3,2,1 iRelaunch

iRelaunch is all about getting professionals back to work after a career break - most often childcare, but also eldercare, pursuing a personal interest, a personal health issue, extended travel, or other reasons. We also think about how other non-traditional professionals – expats repatriating, retirees “unretiring, military spouses and veterans, fit into the relauncher demographic. iRelaunch works with employers to create, implement and expand career re-entry programs of all kinds, and we produce the largest and longest-running dedicated career re-entry event in the country - the iRelaunch Return to Work Conference. Our fast-growing national community is made up of thousands of relaunchers in all stages of returning to work. iRelaunch Chair and Co-founder Carol Fishman Cohen's TED talk “How to get back to work after a career break” has viewed more than 2.5 million times and translated into 29 languages. Join us for our award-winning podcast featuring advice, strategies and success stories on returning to work after a career break.

Episodes

EP 296: Best Advice Series, A Compilation

December 15, 2024 • 33 mins

We’ve compiled the best advice from recent podcasts, we hope you enjoy hearing from our amazing guests, some with incredible relaunch stories of their own, some to share guidance, all inspirational: Jennifer Andrews, equity & diversity lead at Guardian Life; Elizabeth Andrew, TEDx speaker and global leader & motivator; Ofer Sharone, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on research regarding ca...

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EP 295: An LA entertainment lawyer & songwriter returns as a legal advocate with Evan Kopelson

September 12, 2024 • 41 mins

Today, we welcome Evan J. Kopelson. Evan began his career as an in-house business affairs attorney for Capitol Records, followed by 20 years in the entertainment industry and creative pursuits, including songwriting. A song he wrote for Vanessa Williams called 'Where Do We Go From Here," hit three billboard charts and and won a BMI Pop award. Given that the songwriting industry can be fickle, unpredictable and unstable, even for a...

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EP: 294 - Resume advice for relaunchers revisited, with iRelaunch resume expert Heidi Ravis

August 22, 2024 • 40 mins

In the run up to the iRelaunch October Virtual Return to Work Conference, we are revisiting this special edition on resume advice, from our iRelaunch recommended resume expert, Heidi Ravis. Heidi has over 30 years experience working with relaunchers in a wide range of industries and situations. She's a relauncher herself and has a first-hand understanding of relauncher résumé challenges. In this episode, we speak with Heidi about...

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EP 293: The Black Relaunchers' Perspective discussion; a Mocha Moms + iRelaunch event, revisited

August 9, 2024 • 44 mins

Today, we ask you to join us in revisiting the previously aired excerpt, The Black Relauncher’s Perspective Panel, a webinar hosted recently by Mocha Moms, Inc. + iRelaunch. This panel highlights the professional return to work stories of four Black relaunchers, Catherine Duffy, Country Leader of Bermuda, AIG; Kuae Kelch, National President of Mocha Moms, Inc.; LaBrena Settles, SVP, Program Manager, Bank of America; and Tiana Sousa...

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EP 292: Relocating from Mexico and relaunching in NYC after an 8 year break, with Elia O’Rourke

July 25, 2024 • 31 mins

Elia O'Rourke, a native of Mexico, found her career path after moving to New York City, where she met her husband during an exchange program. Elia took an eight year career break to raise her three daughters. During this time, she learned English by watching TV, and went through the process to validate her Bachelor's degree in accounting earned at a university in Mexico through World Education Services. In October 2021, Elia retur...

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EP 291:A pivot from sports management to DEI leadership after a 2 yr career break with Ashley Miller

July 12, 2024 • 44 mins

Ashley Miller spent the first 19 years of her career working in the NBA and WNBA organizations. After a two-year career break, Ashley pivoted her career by joining Goldman Sachs in private wealth management via Goldman’s Returnship program. She later became Chief of Staff for Diversity Recruiting and leader of the Returnship program. From there, Ashley moved to Yum! Brands, parent of Pizza Hut Global, where she leads equity, inclus...

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EP 290: A pivot into life sciences with a dual masters degree after a 15 yr break with Rowena Zahn

June 20, 2024 • 41 mins

Rowena Zahn took a 15 year child care career break during which time she completed a dual degree master's program in Food Science (MS) and Business (MBA). Having left a pharmaceutical sales career before her career break, Rowena's relaunch ultimately led to her career in account management in global life sciences. Her key accounts include global pharmaceutical companies in the biopharmaceutical industry and laboratories, from drug ...

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EP 289: Six promotions in IT at Discover following a 5 year career break, with Heather Bannon

June 7, 2024 • 26 mins

In 2006, Heather left her role as a Senior Programmer Systems Analyst at Discover Financial Services to begin a five year childcare career break. She ultimately relaunched her career by returning to Discover, where she has been promoted six times over the 13 years since she has been back. Heather is currently the Senior Director of Information Technology at Discover. She is a big supporter of relaunchers, which she has posted about...

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EP 288: Relaunching and pivoting via Vanguard’s Return to Work Program, with Felicia Williams

May 23, 2024 • 29 mins

Felicia Williams spent over 20 years as a director in accounting, finance, and audit at a major US railroad before electing to take a career break. In 2022, she relaunched her career and made a significant career pivot when she joined the Return to Work program at Vanguard. Hear how Felicia determined that a side interest should become the focus of her relaunch, and learn about the training she received through Vanguard’s Return ...

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EP 287: The Key Step You Cannot Skip to Relaunch Your Career Successfully with Carroll Welch

May 3, 2024 • 32 mins

What's the one step you cannot skip in order to successfully relaunch your career? Carroll Welch, Career, Executive & Leadership Coach, and one of our longest-serving iRelaunch coaching partners reveals the answer in this multi-faceted conversation. Note: The iRelaunch BootCamp referred to in this episode has been replaced by the iRelaunch RoadMap, the comprehensive, step-by-step guide for returning to a rewarding career, available...

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EP 286: Networking Makes the Difference When Relaunching with Mary Catherine Malley, rebroadcast

April 18, 2024 • 30 mins

Mary Catherine Malley is Director, Assistant General Counsel for Juniper Networks. Her route to this huge role for a global, NYSE listed, multi-billion company following an 11 year career break is the topic of our conversation. A surprising conversation with a neighbor jumpstarted her relaunch, and ended up in a returnship-like role for his company. Mary Catherine details the key role networking played in her relaunch, and how atte...

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EP 285: The Stigma of Long Term Unemployment and What to Do About It, with sociologist Ofer Sharone

April 4, 2024 • 47 mins

Today we welcome Ofer Sharone, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose research focuses on career transitions, unemployment, and aspirations. His new book, The Stigma Trap: College-Educated, Experienced, and Long-Term Unemployed shows how the stigma of unemployment renders all workers, including those who are highly experienced and hold advanced degrees from elite universities, precarious a...

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EP 284: Harnessing disruption when you least expect it, a conversation with Carol Fishman Cohen

March 8, 2024 • 48 mins

We are pleased to present you with a special broadcast of a previously recorded interview where Carol Fishman Cohen, host of the 3,2,1 iRelaunch podcast, CEO & Co-founder of iRelaunch, sits on the opposite side of the podcast mic and answers questions regarding her relaunch and more on the "Disrupt Yourself Podcast" with Whitney Johnson. We hope you enjoy this insightful and inspirational conversation, and get a peak into aspects ...

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EP 283:Relaunch success in Tech Sales after a 17-year break and nearing age 50 with Elizabeth Andrew

February 23, 2024 • 36 mins

Elizabeth Andrew is a top-producing technology sales executive, startup advisor, and TEDx speaker who has established herself as a leader, motivator, and role model. Elizabeth achieved career success by breaking down barriers in the San Francisco technology space at nearly 50 years old and after a 17-year career break, with no technology experience. Elizabeth has been a three-time VP of sales working for companies including Hello ...

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EP 282:Top Examples of Diversity Initiatives that Work, with iRelaunch Diversity Lead Janet Peterson

February 8, 2024 • 20 mins

Janet Peterson is Diversity Lead at iRelaunch, and like many on the iRelaunch team, Janet is a relauncher. Prior to her five-year career break, Janet held leadership roles in sales, marketing, and training and advocacy at Johnson & Johnson, and at Xerox Corporation. She served as board member for the American Diabetes Association and was a liaison for the National Urban League, NAACP and La Raza. Janet currently serves her communit...

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EP 281: How to Brag about Yourself Without Sounding Obnoxious with Selena Rezvani, rebroadcast

January 25, 2024 • 35 mins

Today's episode is a rebroadcast of an earlier podcast full of tips on how to bring your best self to the table. When Carol asks for Selena Rezvani’s best advice on how to “be a fierce self-advocate” as Selena says, and how to reach out to people to help in a job search without coming across as opportunistic, Selena explains this is all about demonstrating executive presence! Selena is a popular Leadership Speaker and Inclusion Con...

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EP 280: From a Wall Street returnship to DEI leader: a relauncher reflects, with Jennifer Andrews

January 12, 2024 • 29 mins

Jennifer Andrews is an equity and inclusion expert who relaunched her career in 2015 as part of Credit Suisse's Real Returns program in their second cohort. After eight and a half years at Credit Suisse, Jennifer took on a new role leading the equity and inclusion efforts globally at Guardian Life, where she is today. We speak with Jennifer about her job search and experience relaunching through a returnship, how a volunteer positi...

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EP 279: Best advice compilation of 2023 - Part 2

December 21, 2023 • 32 mins

Looking back at the many stories we've aired over the last year, we wanted to share the best bits of advice from our incredible list of guests. Today, the great advice continues as we hear from Keita Young of FanDuel and her exciting story of reaching a senior level after her relaunch; Samantha Orlando of Lockheed Martin and her relaunch after a life-threatening illness; Chip Conley, founder of Modern Elder Academy; Jennifer Chin S...

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EP 278: Best advice compilation of 2023 - Part 1

December 13, 2023 • 37 mins

Looking back at the many stories we've aired over the last year, we wanted to share the best bits of advice from our incredible list of guests. Today, we'll hear from Kerry Carter, who relaunched and had a long career at Staples before becoming CEO of non-profit Hope & Comfort; Avanti Tilak, astrophysicist turned data scientist; Shweta Sharma, who relaunched in tech after three career breaks; star comedian Zarna Garg, and her jour...

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EP 277: The Black Relaunchers' Perspective discussion; a Mocha Moms + iRelaunch event

November 30, 2023 • 44 mins

Today, we are pleased to share an excerpt from The Black Relauncher’s Perspective Panel, a webinar hosted recently by Mocha Moms + iRelaunch. This panel highlights the professional return to work stories of four Black relaunchers, Catherine Duffy, Country Leader of Bermuda, AIG; Kuae Kelch, National President of Mocha Moms Inc.; LaBrena Settles, SVP, Program Manager, Bank of America; and Tiana Sousa, Contract Manager, Iron Bow Tech...

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Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}EP 295: An LA entertainment lawyer & songwriter returns as a legal advocate with Evan Kopelson

EP: 294 - Resume advice for relaunchers revisited, with iRelaunch resume expert Heidi Ravis

EP 293: The Black Relaunchers' Perspective discussion; a Mocha Moms + iRelaunch event, revisited

EP 292: Relocating from Mexico and relaunching in NYC after an 8 year break, with Elia O’Rourke

EP 291:A pivot from sports management to DEI leadership after a 2 yr career break with Ashley Miller

EP 290: A pivot into life sciences with a dual masters degree after a 15 yr break with Rowena Zahn

EP 289: Six promotions in IT at Discover following a 5 year career break, with Heather Bannon

EP 288: Relaunching and pivoting via Vanguard’s Return to Work Program, with Felicia Williams

EP 287: The Key Step You Cannot Skip to Relaunch Your Career Successfully with Carroll Welch

EP 286: Networking Makes the Difference When Relaunching with Mary Catherine Malley, rebroadcast

EP 285: The Stigma of Long Term Unemployment and What to Do About It, with sociologist Ofer Sharone

EP 284: Harnessing disruption when you least expect it, a conversation with Carol Fishman Cohen

EP 283:Relaunch success in Tech Sales after a 17-year break and nearing age 50 with Elizabeth Andrew

EP 282:Top Examples of Diversity Initiatives that Work, with iRelaunch Diversity Lead Janet Peterson

EP 281: How to Brag about Yourself Without Sounding Obnoxious with Selena Rezvani, rebroadcast

EP 280: From a Wall Street returnship to DEI leader: a relauncher reflects, with Jennifer Andrews

EP 279: Best advice compilation of 2023 - Part 2

EP 278: Best advice compilation of 2023 - Part 1

EP 277: The Black Relaunchers' Perspective discussion; a Mocha Moms + iRelaunch event

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EP 296: Best Advice Series, A Compilation

EP 295: An LA entertainment lawyer & songwriter returns as a legal advocate with Evan Kopelson