Getting Back to Work
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Brian Reid in Uncategorized
Between the economy, the WSJ blog post and the Washington Post Magazine story earlier this month, there is a lot of chatter on the subject of re-entering the workforce. As I’ve said before, this is an issue of importance to almost all at-home dads, since nearly all SAHDs expect to go back into the paid workforce at some point in time or another.
I’ve pointed out that the dad-specific resources are pretty thin in this area, and while there’s plenty of good, gender-neutral information out there, it never hurts to have more fathers have more of a voice in telling their story. Which leads to my request.
Carol Fishman Cohen is one of the founders of iRelaunch, an effort to make it easier for parents to find that on-ramp back to paid work. Her group was featured in the Post story I mentioned, and Carol reached out to me to try to get more father stories integrated into the program. So I turn to you: if you’re a dad who has re-entered the workforce after some time away (regardless of the reason), I’d really love if you could tell your story to Carol. Drop me a line at rebeldad@gmail.com, and I’ll pass along your info.
Thanks.