Lesson series
Understanding and Implementing Returnship Programmes
Experienced professionals are stepping away from work more often — and for more reasons — than ever before. Yet many organisations still rely on hiring processes that quietly screen out career breaks, shrinking talent pools and making already‑difficult roles even harder to fill. Returnship programmes offer a different approach: one that recognises experience, supports re‑entry, and reconnects organisations with skills they cannot afford to lose.
This course explores how returnship programmes work in practice, and what it takes to design, deliver, and sustain them successfully. You’ll gain a clear, realistic understanding of how returnships can strengthen talent strategy, improve retention, and create credible routes back into work for experienced professionals — when they are built with intent and delivered well.
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Graeme Paxton
Graeme is the Founder of Talent Advisory business, Caraffi. He helps TA leaders create strategies that get the noticed by their Boardrooms.
Emily Tatham
Emily develops products for a talent advisory business Caraffi - she helps TA Leaders create the stories they need to get investment for their future plans.
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