For Professionals
Career Re-Entry Coaching & Advisory for Women
A considered return, on terms that reflect your experience and goals.
Returning to professional life after a career break involves important decisions about direction, opportunities and how to present your experience. Talent & Co. provides personalised career coaching and practical advisory support to women preparing to return to employment, helping them evaluate their options, strengthen their professional positioning and approach the job market with a clear strategy.
A return that recognises your experience
A career break does not erase your previous achievements, professional judgement or qualifications. Returning to work does not automatically mean lacking confidence or accepting a less senior role. We start with what you have already done and the work you now want to pursue.
Breaks may relate to maternity, parenting and caregiving, relocation, personal circumstances or other periods outside formal employment. You decide which information is relevant to share; advice does not depend on disclosing private details.
Reassess direction, level and priorities
Your previous role provides a useful reference point, but it need not dictate your next move. We consider target positions, current responsibilities and the conditions that matter to you, including flexibility, progression and longer-term career goals.
The aim is to evaluate realistic options without assuming that your return must involve either a full career change or a step down. Where requirements have changed, we distinguish a genuine development need from a gap in how your experience is presented.
- Review previous expertise and transferable skills
- Identify realistic target roles and appropriate seniority
- Understand changes in recruitment expectations
- Consider relevant development needs
- Balance flexibility, progression and longer-term goals
Present your experience and career break professionally
We review your CV and LinkedIn against the roles you are targeting. Previous achievements should remain clear and relevant, while the break is represented factually and proportionately.
You can explain time outside formal employment without unnecessary personal disclosure. We help you prepare language that is accurate and comfortable for you, then connect the discussion back to your experience, readiness and contribution.
- Reposition your CV and LinkedIn for target opportunities
- Select evidence that demonstrates your capabilities
- Explain a break concisely without apologising for it
- Prepare for interview questions about your return
Build a structured return-to-work search
A return-to-work search can begin with a focused review of roles and employers rather than immediate mass applications. We help you decide where to aim, how to approach relevant contacts and what you need to prepare before a conversation.
Interview preparation can focus on current role expectations, achievements from your previous work and how to explain the move you now want to make. The plan reflects your individual circumstances rather than a fixed timetable.
- Clarify target roles and practical priorities
- Review skills, experience and development needs
- Refresh your CV, LinkedIn and professional narrative
- Plan targeted applications, networking and interview preparation
- Review opportunities against flexibility, progression and long-term fit
Part of our inclusive Career Re-Entry programme
This page gives particular attention to women’s career re-entry. The wider Career Re-Entry programme remains available to professionals of all genders. It is not an exclusionary eligibility policy or a new programme with different conditions.
Experienced guidance, personally led
Peggy Theodorou, Founder & Principal Consultant of Talent & Co., is a Certified Executive Coach & Mentor with 30+ years of overall business experience, including 20+ years in People, HR, recruitment and leadership roles.
Her qualification complements her first-hand recruitment and senior HR leadership experience. Coaching creates space to explore your priorities; mentoring and advisory add practical feedback on the options, decisions and professional presentation relevant to you.
Professional advisory, not a placement promise
This is a paid professional advisory service, separate from the free Career Network and from recruitment assignments undertaken for companies. We agree the focus of your support before work begins. Advice can support better-informed decisions and preparation, but does not guarantee employment, an internship, a placement or a particular career outcome.
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Ready when you are.
Book a consultation and we will agree the focus of your support before any work begins.