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The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
After a career break — whether for parenting, caregiving, health, travel, or burnout recovery — re-entering the workforce can feel like navigating a foreign country whose language you once spoke fluently. In this series, Lucas and Luna dissect the practical and psychological mechanics of that return. Each episode centers on one concrete obstacle: how to reframe resume gaps so hiring managers see depth, not absence; which certifications or freelance projects actually accelerate re-entry; how to…
Episodes
The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-EntryHow a Career Gap Can Help You Master the Informational Interview
Many professionals re-entering the workforce after a gap struggle with networking. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the informational interview — a…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Freelance Portfolio
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect time to build a freelance portfolio that demonstrates your skills to future…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Start a Podcast
In this milestone 50th episode, Lucas and Luna explore how launching a podcast during a career gap can build communication skills, authority, and a…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Salary Negotiation Strategy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can actually be a strategic advantage in salary negotiations. They break down the story of Maria, a…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Personal Website
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect time to build a personal website that showcases your…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Helped One Parent Pivot to Tech Sales
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can become the foundation for a successful pivot into tech sales. They…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Make You a Better Public Speaker
In episode 46 of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can transform you into a more compelling public speaker. They dissect the…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Earn a Professional Certificate
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect time to earn a professional certificate that boosts…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Better LinkedIn Profile
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can actually be an opportunity to rebuild your LinkedIn profile from…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Helped One Woman Pivot From Teaching to Tech Recruitment
Episode 43 of The Comeback Career Podcast explores the story of Maria Chen, a former middle school math teacher who spent two years at home raising her…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Personal Board of Advisors
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how returning professionals can build a personal board of advisors — a small, trusted…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Side Business
On this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect launchpad for starting a side business. They share…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Made Me a Better Problem Solver
Episode 40 of The Comeback Career Podcast looks at how a career gap can sharpen your problem-solving skills in ways traditional work rarely does. Lucas shares…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Helped One Woman Build a Bestselling Book
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be leveraged to write and publish a book that boosts your…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Helped One Woman Launch a Software Company
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a career break can be the foundation for entrepreneurship, not a detour. They tell the story of Maya Chen, a former…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Makes You a Better Manager
This episode of The Comeback Career Podcast explores how a career gap can actually develop strong management skills. Lucas and Luna discuss the concept of…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Rebuild Your Professional Confidence
Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can actually be a powerful confidence-building tool. They dive into the story of Maria Gonzalez, a former marketing…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Build Transferable Skills for Any Job
Episode 35 of The Comeback Career Podcast tackles a fear that keeps many career-gap returners from applying: the belief that their non-traditional experience…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Paid Newsletter
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect time to launch a paid newsletter. They break down…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build an Online Course
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how returning professionals can use a career gap to create and sell an online course…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Reframe Failure in Interviews
Episode 32 of The Comeback Career Podcast tackles a hidden advantage of career gaps: the ability to reframe failure honestly in job interviews. Lucas and Luna…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Strengthen Your Negotiation Skills
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, hosts Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can actually make you a better negotiator when re-entering the…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Turn Volunteer Roles Into Career Re-Entry Wins
Episode 30 of The Comeback Career Podcast explores a practical strategy for career returners: using volunteer and pro-bono roles to rebuild professional…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Build a Network from Scratch
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into a practical strategy for re-entering the workforce after a career gap: building a…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Help You Start a Professional Blog
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how starting a blog during a career gap can rebuild professional credibility and open doors. They dive into the story…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Improve Your Interview Skills
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap — often seen as a liability — can actually make you a stronger, more…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Can Make You a Better Negotiator
Episode 26 of The Comeback Career Podcast explores a counterintuitive career-gap advantage: negotiation skills. Lucas and Luna break down why a career break…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How a Career Gap Built a New Industry Niche
Lucas and Luna explore how one woman's forced career break after becoming a stay-at-home parent led her to spot an underserved niche in project management…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
Turning a Career Gap Into a Consultant Calling Card
Lucas and Luna explore how a career break, especially one spent as a stay-at-home parent, can become a powerful credential for launching an independent…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Career Gap to Build Credibility Through Writing
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how publishing thoughtful writing on platforms like Medium or LinkedIn can help career-returners rebuild credibility…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Career Gap to Negotiate Flexible Work
Episode 22 of The Comeback Career Podcast. Lucas and Luna explore how re-entering professionals can leverage a career gap to negotiate flexible work…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Career Gap to Build a Personal Board of Directors
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive strategy for re-entering the workforce after a career gap: building a…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Career Gap to Start a Side Hustle
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect launchpad for a side hustle. They discuss the story…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Career Gap to Launch a Portfolio Career
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career gap can be the perfect launchpad for a portfolio career — juggling multiple…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Career Break to Pivot Industries
Episode 18 of The Comeback Career Podcast tackles a question many returners face: you don't just want any job back — you want a different industry. Lucas…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Returnship Program After a Career Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore returnship programs — structured internships for professionals returning to the…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use Freelance Projects to Bridge a Career Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how returning professionals can use freelance or contract work to bridge a career gap…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Stay-at-Home Gap to Land a Remote Job
Episode 15 of The Comeback Career Podcast tackles a specific strategy: using your stay-at-home or career gap to pivot into remote-first roles. Lucas and Luna…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Side Project to Re-Enter the Workforce After a Career Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a personal side project can serve as a powerful bridge back into the workforce after…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Skills Bootcamp to Re-Enter the Workforce After a Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how targeted skills bootcamps can help career-gap returners rebuild credentials and…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use Informational Interviews to Re-Enter the Workforce
In Episode 12 of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how informational interviews can be a strategic tool for career re-entry after a gap. They…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use AI Tools to Bridge a Career Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how returning professionals can use AI tools to stay sharp during a career gap. They…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Handle Career Gap Age Bias When Re-Entering the Workforce
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a sensitive but critical challenge for career-gap returners: age discrimination layered…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use a Temp Agency to Re-Enter the Workforce After a Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a practical, under-discussed strategy for career re-entry after a gap: temporary…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Use Volunteer Roles to Bridge a Career Gap
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how strategic volunteer work can close a resume gap and build professional credibility…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Rebuild Professional Confidence After a Career Gap
Lucas and Luna explore the psychological hurdle of rebuilding professional confidence after a career gap, focusing on the case of Grace, a former marketing…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Explain a Career Gap Without Overexplaining
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a common but tricky challenge for returners: how to explain a career gap without…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
Returning After a Gap How to Handle Networking
Episode 5 of The Comeback Career Podcast tackles the networking awkwardness that comes after a career gap. Hosts Lucas and Luna explore why re-entering…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Negotiate Salary After a Career Gap
Returning to work after a gap often means accepting less than you're worth. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down a real case: a former marketing…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Sell Your Caregiving Skills in a Job Interview
Lucas and Luna explore how returning parents can frame caregiving as a professional asset, not a liability. They dissect a real case: Sarah, a former marketing…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
How to Frame Your Stay-at-Home Years on a Resume
In this episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the hardest parts of returning to work after a stay-at-home gap: how to frame…
- The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry
Returning to Work After a Five-Year Gap
In the debut episode of The Comeback Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the realities of re-entering the workforce after a long career break — using the…