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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.08,0:00:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People returning to work\Nafter a career break:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.64,0:00:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call them relaunchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.84,0:00:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people who have taken\Ncareer breaks for elder care,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.72,0:00:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for childcare reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursuing a personal interest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.28,0:00:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a personal health issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.96,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Closely related are\Ncareer transitioners of all kinds:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.36,0:00:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,veterans, military spouses,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.72,0:00:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retirees coming out of retirement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.16,0:00:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or repatriating expats.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.96,0:00:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Returning to work\Nafter a career break is hard
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.92,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of a disconnect\Nbetween the employers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.96,0:00:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the relaunchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.88,0:00:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Employers can view hiring people\Nwith a gap on their résumé
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.88,0:00:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a high-risk proposition,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and individuals on career break\Ncan have doubts about their abilities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.88,0:01:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to relaunch their careers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.48,0:01:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if they've been out\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.92,0:01:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This disconnect is a problem\Nthat I'm trying to help solve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.24,0:01:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, successful relaunchers\Nare everywhere and in every field.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.28,0:01:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Sami Kafala.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.04,0:01:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a nuclear physicist in the UK
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.80,0:01:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who took a five-year career break\Nto be home with his five children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.76,0:01:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Singapore press recently wrote\Nabout nurses returning to work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.72,0:01:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after long career breaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.80,0:01:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And speaking of long career breaks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.84,0:01:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is Mimi Kahn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.72,0:01:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a social worker\Nin Orange County, California,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.52,0:01:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who returned to work\Nin a social services organization
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.88,0:01:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a 25-year career break.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.68,0:01:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the longest career break\Nthat I'm aware of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.82,0:01:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prominent people take career breaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.74,0:01:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took a five-year career break\Nearly in her career.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.95,0:01:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, there are\Nthe fictional relaunchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.12,0:02:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably the most famos\Nis Alicia Florrick,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.34,0:02:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the character played by Julianna Margulies\Nin the TV show The Goodwife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.53,0:02:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a lawyer who returns to work\Nafter a 13-year career break.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.82,0:02:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a real person\Nwho took a 13-year career break.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.92,0:02:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Tracy Shapiro, and her family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.00,0:02:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tracy answered a call for essays\Nby the Today Show
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.96,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from people who were trying\Nto return to work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.40,0:02:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but having a difficult time of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.16,0:02:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tracy wrote in that she was a mom of five\Nwho loved her time at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.64,0:02:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she had gone through a divorce\Nand needed to return to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus she really wanted\Nto bring work back into her life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she loved working.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.82,0:02:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tracy was doing what so many of us do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.42,0:02:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we feel like we've put in\Na good day in the job search.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.18,0:02:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was looking for a finance\Nor accounting role,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she had just spent\Nthe last nine months
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:02:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very diligently researching\Ncompanies online
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.22,0:02:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applying for jobs with no results.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.42,0:03:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met Tracy in June of 2011,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.18,0:03:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Today Show asked me\Nif I could work with her
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.74,0:03:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if I could help her\Nturn things around.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.46,0:03:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing I told Tracy\Nwas she had to get out of the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.94,0:03:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told her she had to go public\Nwith her job search
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.70,0:03:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell everyone she knew\Nabout her interest in returning to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.98,0:03:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also told her, "You are going\Nto have a lot of conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.78,0:03:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't go anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.38,0:03:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Expect that, and don't\Nbe discouraged by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.66,0:03:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be a handful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.26,0:03:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ultimately lead\Nto a job opportunity."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.98,0:03:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what happened\Nwith Tracy in a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.62,0:03:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to share with you\Na discovery that I made
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.07,0:03:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was returning to work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.82,0:03:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after my own career break of 11 years\Nout of the full-time workforce,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.94,0:03:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is, that people's view of you\Nis frozen in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I mean by this is,\Nwhen you start to get in touch with people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.30,0:03:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get back in touch\Nwith those people from the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.06,0:04:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people with whom you worked\Nor went to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.34,0:04:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are going to remember you as you were
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.10,0:04:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before your career break,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.94,0:04:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's even if your sense of self\Nhas diminished over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.46,0:04:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as happens with so many of us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.58,0:04:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the farther removed we are\Nfrom our professional identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.50,0:04:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example,\Nyou might think of yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.22,0:04:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as someone who looks like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.10,0:04:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me, crazy after a day\Nof driving around in my minivan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.42,0:04:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or here I am in the kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.06,0:04:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those people from the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.62,0:04:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't know about any of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.86,0:04:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They only remember you as you were,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.42,0:04:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a great confidence boost\Nto be back in touch with these people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.62,0:04:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hear their enthusiasm\Nabout your interest in returning to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.74,0:04:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one more thing I remember vividly\Nfrom my own career break,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.86,0:04:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was that I hardly kept up\Nwith the business news.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.26,0:04:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My background is in finance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.90,0:04:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hardly kept up with any news
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.34,0:04:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was home caring\Nfor my four young children,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.30,0:05:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was afraid I'd go into an interview
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.70,0:05:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start talking about a company\Nthat didn't exist anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.10,0:05:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to resubscribe\Nto the Wall Street Journal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.66,0:05:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read it for a good six months\Ncover to cover before I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.14,0:05:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I had a handle on what was going on\Nin the business world again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.92,0:05:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe relaunchers\Nare a gem of the workforce,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.56,0:05:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here's why.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.32,0:05:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about our life stage:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.16,0:05:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those of us who took career breaks\Nfor childcare reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.84,0:05:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have fewer or no maternity leaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.84,0:05:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did that already.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.36,0:05:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have fewer spousal\Nor partner job relocations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.72,0:05:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in a more settled time of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.20,0:05:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have great work experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a more mature perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.08,0:05:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not trying to find ourselves\Nat an employer's expense.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.68,0:05:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plus we have an energy,\Nan enthusiasm about returning to work
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.92,0:05:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,precisely because we've been\Naway from it for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.60,0:05:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the flip side, I speak with employers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.24,0:05:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here are two concerns\Nthat employers have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.80,0:05:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about hiring relaunchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.72,0:06:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one is, employers\Nare worried that relaunchers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.80,0:06:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are technologically obsolete.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.40,0:06:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I can tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.68,0:06:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having been technologically\Nobsolete myself at one point,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.28,0:06:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's a temporary condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.52,0:06:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had done my financial analysis\Nso long ago that I used Lotus 1-2-3.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.68,0:06:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if anyone\Ncan even remember back that far,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.64,0:06:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I had to relearn it on Excel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.88,0:06:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It actually wasn't that hard.\NA lot of the commands are the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.60,0:06:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found PowerPoint much more challenging,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.84,0:06:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now I use PowerPoint all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.96,0:06:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell relaunchers that employers\Nexpect them to come to the table
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.84,0:06:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a working knowledge\Nof basic office management software,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.36,0:06:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they're not up to speed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.12,0:06:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's their\Nresponsibility to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.52,0:06:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.16,0:06:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second area of concern\Nthat employers have about relaunchers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.80,0:06:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they're worried that relaunchers\Ndon't know what they want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.64,0:06:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell relaunchers that they need\Nto do the hard work
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.88,0:06:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to figure out whether their interests\Nand skills have changed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.40,0:07:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have not changed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.00,0:07:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they have been on career break.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.84,0:07:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the employer's job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.12,0:07:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the relauncher's responsibility\Nto demonstrate to the employer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.72,0:07:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can add the most value.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.76,0:07:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 2010 I started noticing something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.60,0:07:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had been tracking\Nreturn to work programs since 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.76,0:07:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in 2010, I started noticing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.08,0:07:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the use of a short-term\Npaid work opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it was called\Nan internship or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.48,0:07:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but an internship-like experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.84,0:07:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way for professionals\Nto return to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.00,0:07:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw Goldman Sachs and Sara Lee
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.80,0:07:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start corporate reentry\Ninternship programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.12,0:07:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw a returning engineer,\Na nontraditional reentry candidate,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.32,0:07:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apply for an entry-level\Ninternship program in the military,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.16,0:07:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then get a permanent job afterward.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.08,0:07:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw two universities\Nintegrate internships
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.80,0:07:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into mid-career executive\Neducation programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.40,0:08:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wrote a report\Nabout what I was seeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.24,0:08:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it became this article\Nfor Harvard Business Review
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.24,0:08:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "The 40-Year-Old Intern."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.16,0:08:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to thank the editors\Nthere for that title,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.80,0:08:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also for this artwork
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.20,0:08:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can see the 40-year-old intern\Nin the midst of all the college interns.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.56,0:08:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, courtesy of Fox Business News,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.76,0:08:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they called the concept\N"The 50-Year-Old Intern."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.96,0:08:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.92,0:08:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just last month, a movie came out,\Ncalled "The Intern",
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.18,0:08:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that brought us the 70 year old intern.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.23,0:08:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.09,0:08:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robert De Niro plays the role\Nof a 70 year old retiree
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.11,0:08:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who comes out of retirement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.86,0:08:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the intern for the CEO\Nof a fast growing company,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.67,0:08:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,played by Anne Hathaway.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.22,0:08:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't seen very many\N70 year old interns.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.55,0:08:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these non-traditional internships\Nare not just in the movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.50,0:08:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five of the biggest\Nfinancial services companies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.68,0:09:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have reentry internship programs\Nfor returning finance professionals,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.24,0:09:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at this point,\Nhundreds of people have participated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.56,0:09:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These internships are paid,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.36,0:09:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people who move on\Nto permanent roles
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.12,0:09:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are commanding competitive salaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.58,0:09:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, seven of the biggest\Nengineering companies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.06,0:09:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are piloting reentry internship programs\Nfor returning engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.38,0:09:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of an initiative\Nwith the Society of Women Engineers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.76,0:09:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, why are companies embracing\Nthe reentry internship?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.64,0:09:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the internship allows the employer
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.64,0:09:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to base their hiring decision\Non an actual work sample
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.68,0:09:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of a series of interviews,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.76,0:09:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the employer does not have to make\Nthat permanent hiring decision
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.52,0:09:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the internship period is over.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.84,0:09:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This testing out period\Nremoves the perceived risk
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.76,0:09:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some managers attach\Nto hiring relaunchers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.36,0:09:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are attracting\Nexcellent candidates
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.04,0:09:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are turning into great hires.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.44,0:10:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about how far we have come.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.76,0:10:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before this, most employers\Nwere not interested
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.76,0:10:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in engaging with relaunchers at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.12,0:10:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now, not only\Nare programs being developed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.64,0:10:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically with relaunchers in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.20,0:10:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can't even apply\Nfor these programs
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.72,0:10:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you have a gap on your résumé.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.04,0:10:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the mark of real change,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.16,0:10:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of true institutional shift,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.44,0:10:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if we can solve\Nthis problem for relaunchers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.30,0:10:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can solve it for other\Ncareer transitioners too.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.62,0:10:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, an employer just told me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.58,0:10:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their veterans return to work program
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.10,0:10:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is based on their reentry\Ninternship program.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.51,0:10:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no reason why there can't be\Na retiree internship program.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.36,0:10:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like in the movie "The Intern".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.54,0:10:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different pool, same concept.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.90,0:10:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me tell you\Nwhat happened with Tracy Shapiro.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.38,0:10:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember I told her
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.81,0:10:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she had to tell everyone she knew
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.88,0:10:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about her interest in returning to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.20,0:11:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one critical conversation\Nwith another parent in her community
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.40,0:11:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led to a job offer for Tracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.52,0:11:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was an accounting job\Nin a finance department.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.32,0:11:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was a temp job.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.20,0:11:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The company told her\Nthere was a possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.68,0:11:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could turn into something more,\Nbut no guarantees.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.24,0:11:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was in the fall of 2011.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.12,0:11:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tracy loved this company,\Nand she loved the people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.16,0:11:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the office was less\Nthan 10 minutes from her house.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.24,0:11:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though she had a second job offer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.48,0:11:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at another company\Nfor a permanent full-time role,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.40,0:11:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she decided to take her chances\Nwith this internship
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.64,0:11:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hope for the best.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.72,0:11:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, she ended up blowing away\Nall of their expectations,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.80,0:11:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the company not only\Nmade her a permanent offer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.32,0:11:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the beginning of 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.44,0:11:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they made it even more\Ninteresting and challenging,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.08,0:11:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they knew what Tracy could handle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.80,0:11:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast forward to 2015,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.28,0:11:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tracy's been promoted.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.88,0:11:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've paid for her\Nto get her MBA at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.32,0:11:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's even hired another relauncher\Nfor work for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.24,0:12:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tracy's temp job was a tryout,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.64,0:12:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like an internship,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.32,0:12:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it ended up being a win\Nfor both Tracy and her employer.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.00,0:12:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my goal is to bring\Nthe reentry internship concept
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.40,0:12:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to more and more employers,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.16,0:12:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the meantime,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.00,0:12:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are returning to work\Nafter a career break,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.24,0:12:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't hesitate to suggest an internship\Nor an internship-like arrangement
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.28,0:12:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an employer that does not have\Na formal reentry internship program.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.92,0:12:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be their first success story,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.24,0:12:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be the example\Nfor more relaunchers to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.32,0:12:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.56,0:12:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)