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Our Mission
EvolveMe is on a mission to advance women in midcareer. We work with groups of women in midlife looking to relaunch, reinvent or level up their careers and with companies invested in attracting and retaining top female talent.
Are you a woman in midlife who wants more from her career? Our training makes professional reinvention fun, rewarding, and doable!
Get the structure and tools you need to focus on yourself and invest in your future. You’ll go through the must-do steps needed for successful career change -- saving you time spent wondering “where do I go from here?”
And with accountability and support from EvolveMe’s curated groups of like-minded women, you’ll clarify your direction, boost your confidence, and connect the dots to understand how your skills and experience are transferable to new opportunities that align with who you are now.
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Are you an organization that values experienced female talent? At the heart of EvolveMe is a belief that when companies understand women’s needs, they’re better able to attract and retain them.
Our experience in helping accomplished mid-career women land coveted roles have given us invaluable insight into what women want from organizations.
We know what causes experienced female talent to leave roles and what they’re looking for from employers. We’ll partner with your leadership and ERG’s to increase women’s engagement with their work through mentoring and facilitated support.
Our story
Navigating a career transition can seem overwhelming and unachievable. We know because we’ve been there! We found the process isolating -- Linda as a returner after a caregiving break and Judy as a pivoter from a national non-profit.
We knew there were many women in the same position and yearned for a group of like-minded peers with whom to undergo the professional reinvention process.
After building out a program for women returning to work in the social impact sector, we realized the very real need for programming developed for the specific needs of women at mid-life. And we discovered our passion.
We founded EvolveMe as a way to help mid-career women kick-start their career transformation through curated programming and support from each other.
Your programming is inspiring! The materials and information you cover are vast and helpful. Having participated in other workshops, I believe Linda and Judy do a spectacular job".
-Perri Procida, CEO Wiltshire Partners
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Judy Schoenberg
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Linda Lautenberg
Meet the founders
THE POWER OF WE
We believe in the power of women supporting women to educate, motivate, and sustain each other.
collaboration
EMBRACE GROWTH
Adopting a growth mindset is critical to working through transition and coming out stronger on the other side.
growth
GET COMFORTABLE
WITH CHANGE
Change in our personal lives or the lives of those around us can impact our priorities and career goals.
change
BRING THE REAL YOU
Bring your authentic self to the table. Evolve creates a safe space for you to be vulnerable.
authenticity
FOCUS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Having an optimistic outlook will get you through times of rejection or failure and strengthen your resilience.
optimism
Our Values
Judy is the coach who sees your potential before you can. She is the mentor who offers guidance, suggests vital resources, and opens doors to worlds you can’t imagine".
-Lindsay Bressman, Executive Director, Civic Spirit
The research
Women's careers are different than men's
There is a differential impact of
family responsibilities on women’s careers
Women’s career development has a relationship-focused emphasis
Women’s under-representation in high levels of organizations constrains career progress
(Women’s Career Development Phases: Idealism; Endurance and Reinvention; O’Neil, D. and Bilimoria, D. Career Development International, Vol. 10, No. 3 2005)
Women in midlife can thrive in professional reinvention
60%
Women 55+ represent 60% of the workforce today and are a rapidly growing segment
57%
32%
11%
57% of women want to change careers; 32% are considering it. Leaving only 11% of women happy in their current work
Women’s careers develop in three age-linked phases: idealistic achievement, endurance, and reinvention
(The Conference Board, 2018)
(Inhersight, 2019)
(Women’s Career Development Phases: Idealism; Endurance and Reinvention; O’Neil, D. and Bilimoria, D. Career Development International, Vol. 10, No. 3 2005)
Women supporting women: happier and more successful
Women need other women to reflect their value back to them
79% of women believe women support each other at work. 55% say there is more work to be done
Women with an inner circle of close female contacts are more likely to land executive positions
(Harvard Business Review, 2019)
(Refinery 29 and Berlin Cameron, 2019)
(Harvard Business Review, 2019)
I took a leap because of Linda. Her steady encouragement, wisdom and can-do attitude were just what I needed to jumpstart my next chapter".
-Anna Blanding, Founder and CEO,
The Pilliner Group