{"id":3540,"date":"2022-08-09T09:50:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2022-08-09T09:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:50:57","slug":"returner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/","title":{"rendered":"Returner&#8230;what does that mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\nword \u201cReturner\u201d can sometimes, come with negative connotations &amp;\nmisconceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things like:                                                                                                                                              \u274c Unskilled,                                                                                                                        \u274c\u00a0 inexperienced workers.                                                                                              \u274c Inflexible.                                                                                                                           \u274c Lacking confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\nget the picture ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\nwe see are unstoppable women who are ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a1 Motivated and ready to reenter the\nworkforce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a1 Highly skilled and experienced\ncandidates who can bring a wealth of experience and value to the workplace <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a1 Powerful, confident women who have\nMORE&nbsp; than what it takes to succeed in\ntheir career<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\nmission is to support these unstoppable women across Ireland in their\nreturn-to-work journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\ngoal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can\nundermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age\n&amp; gender diversity &amp; equality in workplaces across Ireland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back\nTo Work Connect is a one-stop hub created to provide a central space for the\ntools &amp;&nbsp; support needed to navigate\nthe return-to-work process, successfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nyou\u2019re considering a return to work &amp; would like to be a part of our\nsupportive community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\ncan join our free membership at backtoworkconnect.ie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The word \u201cReturner\u201d can sometimes, come with negative connotations &amp; misconceptions. Things like: \u274c Unskilled, \u274c\u00a0 inexperienced workers.&hellip;","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[162,302,301,223],"class_list":{"0":"post-3540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"tag-back-to-work","9":"tag-career-break","10":"tag-midlife-worker","11":"tag-returner","12":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Returner...what does that mean? - Back to Work Connect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our goal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can undermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age &amp; gender diversity &amp; equality in workplaces across Ireland.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Returner...what does that mean?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our goal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can undermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age &amp; gender diversity &amp; equality in workplaces across Ireland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Back to Work Connect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backtoworkconnect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-09T09:50:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-09T09:50:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1086\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1077\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Back To Work Connect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@back2workconect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@back2workconect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Back To Work Connect\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Back To Work Connect\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1106461f0715b74812c05369b52bdc\"},\"headline\":\"Returner&#8230;what does that mean?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-09T09:50:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-09T09:50:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png\",\"keywords\":[\"back to work\",\"Career Break\",\"Midlife Worker\",\"Returner\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\",\"name\":\"Returner...what does that mean? - Back to Work Connect\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-09T09:50:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-09T09:50:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Our goal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can undermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age & gender diversity & equality in workplaces across Ireland.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png\",\"width\":1086,\"height\":1077},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/category\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Returner&#8230;what does that mean?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/\",\"name\":\"Back to Work Connect\",\"description\":\"Leading education and employment career hub for midlife workers, Returners and career changers.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Back to Work Connect\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-cropped-Back-To-Work-Connect-Logo-2021-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-cropped-Back-To-Work-Connect-Logo-2021-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":1064,\"height\":1185,\"caption\":\"Back to Work Connect\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backtoworkconnect\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/back2workconect\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/backtoworkconnect\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/20292620\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1106461f0715b74812c05369b52bdc\",\"name\":\"Back To Work Connect\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bea48a0b92f1f0abfcade34cd5caee2b8de4aa91f41976dde491a5bdaeaf12a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bea48a0b92f1f0abfcade34cd5caee2b8de4aa91f41976dde491a5bdaeaf12a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Back To Work Connect\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Returner...what does that mean? - Back to Work Connect","description":"Our goal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can undermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age & gender diversity & equality in workplaces across Ireland.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Returner...what does that mean?","og_description":"Our goal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can undermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age & gender diversity & equality in workplaces across Ireland.","og_url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/","og_site_name":"Back to Work Connect","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backtoworkconnect\/","article_published_time":"2022-08-09T09:50:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-09T09:50:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1086,"height":1077,"url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Back To Work Connect","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@back2workconect","twitter_site":"@back2workconect","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Back To Work Connect","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/"},"author":{"name":"Back To Work Connect","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1106461f0715b74812c05369b52bdc"},"headline":"Returner&#8230;what does that mean?","datePublished":"2022-08-09T09:50:54+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-09T09:50:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/"},"wordCount":179,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png","keywords":["back to work","Career Break","Midlife Worker","Returner"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/","url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/","name":"Returner...what does that mean? - Back to Work Connect","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png","datePublished":"2022-08-09T09:50:54+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-09T09:50:57+00:00","description":"Our goal is to challenge the misconceptions and negative stereotypes that can undermine the value that returners can bring to the workforce and promote age & gender diversity & equality in workplaces across Ireland.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png","width":1086,"height":1077},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/returner\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/category\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Returner&#8230;what does that mean?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/","name":"Back to Work Connect","description":"Leading education and employment career hub for midlife workers, Returners and career changers.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#organization","name":"Back to Work Connect","url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-cropped-Back-To-Work-Connect-Logo-2021-scaled-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cropped-cropped-Back-To-Work-Connect-Logo-2021-scaled-1.jpg","width":1064,"height":1185,"caption":"Back to Work Connect"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backtoworkconnect\/","https:\/\/x.com\/back2workconect","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/backtoworkconnect\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/20292620\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1106461f0715b74812c05369b52bdc","name":"Back To Work Connect","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bea48a0b92f1f0abfcade34cd5caee2b8de4aa91f41976dde491a5bdaeaf12a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bea48a0b92f1f0abfcade34cd5caee2b8de4aa91f41976dde491a5bdaeaf12a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Back To Work Connect"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-who-is-a-returner.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3542,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions\/3542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtoworkconnect.ie\/careerhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}