From The Muse authored by Jane Bianchi:
“If you’ve been out of the traditional workforce for a few years—maybe you spent a few years at home with your kids, served in the military, or took time off while finding your path—you might feel a little shaky on your feet.
You’d probably welcome a way to sharpen up your skills, get some recent experience on your resume, and revive your network. Kind of like an internship—but without ending up back at the bottom of the totem pole.
Turns out, that’s a thing.
It’s called a returnship, and it’s essentially an internship that helps adults who have taken time away from their careers and are interested in re-entering the workforce. It usually lasts a few weeks to a few months, typically offers payment that’s commensurate with an individual’s level of experience, and provides extra training and mentorship, helping folks reacquaint themselves with the culture and pace of today’s work environment and improve skills that may have become rusty.
Today, there are more than 160 companies worldwide investing in such programs after recognizing that not everyone has a traditional career path. “There’s actually a very large population of people out there who are interested in returning to the workforce, but don’t know how to go about it,” explains Diane Borhani, Talent Director at Deloitte LLP and leader of Deloitte’s “Encore Program,” the organization’s new returnship offering. ‘So it’s an untapped pool of talent of qualified, diverse people who, with the right programs and approach, could definitely supplement the talent pool.’”
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