Abstract
Career resilience is the ability to bounce back and thrive in the face of workplace and life adversities. It plays a key role in enabling women to defeat hardships and create change in their lives. In this chapter, we explain why it is relevant to explore career resilience among females; we outline some strategies at the personal and organizational levels that have proven to assist women in enhancing their career resilience. Finally, we share stories of highly resilient women who transformed their careers and influenced other women around them.
But that shadow has been serving you!
What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.You must have shadow and light source both.
Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe.
~ Rumi (Enough Words) translated by Coleman Barks
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Al Arkoubi, K., Wollack-Spiller, G. (2023). The Journey of Career Resilience Among Women. In: Neal, J. (eds) Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29587-9_1-2
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