Career Returners

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Episodes 27

Avg. Duration 34m

Activity Sporadic

Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (2)

Since Mar 2021

Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Monthly

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Episodic

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About This Podcast

Is it possible to return to a fulfilling, challenging, successful career after a long career break? After listening to these stories we want your answer to be a resounding yes! On our Career Returners podcast, you’ll hear from a diverse range of people who are successfully back at work after taking long career breaks for childcare, eldercare, health or other reasons. They’re sharing the ups-and-downs of their return-to-work journeys – the challenges, the rewards and the learnings. After each story, we’ll chat over some of the key themes that emerged and share some of our top return to work tips. The Career Returners podcast is brought to you by Career Returners, the return to work specialists. We work with employers and career returners to enable professionals to return to satisfying and fulfilling work after career breaks of 2, 5 or 15+ years. Over the years we’ve coached thousands of career returners, and we’re excited now to share some of their inspirational stories with you. After listening to this episode, do head along to careerreturners.com where you’ll find lots of advice, over 100 success stories, and a range of return to work opportunities for people on career break wanting to get back to work. While you're there, do sign up to our free Network and also our Facebook group for extra support and connection. Website: careerreturners.com Facebook: facebook.com/careerreturnersnetwork/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/careerreturners/ X: https://x.com/careerreturners

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Recent Episodes

S3E5 Return Journey – How to get back to work and thrive after a career break with Julianne Miles

Nov 12, 2025 32m Bonus

“Value your career break. Recognise how the time that you have had on career break has helped you to grow as a person in terms of your skills, in terms of your experiences, in terms of your…

S3E4 Move Forward and Embrace Growth with Ajay Sahota

Nov 13, 2024 35m

“At any given point in time, you will always be faced with two directions. You could either go back to safety, continue doing what you've always been doing, or you could move forward and embrace…

S3E3 Flying High with Skylarks with Deirdre Carswell

Oct 09, 2024 28m

“I have to say I'm in a role that is probably my favourite role that I've ever had in my working career”After a twenty five year career in the corporate and private medical sector, Deirdre (Dee)…

S3E2 From TV Production to Rail Innovation with Charlotte Hills

Sep 11, 2024 33m

Charlotte’s first career was in TV production, initially working as a script supervisor and then as a Director working on well-known programmes such as Big Brother and Hell's Kitchen.She took a…

S3E1 “Be Brave Quicker!” with Joanna Campbell-Meiklejohn

Jun 28, 2024 31m

Joanna Campbell-Meiklejohn has had a varied career, spanning different sectors and countries. She spent the first part of her career working in Corporate and Investment Banking and after her second…

S2E10 ‘Confidence and clarity’ with Caroline Deodhar

Feb 01, 2023 41m

In this final extended episode of Series 2, Karen and Liz chat to Caroline Deodhar who qualified as a doctor in the UK in 2013. She practiced medicine for a couple of years and began her GP training,…

S2E9 ‘Being professionally and personally ready’ with Marianna Dooley

Jan 18, 2023 39m

Marianna Dooley is an experienced marketing professional who has built a successful career in marketing and brand management. Her experience lies within fast moving consumer goods, working with…

S2E8 ‘Preparing for your return to work’ with Hellen Muthoni Vostatkova

Dec 14, 2022 22m

Hellen Muthoni Vostatkova is an experienced IT professional having worked across tech and change management programmes in Kenya, Southern Sudan, Germany and now the UK.In 2010 Hellen decided to…

S2E7 ‘Follow your Interests’ with Harriet Rogers

Nov 30, 2022 37m

Harriet Rogers qualified in the RAF in 2006, working as an Air Operations (Systems) Manager. She took her 1st career break in 2013 after the birth of her children and her 2nd career break in 2017…

S2E6 ‘’A Values Match is Key’ with Claire Neuman

Nov 16, 2022 28m

Claire Neuman is an experienced banking and consulting leader with a background in Financial Services, Commercial Banking and Financial Technology, built over her years working in Asia and the…

S2E5 ‘Value your Broad Background’ with Derek White

Nov 02, 2022 33m

This episode, we’re delighted to bring you our first conversation with a male returner. Derek White enjoyed a fascinating and varied career which equipped him with a broad mix of people, business,…

S2E4 ‘Returning to corporate life with a whole host of new skills’ with Helen Tunstall

Oct 19, 2022 33m

Helen Tunstall enjoyed a very successful career in banking, firstly in Australia and then in the UK. In 2015 she took the leap to leave her corporate life and pursue her passion for the creative…

S3E2 Self-belief is key with Juhi Asnani

Oct 05, 2022 36m

This episode is dedicated to our much-missed colleague Liz Mason, Women Returners Client Director from 2018, who died suddenly in February 2022.Juhi is an experienced Technology Consultant. Having…

S2E2 “Don’t compromise your dream job” with Aliaa Hajjeah

Sep 21, 2022 33m

Aliaa Hajjeah is a qualified Civil Engineer who built a successful career in construction before her career break. Originally from Iraq, Aliaa lived and worked in Iraq under the backdrop of war, an…

S2E1 “Make yourself visible” with Tamara Patera

Sep 07, 2022 34m

Tamara Patera is an experienced Equity Market professional. Italian-born and raised in Zurich, Tamara spent her career travelling extensively across Europe, enjoying using her language skills and…

S2 Career Returners: Trailer Season 2

Aug 31, 2022 1m Trailer

Welcome back to series 2 of the Career Returners Podcast!In this series, Karen and Liz from Women Returners chat to a wide range of returners, who are now happily back at work both in the UK and…

S1E10 "Have faith in yourself", with Women Returners coaches Anna & Karen

May 12, 2021 27m

“Have faith in yourself – remember your professional skills and strengths are still there, and your time on your career break will have added a wide range of transferable skills that will be…

S1E9 "Fear is totally normal" with Adriana Ennab

May 05, 2021 35m

Adriana Ennab enjoyed a varied and successful career in investment banking, working in New York, London and Tokyo in her early career. She took a 16 year career break from banking during which time…

S1E8 "Take that leap of faith and jump back in" with Georgia Williams

Apr 28, 2021 36m

Chief Inspector Georgia Williams joined the Met Police in 1997, and enjoyed a hugely fulfilling career, where she felt like she was really making a difference. She was promoted twice, to Sergeant and…

S1E7 "Your core skills will never go away from you" with Bhavna Mithani

Apr 21, 2021 31m

Trained as a civil engineer, Bhavna started her career in India as an IT developer and network engineer. She came to the UK in 2003 with her husband and after the birth of her daughter, took a career…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Career Returners have?

Career Returners has published 27 episodes since March 2021, covering topics in Business, Careers.

Is Career Returners still active?

Career Returners is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 34m.