Thank you TracFone for sponsoring this post and for the difference you’re making.
Last week, I joined two of my favorite mom/lifestyle bloggers Audrey McClelland and Vera Sweeney of Getting Gorgeous for an afternoon of empowerment luncheon. Celebrating the Success is Calling program which was created by TracFone and Dress for Success in 2015, the program is designed to help women with employment and navigate the critical first step – the phone interview.
As one of America’s leading no-contract cellphone service providers, TracFone not only has raised funds for the program, they also provide a major resource: a new smartphone and a year of service to support them as they prepare to enter the workplace.
Now in its second year, the program helps women achieve their personal and professional goals and
gives them resources, a cell phone and service as well as curriculum and guidance. 85% of HR managers and working professionals say that first impressions made via phone interviews follow the applicant through the entire interview process and 82% say that phone skills are key to not only landing a job, but also important in maintaining a sustainable career.*
During the lunch we heard from several woman in the program share their experience. Not a dry eye in the audience hearing what these women had to overcome, mainly the roadblocks we put up for ourselves and the confidence and tools that this program gave them to be great.
The other thing I took away was that Dress for Success doesn’t just help women get into the workforce, but also women re-enter the workforceIn fact, Dress for Success also helps women with college educations who have had careers but stopped for any number of reasons, raise a family, take care of loved ones or otherwise, and feel their skill set has expired or are having issues finding a job.
