How To Start A Career After A Break For Women?
“Female labour-force participation in India has declined from 34 per cent in 2006 to 24.8 per cent in 2020, according to a new study”
As we have seen in all these years, the percent of female participation in workforce has been shooting up. Women from all walks of life have broken their barriers and shattered the stereotypical cliche that all women are good in the kitchen. In fact, women have also substantiated that they have the potentiality to sustainably maintain the work-life balance.
While on one hand, women are toiling and achieving every day, on the other hand, we cannot deny the fact that the number of women that are tied up to their houses is more than equal. Wouldn’t it be worthwhile if these women knew ways to fightback and resurge? Well, then keep reading to find out how you can revive from your domestic life to work life by following just ten simple steps.
1.Do a lot of reading
The first step to place your foot in your dream path is to gain the maximum amount of knowledge and develop the required skills. Read books, blogs, biographies, motivational quotes, news and articles that are of interest to you.
Reading is the low-key investment you can make, anywhere and anytime. Modernize yourself with all the technologies and updates in the trend. Constantly wade through Question & Answer sessions to get answers from experienced people for your questions and also to equip yourself with things that you are not aware of.
Spare at least of 2 hours every day to surf through the internet and improve your proficiency.
2.Find your interest and create an idea
Of course, you might be interested in countless possibilities. Make a list of everything and focus on one at a time. Pick your interest and look for ways to implement it.
Collect raw information from all sources and analyse the data that you have gathered. Form a clear timeline and flowchart for implementing your idea for all the tasks and their requirements. Visualization like flowcharts, mind maps help you comprehend and organize your data. As you proceed, keep notes of even the smallest errors and tips that you come across.
3.Make small plans and accomplish them
Once you formulate the flow, break down the main task into numerous sub-tasks with small responsibilities and goals that can be achieved within a short period. This, not only does help you balance your load, but also gives you the confidence of achievement of one task and the motivation to perform the next. At the end of the day, it’s all about persistence and consistency.
4.Make a thorough analysis on the pitch
Having mapped out a clear plan, take a SWOT analysis test.
In SWOT, S stands for Strengths, W for Weaknesses, O for Opportunities and T for Threats. Jot down the things the you feel about yourself under each heading. Try to draw connections between them and arrive at solutions based on your strengths, compensating your weaknesses, for the expected threats to explore the great opportunities. And there you go, almost ready to face a situation.
5.Prepare yourself with the prerequisites
The trouble makers have been found. Now get ready to establish the trouble shooters.
Sweat, sweat, sweat, till you’re hot to trot. Grind till you are equipped.
