Why go on career breaks and return?

What situations is it hardest to return from?

Getting off to a flying start - how?

Weak job market: Should you return?

Wiwiek's own experience with a career break

Returning: Do women have it especially hard?

A talent expert who has helped over 200 people clinch jobs after a career break shares what works.

Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times helps you put your career on the right footing from the outset.

At the best of times, making calculated career moves to meet one's financial and professional goals is hard, and even more so when one is returning from a career break.

In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with his guest on how to make a successful return to the workforce.

His guest is:
Ms Wiwiek Sindarta, senior regional director at talent consultancy Talentvis

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:29 Why do workers go on career breaks and then return?

3:04 In what situations are career breaks hardest to return from?

6:06 What distinguishes people who get off to a flying start?

8:31 Should you hold off on returning if the job market is weak?

12:53 Wiwiek's own experience with mulling over a career break

16:46 How do women returning from breaks have it especially hard?

Read more: https://str.sg/H5Y7

Produced by: Tay Hong Yi (hytay@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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A talent expert who has helped over 200 people clinch jobs after a career break shares what works. Synopsis: Every second Monday of the month, The Straits Times helps you put your career on the right footing from the outset. At the best of times, making calculated career moves to meet one's financial and professional goals is hard, and even more so when one is returning from a career break. In this episode, host Tay Hong Yi speaks with his guest on how to make a successful return to the workforce.
His guest is: Ms Wiwiek Sindarta, senior regional director at talent consultancy Talentvis
Highlights (click/tap above):
1:29 Why do workers go on career breaks and then return?
3:04 In what situations are career breaks hardest to return from?
6:06 What distinguishes people who get off to a flying start?
8:31 Should you hold off on returning if the job market is weak?
12:53 Wiwiek's own experience with mulling over a career break
16:46 How do women returning from breaks have it especially hard? Read more: <a href="https://str.sg/H5Y7">https://str.sg/H5Y7</a>
Produced by: Tay Hong Yi (<a href="mailto:hytay@sph.com.sg">hytay@sph.com.sg</a>), Ernest Luis, and Teo Tong Kai
Edited by: Teo Tong Kai
Follow Career Talk Podcast here:
Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/wuN3">https://str.sg/wuN3</a>
Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/wBr9">https://str.sg/wBr9</a>
SPH Awedio app: <a href="https://www.awedio.sg/">https://www.awedio.sg/</a>
Website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
Read Tay Hong Yi's articles: <a href="https://str.sg/w6cz">https://str.sg/w6cz</a>
Get business/career tips in ST's HeadSTart newsletter: <a href="https://str.sg/headstart-nl">https://str.sg/headstart-nl</a>
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In Your Opinion: <a href="https://str.sg/w7Qt">https://str.sg/w7Qt</a>
Asian Insider: <a href="https://str.sg/JWa7">https://str.sg/JWa7</a>
Health Check: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaN">https://str.sg/JWaN</a>
Green Pulse: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a>
Your Money &amp; Career: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
ST Sports Talk: <a href="https://str.sg/JWRE">https://str.sg/JWRE</a>
#PopVultures: <a href="https://str.sg/JWad">https://str.sg/JWad</a>
Music Lab: <a href="https://str.sg/w9TX">https://str.sg/w9TX</a>
Discover ST Podcasts: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
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Special edition series:
True Crimes Of Asia (6 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/i44T">https://str.sg/i44T</a>
The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZ2">https://str.sg/wuZ2</a>
Invisible Asia (9 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZn">https://str.sg/wuZn</a>
Stop Scams (10 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZB">https://str.sg/wuZB</a>
Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuJa">https://str.sg/wuJa</a>
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Get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.

Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan & Tay Hong Yi

Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim

Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get a headstart in your personal finance and career with The Straits Times.
Podcasters: Sue-Ann Tan &amp; Tay Hong Yi
Produced &amp; edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis &amp; Lynda Hong
A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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