Over 15 years ago, I left behind my career as a scientist as we immigrated from France to California. Lately, I felt myself trapped between many passion projects, mixed feelings about my past career, and vague aspirations for a meaningful future. I am so glad that I met Swati and joined the Returnize community. Our sessions were filled with powerful exercises for understanding myself and creating a clear picture of who I wanted to be. Swati’s method was game-changing. I am now a proud owner of a small business that offers personalized services of photo management. Thank you Returnize, for giving me the platform to grow in self-confidence and satisfaction.

Partnering with Returnize has been key to my career restart journey. Having been out of the workforce for 4 years, I wasn’t very confident in my job search. Participating in various skill-building exercises as part of Returnize helped me analyze job postings and match my experience and skills to the roles. Swati’s guidance and regular cohort meetings were extremely useful as they provided insights and a framework for my job search. I found Returnize an invaluable coach as I applied my learnings from the program to successfully return to the workforce by accepting an offer right after completing the program.

Returnize is a wonderful program for women at every stage in the going back to work journey. I was a C-level executive before I left the workforce to build a family, and after 17 years, I was struggling with how to start the process of going back to work. Through regular meetings (which gave me deadlines for work), resources, and feedback, Returnize has given structure to my search, which has made me more disciplined, and the exercises have helped me find the direction I wanted to go. After completing a cohort, my job search has momentum and I am excited to enter the next phase of my career restart journey.

Returnize was introduced to me by a neighbor at a time when I was away from work for almost 6 years. I had just begun looking at courses to learn and refine my résumé. The program and the goals of the program instantly resonated with what I had in mind. Swati’s motivating words and encouragement pushed me through the last mile. Within two sessions I had landed three offers. Since I already knew what I wanted to do, she focused on the part where I needed help the most - that is preparing religiously for the interviews I had lined up. 

I joined Returnize after 25 years of career gap with no starting point and no confidence in my abilities. Returnize’s framework and support system helped me realize my goals and subsequently the path to a meaningful job. The program gave me a structure to research potential jobs and careers. Swati continued to encourage me to look into my area of study and passion and helped me move from confusion to clarity. The group as a whole also contributed to my journey. I feel so thankful that I found Returnize which helped me find my brand.