Relauch This!

O.k. so.
According to “Relaunch” professionals (and my friend Jessica), I needed to get myself over to www.linkedin.com and set myself up. So I did that.
Now, back to this “Relaunch” thing. I read Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-At-Home-Moms Who Want to Return to Work by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin. (V-8 Smack: shoulda wrote a book about It! – let’s relaunch by writing a book about relaunching!). The website http://www.irelaunch.com/ attached to the book has lots of helpful hints. Loads. It’s jam-packed!
For people who used to have an awesome career they would like to rejoin.
For example: “Mary Spectacular was the Chief Executive Blah Blah at Such in Such Inc. She took two years off to stay home with her twin daughters and is now ready to relaunch her career.” Mary’s worried about how her workplace has advanced since she’s been out. (Will her two MBAs apply?) She’s in touch with former colleagues but only through Facebook so they can see how blessed adorable her twins are. She’s hemming and hawing. Should she or shouldn’t she go back?
You know, Mary, save it.
I had barely scraped out of an internship when I left the work force. I have ONE career reference from before I had my first child (it was all retail and reception before that!) and have only done minor freelance writing work during the TEN years I have been home. I got married while in college, had one job using my degree, and then I’m barefoot and pregnant! What a throwback – June Cleaver tries to get a job!
I know I’ll write a blog about it!

P.S. I wouldn’t change a single thing.