​Chances are you or a coworker will face the question of returning to work after cancer treatment. Cancer now affects 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men, while the survival rate for many cancers is increasing. 
 
While the risk of cancer increases with age, it also affects many younger adults still in the workplace. An estimated 46% of patients diagnosed with cancer are between the ages of 20 and 64. 
 
Surveys find that most cancer survivors who return to work say that it’s beneficial for their recovery. In addition to needing the income, you may enjoy using your skills and maintaining personal relationships.
 
For some cancer survivors, it’s gratifying just to have experiences apart from their medical condition.
 
Your individual needs will depend on many factors, including your specific diagnosis.
 
Use these suggestions to help you deal with health and career issues if you’re considering going back to work after cancer treatment.

1. Follow up. It’s important to follow your doctor’s recommendations for aftercare. Let your doctor’s office know if you need to arrange appointments and medications in a way that will have the least impact on your job.

1. Manage stress. Some cancer patients experience depression and anxiety, in addition to the usual job-related stress. Find relaxation practices that work for you like meditation and physical exercise.

1. Seek support. Be willing to accept assistance. Tell your family, friends, and coworkers what you need. Reach out to other cancer patients or call your local hospital to find a support group near you. The American Cancer Society may be a great place to start. There are many other resources available.

 

1. Understand your rights. There are several government programs and policies that may help you make the transition back to work, including the Americans with Disability Act and the Family Medical Leave Act. Ask your HR Department or contact a social worker or advocacy group for more information.

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1. Guard your privacy. You also have the right to keep your medical information confidential if you wish. Many employers are supportive, but you may sometimes face discrimination. Learning the basics about employment laws may help you feel a little more empowered. Let your doctor know if you want to avoid any reference to cancer when they fill out forms from your employer.

1. Stay in touch. Returning to the office will be easier if you can find ways to stay involved during your treatment. If you have been out of touch, it may help to reconnect with your network. Also, start reading your industry’s publications if they apply to your profession. Maybe you have an office buddy you can call occasionally.

1. Prepare for questions. You may find that some colleagues are eager to welcome you back while others seem uncomfortable. Rehearse what you want to say about your condition or your time away, so you’ll be ready with a response that works for you.

 

1. Reduce your hours. Part-time work is one of the simplest ways to transition back gradually. Many cancer patients experience fatigue, so respect your limits.

 

1. Additional time off, post cancer treatment. If you need to take time off for additional treatment or manage your symptoms, after you have returned to work (post cancer treatments), the Family and Medical Leave Act protects your job. Employees with serious illness are allowed by law to take up to 12 weeks off (all at once or spread out over time) and/or work part-time for a limited time.

 

1. Ask for accommodations. Evaluate your workspace and usual tasks. Talk with your employer about accommodations and/or modifications that can help you to do your job. For example, you might need to keep your office scent-free to avoid triggering nausea. 

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1. things down. Some of your symptoms may have more to do with the side effects of your treatment rather than the cancer itself. If chemotherapy affects your concentration, make written notes to remind you of any details you might forget.

 

1. Change jobs. You may still be able to work even if your current position poses difficulties for your recovery. Research other fields or apply for jobs with less demanding responsibilities. You may even want to consider working remote jobs.

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• Applying for a new job and your privacy. If you apply for a new job, you are not legally obligated to reveal your cancer history unless it directly impacts the work you will be doing

​With skillful communication and planning, you may be able to continue working after your cancer treatment. Talk with your doctor to ensure that you’re well enough to do your job and work with your employer to make any necessary adjustments.

Your career will be a lot less complicated if you recognize what worked and what didn't, and apply that knowledge to what is coming . It will make you much more capable, knowledgeable, and powerful with each passing day. Chances are very high that you will evolve into a very successful and capable person.
 
However, most people fail to use their experiences to their advantage. They avoid failure and examining those times they do fail. Success is seen as a time for celebrating, not learning. But this is a great mistake. The rules of life are revealed to you each day.

​Imagine if you learned from every mistake and every success. What if you never repeated a mistake and made the most of your successes? How would your life change in a year? In 10 years? The results could be astounding!

1. Examine your past. Think back on your life and make a list of all your greatest successes and failures. Consider your work, educational, and relationship experiences. Think about those times you made plans and came up short or experienced considerable success.
   
   
   • Consider why you were successful. What made you successful?
     
     
   • Consider why you failed. What can you learn from that that you can apply to the future?
     
     
2. Determine your purpose for the day. Successes and failures are often the result of little successes and failures each day. Setting a standard for the day provides a benchmark for determining your success that day.
   
   
3. Determine your long-term goals. You need long-term goals to measure your successes and failures against. Long-term goals also allow you to plan your day more effectively.
   
   
4. Review your day. At the end of the day, review how well you stuck to your plan. What did you succeed at today? What did you fail at? What were the factors that led to those successes and failures?
   
   
5. Determine ways to improve. After reviewing your day, what changes do you want to make for tomorrow?
   
   
   • How can you be better tomorrow than you were today?
     
     
   • What can you do tomorrow that will make you 1% better than you were today?
     
     
   • Make a new plan for tomorrow that includes the lessons that you identified today.
     
     
6. Test your hypotheses. Spend a day executing your new plan. Did you have a better day? What were your failures today? What were your successes? What can you do to have an even better day tomorrow?
   
   
7. Ask friends and family for help. Ask your friends and family to help you identify why you’ve been successful or unsuccessful in the past. What are the ideas you hear over and over? How can you apply this information to your life?
   
   
8. Keep a journal. A journal can be a great tool for making the most of your successes and failures. It’s natural to write about your successes and failures in your journal. You’ll learn things from your past and your present that can be applied to your future.

 
Are you more or less successful than you were five years ago? The most common answer is, “About the same.” But this is a tragic response. In the last five years, you’ve had the opportunity to learn from each day. You could have improved by a small amount each day and be much more effective today than you were then.
 
Each day provides you with information that can be used to enhance your approach to life. Leverage your successes and failures to become the most successful version of yourself.

On LinkedIn, your posts and connections are the main ways to get noticed on the professional social media platform. However, LinkedIn recently unveiled three new features on its website that can help you enjoy more relevance on the platform.
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Following the introduction of this new feature, LinkedIn users can now filter search results based on the location of the service provider. LinkedIn advises users to enable the “showcase services you offer” option on their profile to be visible in searches and to also highlight such services as open for business. Additionally, you can also indicate where exactly you offer these services and if you are willing to work remotely. LinkedIn is promoting this feature as another way for freelancers and businesses to get new clients.
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LinkedIn is introducing a new feature called a “Skill Assessment” feature. This feature allows users to take a test in a particular skill and earn a badge if they prove their proficiency. The test is usually comprised of 15-20 questions based on the skill being tested, and questions have to be answered in a specific time.

Currently, there is a limited list of skills that users can earn badges in, and most of them are based on popular business software like Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project. Users can also get proficiency badges in AutoCAD, JavaScript, AWS, C++, XML, Hadoop, Ruby, AWS, HTML, and the likes. LinkedIn has indicated a willingness to expand this list in the future.
Note that not all LinkedIn users can access the Skill Assessment feature yet.
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Promoting events throught the Event Feature can be a practical method of fostering communication in your network. For instance, you can use the event feed to communicate with attendees, and also ask attendees to connect with you on LinkedIn.
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Again, attendees to your event can now send invitations (if granted access) which can grow your network. Any user can join events, but not all users can create one yet.

The three new features being added to LinkedIn Pages are geared at fostering stronger relationships amongst followers and increasing community engagement.

According to the professional social media platform, more than 50 million companies now use Pages globally, and LinkedIn will regularly update features quarterly.

Some of the most recent updates include “LinkedIn Live” integration, “Invite To Follow”, and new “posting options”.​

​To enhance the growth of their following, Page managers can invite top profile connections to follow their Page. Moreover, users that would not like to receive such invites can opt-out from them.​

​Previously reserved for only personal profiles, LinkedIn Pages can now enjoy the live broadcast and streaming feature. LinkedIn believes that this feature can generate more than 24X more comments and 7X more reactions than conventional video posts. To enable this feature, Page managers will need to request access to use this feature via the LinkedIn Live website.

Users can now use a toggle switch on their Home page to switch between posting content as an organization or individual. In the past, users had to separately access their Page to publish under it. Currently, users can manage and publish posts from the same dashboard.

A government job is always a great addition to your resume and your career. The government offers a large variety of career options including thousands of jobs. In fact, the government is one of the largest employers nationwide.

The list below can help you navigate through various available opportunities within the government. Some of these sites have job listings, others help with guidance. They provide information about jobs or job searching within The United States government.

Government Jobs; Government Work; Government Employment; Politics jobs; Federal Government Jobs; US Government Jobs; DC Government Jobs.
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I have been writing resumes for a very long time and I have spoken to many people about their professional background and potential. Of ccurse, no two people are ever the same. What I have noticed is that when talking about resume writing services, EVERYONE has two questions at first:
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• 1. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO WRITE A RESUME? 
• 2. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO WRITE A RESUME? 

From there, the following questions vary depending on each individual.  But the first two questions have always remained the same.

​There are certain rights you have as a parent that are protected by law.
 
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is the principal law that describes the rights that parents have with regards to their employment. In essence, it requires qualifying employers to provide unpaid leave for medical and family reasons. The employee's job is protected during the leave.
 
Prior to this law, the rules surrounding leave for medical and family issues were up to the employers. As an employee, your leave could be denied for any reason and you could even be fired for taking leave. There was no employment law requiring that employees within the same company had to be treated equally and uniformly.
 
Let's take a look at the benefits afforded under the law and the qualifications that must be met.

1.  Up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year for the following situations:

• To care for a new child or for the adoption or placement of a child in foster care.
  
  
• To care for a seriously ill family member. A family member is considered to be a spouse, son, daughter, or parent. Some states also include domestic partners. Check your state.
  
  
• To recover from your own serious illness.
  
  
• To care for an injured family service member or to deal with issues resulting from his or her deployment.
  
  
• Some states include other situations, such as organ or bone marrow donation, or caring for a non-seriously sick child.

 
2. Other benefits:

• Employers must provide the same health insurance benefits, including the employer's premium contribution, as if the employee were not on leave.
  
  
• Employers must provide the same position upon return to work. If the same position is not available, a similar position must be provided. It must be similar in pay, benefits, and responsibility.
  
  
• Protection from retaliation by the employer for utilizing the Family and Medical Leave Act. 

​To qualify for the benefits under the Family and Medical Leave Act, certain conditions must be met.
 
1. Employer. You must be employed by an employer with 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius of the workplace, or be employed by a public agency; this would include schools, federal, state, and local employers.
 

• Some states have taken the law further and lowered the threshold to less than 50 employees. Become familiar with the laws in your state.
  
  

2. Length of employment. You must have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and at least 1,250 hours within the last 12 months. The 12-month employment criterion does not have to be a consecutive 12 months.

​Many people are under the impression that they are still paid while taking leave under this act. But it is not required that your employer continue to pay you. Some companies will continue to pay your salary, but that is the exception and not the rule.
 
While it is against the law to punish those that make use of the Family and Medical Leave Act, it is not uncommon for many employers to frown upon those that take family or medical leave. It can be difficult to prove that you didn't receive a promotion or pay raise because you took a leave of absence.
 
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 allows for you to care for a new child or a sick child without fear of losing your job. The same job, or a comparable job, will be available when you return to work. Benefits are preserved and retaliation of any kind is illegal.
 
Be sure you are aware of your rights so you can care for your loved ones with confidence, knowing that you can still return to your job.

For information about the "Family First Coronavirus Response Act" please be sure to visit "Local Attorney Answers Commonly Asked Employee Questions About Coronavirus" .