A little belief, a little faith, a little hope is sometimes all that is needed to see the light.
My name is Mrs Shalini Shetty, residing in Vasai, Mumbai.
I lost my husband during the COVID in Oct 2020. He was the sole bread earner in the family. I never had to think about the finances but his sudden loss forced me to step out for my kids.
I had to start looking for a job after 22 years after I quit working. Things have changed a lot. Firstly I was mentally and emotionally disturbed due to the loss of my husband, I was completely shattered and in this situation, I had to collect my broken self and start looking ours for a job. This was really not easy for me.
After 22 years – searching for the job had made me desperate that whatever salary or job comes to me I was willing to accept and restart my career.
I was not having any clarity regarding my career like - What I have to do, which career should I choose, what work I can do, whom to approach. I was confused about my career?
The only thing constantly running in my mind was to somehow start earning to support my family.
I attended a couple of interviews, but due to lack of clarity, anxiety, nervousness, and lack of confidence I failed to clear the interview.
Fortunately, one of my neighbors told me about Sarla Mam, and the very next day she took me to her office to meet her.
After hearing me out she offered me a one-month internship opportunity with Her Career Foundation.
They started with their process right from the discussion, counseling, and mentoring session.
The internship process started off with skill development – helping me with brushing up with basic accounting practices Tally basics, posting basic ledger entries, Journal Entries, etc.
Every aspect of my training was personally supervised by the mentors including Sarla Mam,
Leena and Simran as my dedicated mentor, who worked closely with me and constantly motivated and encouraged me. throughout.
An important part of the training involved Interview Preparation, Job Search Process and most all how to crack the Interview.
I really appreciate the kind of support which was extended to me by Her Career Foundation.
A little belief, a little faith, a little hope is sometimes all that is needed to see the light.
Her Career Foundation has just done that in my life.
My sincere thanks and best wishes to Her Career Foundation.
Shalini R Shetty
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We here at Her Career foundation aim to Empower Women. We deliver programs that contribute to personal and professional development. We understand you and stand strong with you.
“By empowering women, we empower the nation.”
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From Darkness towards Light - Raveena Sunil Joshi
I had been looking for a job for the last 6 months, but honestly, I did not have any clarity regarding my career plans like, what I wanted to be, which domain I wanted to work in.
Having completed MSC in Computer Science, was not interested in this domain. Due to a lack of my career aspirations clarity, I had developed anxiety, nervousness, and self-doubt. I had lost my confidence. I felt complete darkness around and within me about myself and my career. I had no one to talk to about the same and seek guidance. I shared this problem with my aunt and she introduced me to Mrs. Sarla Sharma from Her Career Foundation.
In the very first meeting which was a casual, informal meeting but I failed to even communicate with her that too in the Hindi language. I could not speak out due to a lack of confidence in myself. Post the first meeting, she invited me for a meeting in her office.
I was nervous as usual. On the very first day, Sarla mam spoke to me in detail, she asked me about various things from personal to professional life. The first thing was that she made me feel absolute -relaxed and comfortable. She suggested me to speak out whatever, I had it all within me.
Post the first-hand formal discussion, she offered me an EIGHT weeks internship with Her Career Foundation, wherein I gain first-hand exposure in Admin and Backend roles, accounts, admin & front office, customer relations, and this exposure helped me to identify the best domain I would want to build up my career.
I had a dedicated mentor to train and groom me in my interpersonal skills, interview etiquettes, preparing resumes, uploading them on job portals, searching for jobs. Practical training on MS-Word, Excel, brushing up the internet basics with the practical ones, which were most important.. My mentor helped me to build up a LinkedIn profile, helped me to understand why Linkedin is important - the do's and don't,
Aishwarya was my mentor during these 8 weeks of internship. She worked closely with me and constantly motivated me which boosted my confidence, connecting and talking to people in and around me in the workplace. I was trained on
After 8 weeks of training with Her Career Foundation, I have gained my lost self-confidence, Her Career Foundation has given me a mentor to seek support whenever I need it in the future.
Without any doubt, Her Career Foundation has empowered me by various skill development which I need to excel in my career
I express my gratitude and thanks to Her Career Foundation for the training and mentoring program, it has been highly productive for me.
My Best wishes to Her Career Foundation you guys are doing great.
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We here at Her Career foundation aim to Empower Women. We deliver programs that contribute to personal and professional development. We understand you and stand strong with you.
“By empowering women, we empower the nation.”
Visit us at: www.hercareerfoundation.org
#hercareerfoundation #careerbreak #sabbatical #restartyourcareer #empoweringwomen #empowerment #planyourcareerbreak #hearhervoice #adverseeffectofcareerbreak
Sajeeda Mulani
Hi, I am Sajeeda who has been blessed to get a career restart at the age of 48.
I was on a sabbatical break for 3 years due to health reasons. Prior to this I had a career spanning for 18 years in the field of Secretarial, HR & Admin with renowned MNC’s.
During my break, I had invested my money is a Ponzi scheme which paid me well for a year and in the subsequent year the scheme just stopped paying and the person is currently behind bars. Whilst all this happened, I was suddenly broke and without income. I started my hunt for a job. I posted my CV to around 300 openings but never received a single interview call. This was completely demoralizing.
In all this frenzy and anxiety I could reconnect to one of my old acquaintance Sarla Sharma, who is the MD of Pioneer Management Consultant Pvt Ltd and also the Founder of HerCareer Foundation which supports women who are on sabbatical and are planning /struggling to make a comeback. She immediately asked me to come to her office at Belapur. We had a long conversation and she being a true angel asked extended me with Returnee Intership Program opportunity for 3 months at Pioneer Management Consultant Pvt Ltd.
There was anxiety, complexes, low self-esteem which I was facing after all the negativity that I had to go through.
I was unsure, how I would cope-up after the break. I was given the time flexibility so I started going at 10 am and returning back home by 4 pm. The first week was challenging and tiresome and I would be low on energy. It took a while for me to build up my confidence. I was continuously motivated which boosted my confidence and propelled me to give my best.
I happen to appear for a couple of interviews which unfortunately didn’t click, probably not meant for me as God had planned something better for me. I reconnected with my ex colleagues and working friends and sent them a sms note that I am open to job openings. One of my ex colleague mentioned about an opportunity that was coming up in her organization. I appeared for the Interview process and I got a temp job for 6 months as a backup for an employee who had gone on a maternity break of 6 months.
HerCareer Foundation Returnee Internship Programme gave me the confidence to give my best shot. Even after getting the job they were in continuous contact with me to just ensure I had settled well and am doing good. During my last 9 months journey I have been awarded and appreciated in the organization and now am on a one year contract for taking care of International PF for Expats.
I want to add here to all the women out there looking for a comeback / returnship to have faith and confidence that you will shine again provided you give your best shot to your work.
Anuja Patankar
I was on Career break for 2 years, I decided to join work when my Son was 2 years old.
I started applying for jobs, during this time I came across the "Returnee internship program" by Her Career Foundation.
This internship program helped boosting my confidence, encouraged me to learn new things and also guided me towards a right direction.
Her Career Foundation supported me with 4 weeks - Returnee Internship Program in Recruitment Domain , as I wanted to change my functional domain . I got an opportunity with Pioneer Management Consultant Pvt Ltd - Underwent learning on screening and interview assessment , followup with candidates at primary level. Understanding the job profile and candidature credentials. Shortlisting the resumes. All in all it was great learning experience . Interviewing other end help me boost my confidence level and it helped to take the decision to select my career in HR & Recruitment .
I will always be thankful for Her Career foundation for supporting me with Returnee Internship program. I was very happy to find such opportunity in Navi Mumbai itself.
I congratulate Her Career foundation for doing such a great job and for helping women, boosting their confidence and make thier journey easy after coming back from a sabbatical .
My Best Wishes to Her Career Foundation in their wonderful initiative supporting , mentoring women in their come back.
Priyadarshini Gholap
I had been trying long to get work from home opportunity and I was struggling to get through it.
I express my gratitude towards Her Career Foundation who helped me find a suitable work from home job as per my skills and requirements. They are extremely professional and understood the specifics of my job requirement. They worked to make sure the position was right for me, and helped me to get a good salary. The job gave me freedom to work any time during the day and is flexible . Thank you so much and I strongly recommend Her Career Foundation . Wish all the best to Her Career Foundation in their initiatives