Groundbreaking
Return to Work
Initiative

A powerful alliance geared towards technical or engineering professional women who are seeking to resume their careers.*

The Task Force – initiated by SWE together with reentry pioneer iRelaunch – is bringing back hundreds of technical professionals to the world’s largest companies.

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How Engineer Kristin Ginn Returned to Work After a Career Break

Kristin Ginn returned to the engineering workforce after stepping back to focus on her family for four years. Read her story, including her effective two-phase networking approach, and learn more about SWE’s reentry resources for engineers. Read Blog Post >

*Note men are eligible to apply for and participate in Task Force company programs.

2023 partners

New Partners

Thank you to all of our partners!

ADM

Bechtel

GE Aerospace

Kellanova

Micron

Mondelēz International

NetApp

Schlumberger

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Medtronic
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the research

Research

Research shows there are about 3.4 million women in the USA with STEM degrees.

Source: U.S Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Women in STEM: 2017 Update, November 2017, and “Stemming the Tide: Why Women Leave Engineering,” by Nadya Fouad et al., 2012; Carol Fishman Cohen, iRelaunch

2017 White Paper: An Intervention Strategy to Re-engage Women Engineers in the Workforce

The 2017 Task Force white paper demonstrates the value proposition of the STEM Reentry Task Force through interviews with Founding Members of the Task Force.

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The First Task Force

Seven companies from SWE’s Corporate Partnership Council stepped forward in 2015 to form the first Reentry Task Force: Booz Allen Hamilton, Caterpillar Inc., Cummins Inc., General Motors Company, IBM, Intel Corporation and Johnson Controls.

Email reentry@swe.org if you’re interested in becoming a member of the STEM Reentry Task Force.

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