Deepthi Parthasarathy took a break from her decade-long career as a software engineer to spend time with her toddler-aged daughter. When her daughter started school, she decided to return to work, but sought to make a career shift from development to product management. After completing a returnship in product management at Walmart Labs, she was hired there full-time as a Product Manager for their retail supply-chain technology team – the…
Earlier this year, Path Forward was delighted to learn that HPE would be launching a return to work program as part of their “Work that Fits Your Life” initiative. Today, we are excited to announce that returnships are now available at HPE through their new Career Reboot program. The 12-week returnships will begin in September and will include online training to refresh technical knowledge and mentorship programs at HPE, as…
Hagit Katzenelson worked in product management for a number of start-ups and tech companies before the demands of caring for family and a friend with cancer compelled her to take a career break. When she was ready to return, Hagit job-searched for five years before landing a returnship as Product Manager for Walmart Labs, where she now works full-time. She tells us about the importance of believing in yourself, her…
Deborah Chin worked in digital and print design for over a decade before taking a break to care for her daughter. What she hoped would be a break of only a year quickly turned into two as she juggled full-time care with efforts to transition into a UX Design career. After being accepted into a UX Design returnship at Walmart Labs, she was hired full-time as a Product Designer, where…
Recruiting Period Kicks off with Free Career Restart Seminar on July 17th We’re excited to announce the launch of our Fall 2019 return to work program in the Bay Area, with both new and returning partner companies. Path Forward is delighted to welcome new partners Blend, HPE, PagerDuty, Plastiq, Uber for Business, VMware, and Zynga, and to help our returning program champions Cloudflare, OSIsoft, Quizlet, Sage Intacct, and Verizon Media continue…
Path Forward is delighted to welcome Amazon to our Fall 2019 return to work program. The second-largest employer in the US is opening up opportunities for finance professionals on career breaks to fill multiple returnship positions in the Operations Finance division at their Seattle headquarters. As part of the program Amazon is looking for Financial Analysts and Senior Financial Analysts for 16-week returnships that will start in late summer. These…
Last week, Tami Forman was a guest on Career Pivot’s Repurpose Your Career podcast, where she talked to host Marc Miller about returning to the workforce after a long break. Career Pivot is a career service for adults who are on the second half of their professional lives and are looking to make a change – whether it’s switching to a different career or returning to one after a break.…
Our upcoming Fall 2019 return to work program is going to be our most expansive yet, and we’re taking the program on the road by bringing Career Restart Seminars to seven cities across the US! We’re kicking things off in California with an event on May 29 in Sunnyvale, followed by a May 30 seminar in Carlsbad. Then, we’re traveling to Reston, Virginia on June 12, and Bentonville, Arkansas on…
Alicia Schober took an 18-year break from her career in corporate sales and marketing management to raise her sons. After an emotional start to her career search – on her wedding anniversary – she spent a year and a half exploring her interests, preparing for her career return, and searching for opportunities before being accepted into a returnship at Sage Intacct, where she was ultimately hired full-time as a Sales…
Today, Walmart announced the expansion of their return to work program, in partnership with Path Forward, to multiple locations across the country. After a successful 2018 program in San Bruno and Sunnyvale, California, the program will expand to increase the number of opportunities in Silicon Valley and add new returnship openings at nearly every Walmart Labs location in America, including Carlsbad, California; Reston, Virginia; and Walmart’s hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.…
