Returners
Returning to Work After a Break
Time away — for children, care, health, study or redundancy — does not erase what you can do. The hard part is usually confidence and framing, not capability. Here is a way back in that does not require pretending the gap never happened.
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Explaining the gap
- State it plainly and briefly — one line is enough
- Follow it with what you're bringing now
- Don't apologise for it
- Mention anything you kept doing: volunteering, study, running a household budget, organising others
Getting the first interview
- Target roles adjacent to your last one
- Consider part-time or fixed-term as a re-entry point
- Ask the coach to rewrite your CV summary for a returner
- Set alerts so you see new roles early
Rebuilding confidence
Apply to a small number of well-matched roles rather than dozens of poor ones. Use the AI interview brief before each conversation so you walk in prepared.
Flexibility exists
Filter for remote and part-time listings on the jobs page rather than assuming nothing will fit around your commitments.
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