THE RETURN
An 8-week return-to-work programme for women after a career break
Returning to work isn’t only about updating your CV or finding your next role. It’s also about understanding who you are now, rebuilding trust in what you bring, and preparing yourself for the professional world you’re returning to. THE RETURN is a deliberately sequenced eight-week experience designed to support both.
Returning to work after a career break can feel bigger than expected.
You can be ready to return to work and still feel unsure about where you fit now.
Perhaps your career break lasted a year. Perhaps it lasted ten. You may have stepped away to raise a family, relocate, care for someone, or simply because life took you in another direction.
And now you’re thinking about returning. The practical questions often come first.
Yet underneath those questions, there is often something else happening. Your relationship with work has changed. Your confidence may feel different. The professional identity you once knew may no longer fit quite as comfortably.
THE RETURN was created for this part of the return-to-work journey.
It gives you the space, structure and support to understand where you are now, rebuild trust in what you bring, and prepare for what comes next — before moving into the practical tools and expert guidance that help you move forward.
What do I put on my CV? How do I explain the gap? Where do I even start?
Is THE RETURN for you?
THE RETURN is designed for women who are thinking about returning to work after a career break. Whether that break has lasted months or years.
It starts before the CV.
Before the applications.
Before the interview.
It starts with you.
Eight weeks. Two chapters. One supported return.
A deliberately sequenced experience designed to support both sides of returning to work:
The woman making the return.
The professional stepping back into the room.
A deliberately small group of women in your co-hort.
CHAPTER ONE · WEEKS 1–4
Your First Month Back to You
- WEEK 1Where Are You Now?
- WEEK 2Rebuilding Self-Trust
- WEEK 3Who Are You Becoming?
- WEEK 4Your Return Circle
The focus:
Identity · Self-trust · Confidence · Direction · Emotional readiness
CHAPTER TWO · WEEKS 5–8
Your Month With the Experts
- WEEK 5Your Personal Brand
- WEEK 6Speak With Confidence
- WEEK 7The HR Perspective
- WEEK 8The Recruitment Perspective
The focus:
Recruitment · HR · Personal branding · Communication · Practical preparation
Why this sequence matters
Not eight weeks of workshops.
Eight weeks of a deliberately sequenced experience.
First, understand who you are now.
Then learn how to communicate it.
Understand how employers see you.
Hear directly from the people working in the market.
And start making decisions about what comes next.
HOW THE RETURN WORKS
THE RETURN is designed as a small, supported cohort experience. Combining independent reflection, in-person sessions, expert guidance and connection with women navigating a similar stage of their return.
8 WEEKS
Two connected chapters
Four weeks focused on you and your emotional readiness, followed by four weeks of practical guidance and access to experts.
SMALL COHORTS
A maximum of 12 women
Intentionally kept small to create space for honest conversation, participation and meaningful connection throughout the programme.
ONLINE + IN PERSON
Designed to work around real life
A combination of guided online reflection and live sessions in Dubai, giving you structure without requiring you to be somewhere every day.
BETWEEN-SESSION SUPPORT
A private cohort WhatsApp group
A dedicated space to stay connected, share reflections and continue the conversation between sessions throughout the eight weeks.
You won’t be expected to figure out your return alone.
You don’t need to have your whole career figured out
You need somewhere to begin.
The right questions.
The right support.
And access to the right people.
Ready for your RETURN?
The next cohort of THE RETURN begins in
January 2027.
Eight weeks. A small cohort of 12 women.
Two chapters designed to help you feel more prepared, personally and professionally for your return to work.
You don’t need to know exactly what you want to do next.
That’s part of what these eight weeks are designed to help you uncover.
*Places are limited to 12 participants per cohort*