Returner Programme Partnership

Do you want to access and support the hidden talent pool of professionals on a career break returning to work?

Hiring Returners is Good for Business + Business for Good

Increase Diversity

Access Talent

Impact Society

“The breadth and depth of talent in the returner space is rich and diverse…which is pivotal to understanding and delivering on the needs of our clients.”

“It allows us to wade into a pool of talent, who are highly capable, highly talented and uniquely brave.”

”Returners give us the opportunity to better reflect the society we serve.”

Our Career Returners Community is Highly Skilled,
Experienced and Diverse

≈ 90% women

≈ 50% from minority
ethnic backgrounds

Skilled professionals:
80% have 5+ years’ experience

60% hold professional or postgraduate qualifications

Main Reasons for a Career Break

Childcare (65%)

Eldercare (10%)

Health

Relocation

We help employers to become returner-inclusive
and run best-practice returner programmes

Consulting

We provide best-practice advice on how to become a returner-inclusive employer.

We co-design tailored and supportive returner pathways, including:

  • Returnships
  • Supported hiring into permanent roles
  • Retraining programmes
Coaching and Training

We deliver:

  • Business Leader Briefings / Training on returner inclusion to recruiters, interviewers and line managers
  • Our Career Returners Coaching Programme to support returner hires through the transition
  • Job-readiness programmes to returners to build a targeted talent pool
Connection to the
returner talent pool
  • Through our Career Returners Professional Network, and our social media network, we provide access to the hard-to-reach group of experienced professionals on career break
  • We co-host engagement events
  • We provide employer branding opportunities, including Conference and Podcast sponsorship