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How Returnship Programs Are Failing Mid-Career Women
Most returnship programs target women who left the workforce to raise children, but a growing cohort of mid-career professionals—often in their forties and fifties—are being sidelined by rigid age caps and outdated skill assessments. This episode examines how companies like Deloitte and JPMorgan are adjusting their re-entry strategies for older workers, and why the 'returnship' label itself can feel exclusionary to those who never formally exited but simply fell off the radar due to industry shifts or burnout. We look at data from October 2026 showing that candidates over forty face…
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