Hire the talent.Build your brand.Lead the change.
Build a high-quality talent pipeline of skilled women professionals returning after career breaks — with intelligent screening, role matching and structured return-to-work programs, powered by HerKey's 5.5M+ women professional community.
Why leading teams are investing in returnee hiring.
Returnee hiring is a strategic lever for building experienced, resilient, future-ready teams — fast.
- Unmatched access to niche, experienced returnee talent
- Pre-screened, hire-ready candidates aligned to your roles
- Structured reintegration with Simkey reskilling & manager sensitisation
- Credibility built on years of trust with women professionals
- Measurable hiring outcomes your leadership can report on
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Career breaks shouldn't mean careers stop.
Over 50% of working women in India drop out of their career journeys within the first 3 years — enterprises lose access to a vast pool of skilled, experienced talent because their hiring infrastructure isn't built for returnees.
Hidden talent pools
Experienced returnees get filtered out by traditional ATS and resume screening.
Limited returnship infrastructure
Companies want to hire returnees but lack structured programs to identify and onboard them at scale.
Longer hiring cycles
Finding skilled, role-ready candidates outside conventional channels takes significant time and resources.
Missed hiring goals
Organisations struggle to translate intent into measurable returnee hiring outcomes leadership can report on.
A complete returnee hiring solution.
One platform for sourcing, screening, shortlisting, onboarding and measuring the impact of your returnee hiring program — built on years of trust with women professionals.
Curated returnee talent pool
Pre-screened, role-ready women professionals — settled, experienced, recharged, no notice period.
AI-powered matching
Match candidates intelligently based on skills, experience and the specific requirements of each role.
Candidate readiness assessment
Identify candidates prepared to contribute meaningfully from day one.
Interview-ready shortlists
Handpicked shortlists aligned to your hiring brief — typically 40–50 attendees per drive.
Hiring impact tracking
Measure hiring outcomes with dashboards your leadership can act on.
Returnee Success with Simkey
Support returnees beyond hiring with AI-powered career guidance, growth nudges, and HR insights that enable smoother transitions and stronger retention.
Brand. Engage. Experience.
A proven three-part model to attract, engage and convert returnee talent into hires — tailored to your organisation's ethos.
Showcase your employer brand
Featured company page, logo on home screens, premium banners and group sponsorships across HerKey's most-visited surfaces.
- Featured employer page
- Logo on home screens
- Banners on main pages
Build conversations that convert
Live and recorded sessions, fireside chats, panels and skill-focused networking — designed to build pipeline and brand trust.
- Featured webinars & panels
- Cohort club sessions
- Targeted outreach campaigns
On-ground hiring & networking events
Curated hiring drives — online or offline — connecting you with pre-screened, relevant returnee talent in one high-impact touchpoint.
- Custom hiring drives
- Networking events
- Pre-screened shortlists
The missing piece in every returnee program.
Getting hired is only the beginning. Returnees need a safe space to rebuild confidence, navigate the new workplace, and stay — that's where Simkey comes in.
Your personal AI work-life guide — available on Day 1
- Judgement-free conversations in 11 regional languages, voice-first
- Explains the career gap confidently — Simkey helps returnees frame their story, rebuild self-belief and set clear goals
- Always on, always confidential — no manager knows, no data shared
- Context-aware guidance — understands her role, stage, and what she's working toward
- Surfaces the right opportunities — internal programs, learning resources, job postings at exactly the right moment
Intelligence that helps you retain what you fought to hire
- Sentiment insights across your returnee cohort — spot disengagement early, before attrition happens
- Early warning signals with suggested interventions — act before the 90-day drop-off
- Customised to your organisation — aligned to your L&D programs, values, and policies
- DPDP-aligned — no individual data ever shared, no surveillance
Fully Confidential
No individual conversations ever shared. Returnees speak freely.
11 Regional Languages
Voice-first and text — so language is never a barrier to support.
HR Insights Dashboard
Aggregate trends across your returnee cohort. No surveillance, just signal.
Goal Tracking
Returnees set and track 30/60/90 day goals — with Simkey keeping them accountable.
What sets a successful returnee program apart.
Based on HerKey's DivHERsity Benchmarking Report (300+ companies), these are the four reintegration levers leading enterprises use to make returnees succeed.
Mentorship
of returnee programs include 1:1 mentorship for re-entering professionals.
Skills updation
offer structured reskilling to bridge gaps in technology and tools.
Confidence-building
run dedicated confidence and readiness workshops before role-fit.
Buddy program
pair returnees with peers for guided onboarding and reintegration.
Returnee hiring delivers results.
93% of women in large enterprises and 83% in startups/SMEs who go through returnee programs are hired into full-time roles. Performance, retention and brand outcomes follow.
What companies say about their returnee programs
% of companies that agree (All respondents)
Source: HerKey DivHERsity Benchmarking Report 2023–24, Section 4 — Women Returnee Programs.
Trusted by people teams building returnee programs.
Parexel has a specific section called “Returning Applicants” on the company website which encourages former employees to return. We also publish articles featuring “boomerangs” who have returned. It helps retain existing employees, boost morale, and bring back enhanced skills to work.
The women returnees we hired are doing exceptionally well in their roles — they bring maturity, focus and an ability to contribute meaningfully from day one.
Returnee hiring with HerKey has helped us tap into a deep, experienced talent pool that traditional channels simply do not surface. The pre-screened shortlists save us weeks of effort.
Build your returnee hiring program.
Tell us about your hiring needs. Our enterprise team will share a tailored program plan and walk you through a live demo.