You haven’t touched your LinkedIn in two years. Maybe longer. The profile photo is outdated, your headline still says your old job title, and your About section reads like it was written by a completely different person because it was. You know you need to fix it. You just don’t know where to start. Here’s…
Most returnship guides treat Morgan Stanley as a footnote after Goldman Sachs. That’s a mistake. Goldman Sachs invented the returnship. Morgan Stanley built something different. While other banks anchor their programs almost entirely in New York, Morgan Stanley has been quietly running one of the most globally distributed return-to-work programs in the industry. The 2026…
Why Women Bear the Biggest Burden of Career Gaps Career breaks happen to everyone. But they do not happen equally. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025, women are 55.2% more likely than men to take career breaks, and their breaks last longer: an average of 19.6 months versus 13.9 months…
If you’ve had a career gap and want back into tech, most returnship content out there sends you to the same list of companies without actually explaining what each program is. Microsoft’s program has a name, a specific philosophy, and a very distinct candidate profile it’s looking for. That distinction matters enormously when you’re crafting…
You’ve sent out dozens of applications and heard nothing back. But here’s what most job seekers don’t realize: recruiters aren’t always waiting for applications. They’re actively searching LinkedIn for candidates right now. The problem is, if your profile isn’t optimized for LinkedIn’s search algorithm, you’re invisible to them. LinkedIn SEO works a lot like Google…
You’ve already made the decision. You’re going back to work, and you know you need to update your skills to do it. You don’t need a pep talk. You need someone to point at the right certification and say: “That one. Do that one.” That’s exactly what this article is. No fluff, no “it depends…
We talk to hiring managers every day who share the same frustration: they’re drowning in data analytics candidates who can run a SQL query but can’t tell them what the data actually means for the business. That gap – between technical execution and strategic thinking – is exactly what separates the candidates who get hired…
Most returnship guides treat Amazon like just another big company with a reentry program. They list the basics — 16 weeks, paid, tech roles — and move on. That’s a mistake. Amazon’s returnship is fundamentally different from programs at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, or anywhere else because Amazon has something none of those companies have: a…
Introduction: The Year the Hype Became Your Reality Here’s a number worth sitting with: 91% of organizations now use at least one form of AI in their operations. Not piloting. Not planning to. Using it right now, in the same workplaces where you’re trying to get hired, keep your job, or get promoted. That’s the…
You worked hard to build a career. Then life happened. Maybe you stepped away to raise children, care for a family member, deal with a health situation, or simply take time to figure out what comes next. Now you want back in, and you want back in at the top level. The Goldman Sachs Returnship…
