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Finding Your Confidence, Embracing Your Skills, and Landing Your Dream Job After a Career Pause

Nancy Jensen and Sarah Duenwald
HarperCollins Leadership, 2021

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

For the millions of women who take career breaks, reentering the workforce can induce plenty of anxiety. Nancy Jensen and Sarah Duenwald share tools and strategies to help you pivot into a new role, and they remind you that you’re not alone. Their book covers how to stand out to recruiters, how to negotiate your salary and much more. Whether you’ve been caring for children or elders, isolating during the pandemic, or relocating to a new town, Jensen and Duenwald stress the importance of making no apologies as you confidently embrace your authentic vision and dream big.

Take-Aways

  • If you’ve taken a career break, you’re not alone. 
  • Select the job search strategy that is the best fit for your circumstances and ambitions.
  • Craft your narrative by taking control of your personal brand.

About the Authors

Sarah Duenwald and Nancy McSharry Jensen cofounded The Swing Shift, an organization dedicated to keeping women in the workforce.

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