Returning after a break
Restart Your Career After a Break, in a Direction That Fits Your Life Now
Whether your break was for children, caring for family, health, relocation or study, coming back raises real questions. Should you return to the same field? Is part-time or flexible work possible? How do you explain the gap? We help returners see their strengths clearly, including the ones built during the break, and choose a restart that fits the life they have now.
- ✔ Same field, new field or a flexible role
- ✔ Confidence after a long gap
- ✔ Explaining your break with pride
- ✔ Return programmes and routes back in
Who we help
After maternity or childcare
Ready to work again, and wanting a role that respects your time and your experience.
After caring for family
Coming back after supporting parents or a family member, unsure where to start.
After health or relocation
Rebuilding a career after a pause you didn't fully choose.
Considering a new direction
The break changed what matters to you, and the old career may no longer fit.
How we help you restart
Free Career Change Test
Three minutes, no sign-up. See how strong your need for change is, how clear your direction is and whether you have the runway to move.
Learn more →Professional career assessment
Personality (Big Five), interests (RIASEC), aptitude, values and work style, with questions matched to your career level and a transition report. Free to take; the detailed report costs ₹1,500.
Learn more →One-to-one counselling
A 60-minute session (₹1,000) to work through your results and pressure-test your options against money, family and timing. Online across India, or in person in Mumbai.
How it works
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Check your readiness
Take the free Career Change Test to see where you stand today.
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Map your strengths
Take the professional assessment online, at your own pace, in English or your Indian language.
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Get your report
See the roles and fields that fit you, your transferable strengths and the gaps to close.
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Plan the move
Work through it with a counsellor and leave with a realistic, step-by-step plan.
What helps a restart succeed
- ✔Starting from your strengths, not from the gap on your CV.
- ✔Choosing the kind of work that fits your life now: full-time, part-time, flexible or project-based.
- ✔Knowing the routes back: many large employers in India run returnship programmes, such as Restart with Infosys and Accenture's Career Reboot.
- ✔A short bridge course or project where a skill needs refreshing.
- ✔Available in English and Indian languages, fully online.
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Frequently asked questions
+How do I restart my career after a long break?
Start by mapping your strengths and what you want work to look like now. Then refresh one key skill, reconnect with your network and look at returnship programmes. A structured assessment helps you choose between returning to your old field and moving to a new one.
+How do I explain a career break in an interview?
Briefly and confidently: say why you took the break, what you did or learnt during it, and why you are ready now. Employers increasingly understand breaks, especially when you show a current skill or recent project.
+What are good career options for women after 40 in India?
It depends on your strengths and earlier experience. Common directions include returning to your field through a returnship, training and teaching, HR, counselling and coaching, content and communication, operations and project roles, and starting a small business.
+Can I restart in a completely different field?
Yes. A break is often a natural moment to change direction. Check that the new field fits your strengths before investing in a course, and plan a bridge into it.
Your break is part of your story, not the end of it
Take the professional assessment free and plan a restart that fits your life now.