Following a weekend when, with my teenage daughter, I attended a feminism conference and watched the harrowing and dramatic new movie, Su...

Amir ...  RichardYoung@ ...  Sarah & Simon ...  TheJohnsons@ ... These are all variations on email names and addresses whic...

As one of the 14 million people who watched the Great British Bake Off final, I was as moved as many others by the winner, Nadiya's s...

What image comes to mind when you think about work-life balance? When I googled the term the most common pictures are  ... the Work-Life s...

I'm following up Julianne's post from last week to reinforce her point about UK companies being interested in returners with an...

This week I listened to Allison Pearson speak at a Working Families event about the challenges of the Sandwich Generation - juggling work, ...

What is an Informational Interview? The start of a new academic year is often a time when returners start thinking about going back to ...

For our first post-summer blog, there's a back-to-school / back-to-work theme. As my teenagers have been coming home with their re...

In recent weeks I've had many conversations with mothers who've told me that they will be starting their back to work job search a...

A common route to return to work following a career break is by working as a freelancer, offering your specific skills to companies or i...

Great news! All seven ‘returners’ have been offered positions following completion of the first engineering/construction sector returnshi...

Regular readers of our monthly newsletter will be aware that, Julianne and I have presented or joined panels at a large and varied...

What does success mean to you? It's an interesting question to consider as you go through your career and particularly when you are...

We have been spending a lot of time with the people at RIBA recently, meeting some very interesting returners and also practices which ...

At the moment our household is in mid-exam crisis mode. With two teenagers sitting important exams, I'm supporting from the sidelines. ...

For those of you who were not able to join us at the inspiring Mumsnet Workfest event last Saturday, these are some advice highlights...

One of the innovations in recruitment practice in recent years is the increasing use of telephone interviews. In addition to their use...