A Qualitative Study on the Career Transitioning of Career-Interrupted Women

Key Points

• This research aims to analyze the career transitioning process of women who have experienced career interruptions, focusing on structural constraints and interactions.
• Conducted in-depth interviews with 5 women and 3 counselors from a career support center in Incheon.
• Applied thematic analysis to identify key themes related to career transitioning.
• Investigated contextual factors, constraints during transitioning, and strategic adjustments made by participants.
• Identified the need for spatial-temporal reconstruction due to life transitions affecting career perspectives.
• Highlighted barriers such as economic constraints and limited access to job networks that create gaps between desire to transition and actual execution.
• Conceptualized the concept of suspended career transitioning, suggesting a cyclic process of exploration and preparation rather than a singular event.