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People returning to work after a career break

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I call them "Relunchers"

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Those are people who have taking career breaks

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for elder care or child care reasons

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pursuing a personal interest or a personal health issue

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Closely related are career transitions of all kinds

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Veterans, military spouses, retirees

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coming out of a retirement or repatriating expats

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Returning to work after a break is hard

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because it's disconnected between the employers and the relunchers

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Employers can view hiring people with a gap on the resume

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as a high risk proposition

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And individuals on career break can have doubts about

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their abilities to relunch their careers

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especially if they have been out for a long time

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This disconnect is the problem

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that I am trying to help solve

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Now successful relunchers are everywhere and did every field

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This is Sami Kafala

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he is a nuclear physicist in UK

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who took a five-year break to be home with his five children

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The Singapore Press recently wrote about

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Nurse returning to work after long career breaks

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And speaking of long career breaks

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This is Mimi Kahn

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She is a social worker at Orange County California

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who return to work in a social services organision

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after a 25 year career break

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That's the longest career break that I am aware of

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Prominent people take career breaks

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Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

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took a 5 year career break early in her career

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And then there are the fictional relunchers

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probably the most famous is Alicia Florrick

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The character played by