Summary
Looking for and finding a job following a long career break can be difficult and demoralising. There are various reasons for extended career breaks including redundancy, divorce or family commitments. What help is available for returners and how can employers do more to recruit them?
Adam Shaw and a panel of guests are ready to hear your questions and experiences and provide practical help. Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk or call 03700 100 444 after 1pm on Wednesday 15th May. Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply.
Guests: Emily Andrews, Senior Evidence Manager at the Centre for Ageing Better, Stephanie Dillon, Founder of Inclusivity Partners and Sarah Chilton, Partner with specialist employment lawyers CM Murray.
Presenter: Adam Shaw Producer: Charmaine Cozier Editor: Andrew Smith
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| 0:47.0 | Many thanks. Hello. We have less than half the unemployment rate of France. |
| 0:51.3 | And over the past seven years, unemployment levels in the UK have more or less halved. |
| 0:55.1 | So the employment market, well, it looks healthy. And that's good news if you're looking for work, but perhaps less good if you're looking for staff. And that relatively |
| 0:59.7 | tight labour market might be one of the reasons for the increased popularity of programmes |
| 1:04.8 | to promote experienced workers returning to the jobs market after long career breaks. |
| 1:10.4 | Well, in today's programme, we're looking at the opportunities for those who have taken career |
| 1:14.2 | breaks, what formal programmes exist, to help the return to work, and looking at some advice |
| 1:19.3 | on how to get back into the paid working groove. |
| 1:23.1 | For some people, though, there really isn't much encouragement. |
| 1:27.6 | I thought, well, I'll dip my toe back in and contacted one of my first bosses that I used to work with |
| 1:34.1 | and I went in to meet him and he was basically fairly binary saying to me that you know, |
| 1:41.1 | you're not going to have any chance of getting back into that kind of industry. |
| 1:43.9 | You've been out too long, blah, blah, blah. |
| 1:46.9 | So that shook me. |
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