Name: Fay McFarland Career break: 3 and a half years Company placed into: Phoenix Group New role: Business Analyst Are you, like us, a little tired of hearing about the “Mothers’ Penalty”? When will people start talking about the “Mothers’ Gift”? Yes, women do often face challenges keeping their career on track after starting a […]
Elspeth’s return to Insurance Elspeth Fairgrieve is a qualified lawyer who had taken a five year career break for health reasons. She had taken a role working for a charity but had begun to think about returning to her career as a lawyer when she saw an advert for the Cross Sector Insurance Returner programme. We […]
How Returner Programmes Help Women Back into Work Kristin returned to London from Hong Kong newly divorced, with three children and a five year career gap on her CV. In Nerina’s case, it was seventeen years since she’d worked as a banker. Elspeth had to leave her role at an insurance company for ill health […]
Nerina Wright, her story upon joining Axis Capital as ESG London Market Lead after a 17 year career break. NOT FITTING IN ON PURPOSE We are taught to fit in from a young age. That has transcended into the core of working in organisations. While it is true that a certain amount of fitting has to happen […]
One Path Back to a Fulfilling Career By Lisa Unwin Partner of Inclusivity Partners and Co-founder of Reignite Academy. How returner programmes create opportunities for women to reboot careers in mid-life Kristin returned to London from Hong Kong newly divorced, with three children and a five year career gap on her CV. In Nerina’s case, […]
Ramboll launches Return to Work programme for career break engineering professionals September 2021 Ramboll, the global engineering, design and consultancy company, has launched its new UK ‘Return to Work’ programme for people who have taken a break from their career in engineering, design, project management or consultancy. Developed in partnership with Inclusivity Partners, the returning […]
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMME SEES MAJOR INSURANCE PLAYERS BRING WOMEN BACK TO THE PROFESSION Ground breaking programme exceeds targets and sets out plans to extend its reach Monday 12th September 2021, London: In March this year, nine leading firms – brokers, insurers and long term savings and retirement businesses – launched a programme to enable “career […]
Organisations are not doing enough to attract female talent. Diversity targets remain unmet whilst organisations continue to fail to do the basics.
(and things to consider next time!) Returner programmes are becoming increasingly popular. Rightly so when one considers the enormous amount of talent estimated to be ready to reignite their career yet lacking in ways to access employment. PWC’s 2016 report titled the £1billion potential of Women Returners highlighted that a suspected 427,000 highly qualified women […]
How to look for a job in a recession? According to our Chancellor Rishi Sunak, there is a possibility our economy might shrink by 35 per cent due to the Coronavirus and its impact, with up to two million people in the UK losing their jobs. Being out of work and trying to find a […]