for internships, ridiculous.

I haven’t had a job in so long , and the thought of a job interview freaks me out ..

What a great society you're in when you can have a career break for 5 years and not die.

Thank you the break. It has permanently scarred me and messed with my mental health.

Awesome! Thanks so much for the wealth of informations.❤️👍🏽

love this very reassuring and inspiring

Career break lmao. I've been on a career break since I graduated college last year...meaning I can't find a job:(

Simply amazing and such great information!!!

I took a 2 year break in my early 30s.. mini retirement..it was worth it ..

Scary concept for me. I don't want to ask the emperor for my old job back. Good luck to everyone in this situation. It's tough right now.

Thank you so very much!

Thank you for this video.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Great Concept Bringing back Well Balanced resources Back to Org.

i've taken almost 2 years off. don't think that's too much

but i'm 27 with a 3 year "career break"

If you don't have a network, then this information won't help.

Thank you

I thought it gonna be deep ted talk. But she said simple things I've already known.

wow excellent, Thanks

Before I watch this video, I am struggling to find the ambition to return to work because I know my entire life requires complete change. Thanks to the pandemic I have complete faith that I will get the opportunity.

i appreciate that there is a discussion, but middle aged people cannot work for free or below minimum wage for an internship. and from my experience, a lot of people just exploit interns and fire them before they get to expensive.

Now I have to start over.

Why can't I find any information about people who need to return to the workforce without having had a highly focused and successful career beforehand? I have been at home raising my kids for nearly 9 years and the jobs I had before were minimum wage and part time so that I could also finish my degree. I have never had a job in what I got my degree in and the jobs I had while finishing school were ones any high school kid could get and frankly ones I'd never want to return to. Every KZfaq video and article I find about "relaunchers" refer to highly focused career professionals, like social workers, Wall Street people and freaking rocket scientists. Many of us are not in that category-- not even close. I was in my 20s when I married and made the decision to have and raise children at home before tackling a career. Where can I find information and guidance for people like me? I'm not a lawyer, account, neuroscientist etc., etc.-- I worked at the YMCA while I completed a degree in English and I've taken care of my family for almost a decade. I return to the workforce in 5 months. I am fully prepared for entry level employment but it would be great to find resources reaching out to my specific demographic. There are a lot of us out there.

brilliant talk! very inspiring

This video make me encourge :)

I'm not looking forward to my alarm goin off at 6!!! Sweet dreams sarks 😚😚😚

Oh my god, I can't even bare the thought of being surrounded by other people and having to fulfill expectations and responsibilities. All this while knowing my precious time of life is being wasted by incredibly trivial tasks and the years passing much faster than without work.

career breaks are for the privileged. Career breaks to us lower class people is called unemployment & it means you get less breaks or you're gonna be homeless if you don't keep going. We need a TEDtalk from somebody we can relate to more, not these upper & middle class people. We are on the cusp of class based warfare & we need start connecting people, use a platform like TEDtalk to branch to the lowest class or they will continue to feel alone.

Anyone else watching this before going back to work after covid lol

But how do I start a career after a long break when I didn’t get a career started before? I have no recent references, old degrees, and old minimal job experiences that is unrelated to what I’m applying for? Is my only option to go back to school?

When did Dr Melfi take this career break? Was this before or after she guided a major crime boss?

EXCELLENT TALK!! Thank you!!!

Will probably be a 20 year break for me. It’s more like a second life for me. The end of one phase and onto the next.

I am 45 an have never had a career, education and past jobs and odd jobs. How does one get a career at 45?

interesting talk,

This is going to be my story

I wish to rejoin my former company after a break of 6 years, however they are offering me a lower designation(Executive)than I had with them previously(Senior Executive). Should I accept it? How do I negotiate for the same designation and salary ?

"They remember you as you were." Probably less so in our current social media climate.

Can i mention the Corporate lay off in my cv

I'm a chemist looking for a job after 5 year career break

i have career break.

I came home from work. Was tired. Sat down on the sofa. Put my feet up. Wife brought me a glass of water. Son gave me a sheet of paper 📄 English. 17 /100 BM. 35/100 Maths. 40 /100 Physics 37/100 Chemistry 42/100 I lost my temper 😤😤😤😡😡😡 "What is this? All the time on phone and TV. How dare you show me such marks?" 😡😡😡 Wife said: "Be patient. Listen...." I told her: "Shut up. It's your love and pampering that has spoilt him. He is no good." Wife said: "Oh. Really?" I said: "No one in our family has performed so badly ever." Son said: "Dad. I was cleaning the old cupboard and I found this." "This is your old school report card." 😂😂😂

I wish I made enough to even take a one month break. A career break for me is just plain ole homelessness.

A "career break", a perfectly good reason for any *earnings* gap out there, as we all know now that wage gaps are a myth.

Unemployment rates for 50-year-olds and up are the highest of any age bracket.

I'm on a career break of 4 years... after high school I didn't got into medical school (although I did get into dental school but I had my head high in sky so I didn't take it and I decided to take a year off and then another year and then another) I regret taking too many breaks 'cause it's getting boring for me to do the same thing again and again. I could've graduated today but 'cause of my over ambitious mentality I'm behind my peers;

Yup, I've had a career break since Feb 2012. Get on my level. Not.

This gives me hope I have a 10 plus gap.

Glad I’m in the healthcare.. easy to get a job anytime

спасибо большое за перевод! очень надеюсь,что и далее будете переводить выпуски.

I have connected with people I want to connect with. It would be weird to talk to strangers about finding a job, isn't it? Imagine hearing this at a party on Friday night "I'm still looking for a job. How's your week?"

TEDx, maybe.

Good success story but what about the 1,000's that were not successful

What I find to question is who are their targeted audience?

3,5 years ago I was incapacitated due to a life crisis... I felt miserable and ashamed, as if I had failed in life... Guilt.... I left work without saying a word to anyone... Stopped going to facebook.. Isolated myself at home, locked my door and turned off my phone... This lasted for basically 3 months... Before I got picked up by.... pffft... Family protection agency... And from there I have spent the past 3 years working with myself internally to somehow find happiness and passion towards life again... To be honest... I am really struggling... I recently turned 28.... And I feel as if I have blown my chances and that the train has left the station a long time ago....

Where u get money to get carier break

How about for a 55 year old white male? How difficult is it for them?

*I have a career break every weekend.*

+I dislike the new youtube I'm black and took a break to raise my children and have my family together. It's a huge financial sacrifice but not a white person problem.

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A bit of disconnect. She says the benefit of relaunchers are that they have settled, that they know what they want. And then go on to contradict it by saying it's the relaunchers responsibility to figure out if they still have the passion for particular position or skill. Seems like employers are not unfounded in their worries, according to her. Also, title is misleading. It's not how to get back after break, it's more like a history of and what employers are currently doing to attract relaunchers.

Mehatroniki z višje s TŠC-ja where u at?

Everybody deserves a break on top of the Kit Kat break

Please stop using these horrible cancer commercials. My mother died of cancer. I do not need to be reminded about it and it does no good what soever to open a talk to hear someone asking me if I think about cancer! Not normally!! Not until I hear this annoying man insist that I be reminded about it!

I can see this turning into the new Hunger Games. Keep giving internships to MS degree for $10/hr. Maybe it works out for them, maybe we hire some billionaire's second cousin. Who knows what'll happen. May the odds be in your favor.

Who else watching this after a 1 week break

Every time she says "relaunchers" replace it with "rocket launchers"

erster

I've never said anything like this. But, "Hash tag White people problems". Fits here very well.

Meh, not a great talk.

Real question is: why get back to work after a career break?

How about you don't get pregnant?

Ummmmmmm what about the impending crisis of capitalism? This talk is for privileged people...that isn't how it is for many others. It's just a giant impasse.