THE INSIDE STORY

Multiple responsibilities and personalities is what confront a woman on every way. Responsible daughter, understanding friend, dedicated wife and hard core professional at corporate… is what describes a women in various paths of life.

Women who step out of the corporate world find it really hard to step back in. The glamour of corporate world is right at its own place, but when it actually includes a women’s reaction to corporate as well as into her personal life then its like streaming in the river by stepping on two boats together. Women, who quit the corporate world when they hit a glass ceiling, want to raise a family fulltime or to decide a focus on other interests, encounter frustrating roadblocks in their attempts to re-enter the workforce.

A survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal suggests that:-

●36% of women who left their jobs said they were conflicted about their decision.

●70% however remained positive about their overall decision, although when they were asked to describe their job hunt 50% said that they were frustrated while 18% said that the experience was depressing.

It’s actually startling to look at the statistics which suggest that the highly talented MBA women who were once paid with handsome packages are totally unrecognized when they want to be back in the game after a break.

It’s often seen that many women who reach 50 and their kids heading off to college and now when they want to re-enter the workforce they truly find it an uphill task.

After visualizing such real life scenarios there’s one thought that often tickles my mind-

“These are talented professional women. Why was it so impossible?”

The women often indicated that they wanted to find a job for intellectual challenge and a stimulation of being back in the workforce. Many are returning out of economic necessity. It can be rightly quoted here-“Economies change. Children’s ages change. What these women thought out to be a lot of money in IRA is now not a lot.”

A live survey conducted very sharply indicates that women re-enter the new job searches with realistic expectations. 49% anticipated that process might take a few months and 36% thought they might have to take lower level positions. Frustration developed when they actually started the interview process and had trouble even making it past initial gatekeepers.

Here I should say that one major obstacle to women re-entering the workforce is corporate recruiter’s concern that experienced MBA’s are more expensive than new graduate. It drains away more time, effort and money to train experience MBA professionals and put them on track. Best way to combat such a problem is to stay up to date on skills to keep a hand in the working world while absent from full time employment. Women should maintain professional licenses, take continuing education, courses and keep their informal network of business contacts alive.