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Returning to Work

For experienced professionals returning after a career break, parental leave, caring responsibilities, illness or a planned sabbatical.

Career OS™ returning-to-work support for an experienced professional reconnecting with new opportunities.

Common challenges

  • Loss of confidence after time away from the market
  • A CV gap that feels heavier than it actually is to a reader
  • Uncertainty about whether to return to the same level, sector or role
  • Networks that have moved on during your time away
  • Interview practice that feels rusty even when judgement is sharp

Why this happens

Returning is rarely a competence problem. It is a positioning and pace problem. Markets are generally far more open to returners than returners assume — but they reward clarity about what you are coming back to do, not apology for having been away.

Dai's perspective

A career break almost never erases capability. It often clarifies it. The work is to translate that clarity into language a hiring team can act on quickly.

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