Workforce Management
November 3, 2008
The Illinois company is launching 'returnships,' four- to six-month internships at the food maker for midcareer professionals who have been out of the workforce for a few years.
Sara Lee Corp. CEO Brenda Barnes has created a program that gives parents who left the workforce to raise children the opportunity to test the waters when they’re ready to return to the corporate world.
Sara Lee announced October 23, it’s launching “returnships,” four- to six-month internships at the Downers Grove, Illinois,-based food maker for midcareer professionals who have been out of the workforce for a few years.
Barnes knows the challenges such professionals face. In 1997 she resigned as president of PepsiCo Inc.’s North American beverage business to spend more time with her three school-age children. At the time, she came in for criticism that she might be hurting other mothers’ chances of climbing the corporate ladder. [Full story: http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/25/87/65.php]
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