On-ramping
On-Ramping is the process of re-entering the workforce after taking a career break (usually to care for family). It is paired with the term "off-ramping", or exiting the workforce as a temporary career break.
The term appears as early as 2005 [1], reaching public mention on [NPR] [2] that same year. The term appears in articles in publications such as the Wall Street Journal [3] by 2006, and by 2008 appears in formal training materials for organizations such as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants [4] as a business best practice.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the likeliest originator of the term, in Hewlett & Luce (2005), [5] and developed a career site (YourOnRamp) to capitalize on it.
- ^ "We Can Stop the Female Brain Drain," by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, March 6, 2005
- ^ marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2005/12/09/off_ramping/
- ^ Sue Shellenbarger of the Wall Street Journal writes about the efforts of Lehman Bros and other Employers to help high achieving women reenter the workforce.
- ^ www.aicpa.org/download/career/wofi/0666-331_WLWIECs_Off-Ramping_Program.pdf
- ^ "Off Ramp and OnRampers" (PDF) (Press release). Center for Work Life Policy. 2005-02-25. Retrieved 2006-07-03.
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