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I'm actually relax. Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace workplace and success. I'm Ashley Melentight.

This time, a lot of women take a break at some point in their careers, not always for the best

reasons. I just looked to the short term and thought, they don't value me, this isn't worth it,

I'm leaving. And it's not always as extreme as that, but I think often women don't play the long game enough.

And getting back into the workforce after a few years out can be tough.

Coming up on the show, taking a break, the difficulty of restarting your career and how to change that.

Thank you. career and how to change that. A lot of women leave the workforce at some point or another, usually to look after their

kids.

Many women leave for what they think is just a few years, but they end up staying out a lot longer.

Then they find it incredibly hard to get back in.

Companies seem only to want people who've come directly from another job.

It's a competitive world.

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