Back to School... And Back to Work? Balancing Professionals Hosts On-Ramping Workshop
Raleigh, NC (August 11, 2008) —As North Carolina families are sending their children back to school, some parents are also looking at returning to the workforce after time out raising kids. Balancing Professionals will host an on On-Ramping Workshop, sponsored by Carolina Parent Magazine, to help on-ramping professionals with some of the unique challenges of workforce re-entry. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 17th from 11:00am to 2:30pm at the Durham Marriott Convention Center. Speakers include Maggie Ellis Chotas and Betsy Polk Joseph, founders of Mulberry Tree Consulting; Marirose Steigerwald, President of Workforce Chemistry; Vickie Bevenour, President of The RDW Group and career transition coach with Right Management; Gail Ostrishko, life coach; and Kella Hatcher and Maryanne Perrin, founders of Balancing Professionals. For more information and to register for the workshop visit www.balancingprofessionals.com.
The workshop is part of Carolina Parent Magazine’s annual Women@Work celebration which honors 40 Family-Friendly companies of North Carolina. Winners of the Family-Friendly awards will be recognized at a breakfast on Wednesday, September 17th from 8:30am to 10:30am at Durham’s American Tobacco Bay 7. Pamela Stone, author of Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home will be the breakfast’s keynote speaker. For more information and to register for the breakfast visit www.carolinaparent.com.
About Balancing Professionals
Balancing Professionals, LLC (www.balancingprofessionals.com),
advises companies on creating a win-win, flexible workplace and
connects businesses to a pool of high-caliber, part-time professionals.
Operating in the Triangle area of North Carolina, the firm was
founded in 2004 by Kella Hatcher and Maryanne Perrin, respectively
an attorney and an engineer/MBA who had navigated careers as part-time
professionals prior to joining efforts to promote part-time opportunities
for others. Balancing Professionals has helped a variety of companies
capitalize on the changing workplace including clients in the pharmaceutical,
technology, manufacturing, non-profit, and professional services
industries.
About Carolina Parent
Carolina Parent magazine repeatedly wins Gold Awards from the Parenting Publications of America for its content, design and Web site, and is the most influential parenting resources in the Triangle. As the primary source of information for area families with children ages newborn through teens, Carolina Parent draws an audited readership of more than 120,000 each month. Popular special publications include Carolina Parent’s Baby Guide, Ultimate Family Resource Guide and the Parents' Guide to North Carolina Colleges.
Media Contact:
Maryanne Perrin
Balancing Professionals
(919) 602-3759
maryanne at balancingprofessionals dot com
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