This leaves fewer opportunities for people to re-enter the workforce at higher levels.
Chesapeake, Va.: What advice have you for those who have retired and attempting to re-enter the workforce?
For example, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Returning Talent programme helps women and men re-enter the workforce after time away caring for family.
When self-driving cars can ferry children to and from school, more mothers may be freed to re-enter the workforce.
Create continuing education centers to offer certificate programs to provide skills and training for women and men looking to re-enter the workforce.
Training programs and funding are available to eligible students who need to change careers in order to re-enter the workforce.
Makini Howell, Owner of Plum Restaurants, said, "Paid sick leave is pennies on the plate… The employee retention is priceless". Blankfein described, as an example, Goldman Sachs' "Returnship" program, which helps senior women re-enter the workforce after off-ramping.
Park recalls that it took about a year between deciding to re-enter the workforce and finding the right position, and describes the process as "moderately difficult". But with time and patience, she landed an exciting opportunity.
Especially for those looking to re-enter the workforce or change careers, there is a growing need to update one's knowledge and skills — all the more so as digitalization transforms the nature of work, eliminating jobs that can be automated.
As more women re-enter the workforce and build their muscle as breadwinners, more men will be required to step up on the home front – and it's here they find themselves facing the exact dilemma that has traditionally faced women: By declaring my desire to become more hands-on the home front, do I risk being seen soft or less serious about my career?
In the face of the slowly recovering economy, tending bar and serving tables is no longer a "transitional job" for those down on their luck or still in school, but rather the only way some women can enter or re-enter the workforce at all.
