Gaps in a resume need not hold ambitious women down.
With its Back to Business program for professional women who are reentering the workplace, Xavier University’s William’s College of Business (WCB) is making sure of that.
WCB kicked off this 12-day program last year, to great success, and will continue with round two in February 2009.
Under tutelage of faculty from Xavier and the Xavier Leadership Center, enrollees – there is space for 25 – will receive intensive training in leadership, marketing, accounting, finance, career development, transitioning back to the workplace and a crash course in developments that have occurred during their absence.
This diverse learning will take place in the classroom, in workshops and over working lunches.
“It helps you round yourself out, so that you can be well versed in any kind of industry,” says Cheryl Wilson, Administrator of Back to Business.
Perhaps the most important component is the opportunity for networking with like-minded women, in similar circumstances.
“You learn how to build that network, which is so helpful,” Wilson says. “You need this just to get a job these days.”
This program is geared toward committed women who either have masters degrees, or bachelor’s degrees with experience in a promising career.
Ultimately, “someone with a bachelor’s degree and work experience does just fine,” Wilson says.
Writer: Jonathan DeHart
Source: Cheryl Wilson
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