Returning to work after a career break can be daunting. You may worry that your skills may be out of date or your CV isn’t getting past the first stage. You may have concerns that employers will insist on you returning full time to the office. In fact, companies are more and more receptive to returners: offering both formal “returnships” and rolling out flexible working.

Drawing on hundreds of case studies, Jude Harvey and Kate Mansfield of Women Returners (www.womenreturners.com), the Return to Work Specialists, discuss returnships (higher-level internships for returning professionals), strategic volunteering, networking and a variety of non-standard job-hunting techniques which career returners have used successfully to get back into work.

Breaks are the new normal

As careers extend to 40 or 50 years both women and men inevitably want to make more career pivots, take more breaks and plot more varied careers. Increasingly opportunities are growing and returners are finding their skills more appreciated by employers.

In this webinar we will look at the experience of hundreds of successful returners and see how they have plotted their career steps. We will look at:

How returnships can help

What employers value about career breaks

Strategic volunteering (what this means and actual examples)

When to consider going back to study or retraining

How to present a break on your CV or LinkedIn profile

Remaining open minded or flexible about options for a relaunch career

Networking that works best for returners.

All participants receive

Everyone who registers for this event will receive:

Access to the webinar and the chance to ask questions live

Video recording for download after the event

For more return to work information and support

See www.womenreturners.com and join the free Women Returners Professional Network (http://eepurl.com/WkB8j)