Your Turn, Jennifer Gefsky
Your Turn, Jennifer Gefsky
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Your Turn
Careers, Kids, and Comebacks--A Working Mother's Guide

Author: Jennifer Gefsky, Stacey Delo

Narrator: Karissa Vacker

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019


Synopsis

Your Turn is the career coach that today’s working women need to own their career ambition + motherhood path. There are more than fifteen million employed women with children under the age of eighteen in the United States who find themselves smack in the “Messy Middle,” where job opportunity and family responsibilities collide and decisions shift into high gear. And there are also millions of women on the sidelines, many there due to impossible corporate structures, who are looking to get back in.Your Turn helps you move the career dial to where you need it now. Jennifer Gefsky, cofounder, and Stacey Delo, CEO, of Après—the premier site for women returning to the workforce—offer advice and inspiration to help women make the best possible career decisions for themselves and their families: to get ahead of the questions and tackle them when they arise, from managing guilt and stress after maternity leave to setting expectations in a part-time position to talking with partners and managers about how to make full-time work better for you.And for those who have decided to step away from the corporate world, whether it’s for one year or twenty, Gefsky and Delo show you how to stay current and how to pivot to something more meaningful when your old job doesn’t exist anymore or if you simply want a change. Your Turn provides a clear roadmap for how to navigate key work + life transition points.Your Turn features stories and research from the members of Après as well as insights from hundreds of companies that are making the transition work for their employees. With a unique insight into what kinds of work cultures and structures to look for, Gefsky and Delo also offer companies tangible steps to retain and cultivate female talent. Whether you’re struggling with the big question of whether to stay or quit, or looking to reenter the workforce after time away, this is the insider knowledge you need from people who have already taken the journey, as well as a step-by-step analysis to ensure you are making the right career decision for you.It’s your turn to . . .

About Jennifer Gefsky

Jennifer Gefsky is the cofounder of Après, the digital platform that helps women return to the workforce after a career break and companies increase their gender diversity. Jennifer is also a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, a national law firm that specializes in labor and employment law. She lives in New York with her family. 

About Stacey Delo

Stacey Delo is CEO of Après, which acquired her website, Maybrooks, in 2017, with a passion for making work work for women. Stacey spent eight years as a journalist with the Wall Street Journal, where she was the host of Digits, a live video program about technology, before founding her own business focused on flexibility in the workplace. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea

For women who have left the workforce when their kids were young and want to return, one of the most useful things about the book is its encouraging tone. The suggestions for resume organizing and using LinkedIn are also sensible, although available elsewhere. Where I found the book most vague and l......more

Goodreads review by Angela

This book strikes the right balance of being realistic and encouraging. The authors have lived and researched the experiences that they are advising on, so the advice and strategies in the book come with a voice of authenticity. It's very enlightening that they've also included strategies for employ......more

Goodreads review by Jordan

When I picked up this book, I FINALLY felt like someone was singing my song. I have been out of the full-time workforce for 5 years, have two young children, have multiple part-time jobs, and am balancing the crazy juggle of working parenting! YOUR TURN is a welcome narrative of what it is REALLY li......more

Goodreads review by Vovka

Every hiring manager should read this. Every spouse should read this. Everyone who took — or is thinking about taking — a break from work to handle childcare should read this. The book has its flaws, but overall I haven’t read a more thorough, more reasonable guide to this topic.......more