SECOND CHANCE CAREERS

A BLESSING OR A CURSE.

The term entrepreneur is derived from the French verb “Entrepreneur” which means to undertake. In 18th century French economist Richard cantillon used the word entrepreneur to business.

According to Joseph Schumpeter “An entrepreneur in an advanced economy is an individual who introduces something new in the economy a method of production not yet tested by experience in the branch of manufacture concern a product with which consumers are not yet familiar a new source of raw materials or of new markets and the life.”

DEFINITION OF ENTREPRENUER.

Action oriented Determination Creativeness Responsible Enthusiasm Self-confidence Thinker and doer Intelligent, imaginative and self directed.

CHARECTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENUER:

Planning Organizing Directing Decision-making Management Innovation Risk bearing Leading Controlling

FUNCTIONS OF ENTREPRENUER:

Identification of an opportunity Evaluation of opportunity Preparation of business plan Determination and organizing resources Management of the enterprise

STAGES IN ENTERPRENEURIAL PROCESS

WOMEN ENTREPRENURS:

FUNCTIONS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENUERS:

Problems of finance Lack of education Limited mobility Family ties Scarcity of raw materials Stiff competition Low risk bearing capacity Social problems Male domination

PROBLEMS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENUERS:

Government encouragement Taking foreign countries as inspiration Encouraging women’s enthusiasm

SOLUTON TO ABOVE PROBLEMS:

The real problem starts when they take a break to give attention to their family and return after the break.

The nine months gap makes women take back from their job because of different problems.

THE GLASS CELLING

THE STATISTICS.

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Change of boss when they take a break. Change of technology. Stress of job and child. Bosses may think you may not dedicate

much time for project. New pool of talent recruited. Women are asked in interview of their future

plan and intended mothers are kept aside.

THE GLASS CELLING FACTORS ARE.

Yvette Cooper, the first government minister to take maternity leave while in office, struggled to maintain her pre-pregnancy work status after having her third child. “Senior civil servants treated my maternity leave with hostility, making it hard to keep in touch, and trying to change my job and working arrangements while I was away,” she wrote in a newspaper.

REAL LIFE EXAMPLES.

Meera Khatri, a Khar resident, decided to get back to work after a nine-year career break. She quit her job in 2001, when her daughter was born, so that she had more time to spend with her child. “But when my daughter went off to full-day school, I had a lot of time on my hands and felt myself stagnating. It was then that I decided to go back to work,” she says. Like Meera, many women are now choosing to get back to work after extended career breaks.

ANOTHER FROM INDIA.

“At home, my life revolved only around my family. I read the newspapers, but rarely from a business angle. As I had lost touch with the business world, I did not feel confident enough and really had to prove myself. Since I was home for so long, when I returned to work, I was initially preoccupied with thoughts of home,” says Laxmi Sahasranaman, who quit her job as an Assistant Manager with the National Stock Exchange in 2005 and returned to her career, eight years later, as a freelance Corporate Trainer at TCS.

FROM INDIA ASWELL.

Keep touch with your colleges Daily get in touch with your technical skills Dress smartly Do not stress out Don’t wait for others permission.

SOLUTIONS TO BREAK GLASS CEILLING.

The curse for women whether an entrepreneur or intraprenuer is finding

Time Money Energy Inspiration

CURSESES:

The main challenge is to jump back into the sea and able to live through and never quit

CHALLENGES:

Explore opportunities Redefine yourself Sharpen your skill set Look for local opportunities to market them Set boundaries of time and location Acknowledge your abilities Don’t wait for other’s permission

HOW TO MAKE IT A BLESSING:

So, when women fight with determination and awareness this problem of GLASS-CELLING or coming back at work can be averted.

CONCLUSION:

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