For businesses

Tech Returners supports businesses to hire diverse, experienced tech talent whilst changing lives. Returners are skilled software engineers that took a career break and are passionate about getting back to tech. Our expert team provides a free, award-winning programme that refreshes technical skills and rebuilds confidence until Returners are interview-ready. Work with us to become a hiring partner, invest in the Returner journey and expand your team with truly talented and diverse individuals.

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of those on our Returner programme are women

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of people reported an increase in confidence

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people have completed the Tech Returner programme

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How it works

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Hires

Understanding your needs

We work with your Talent, D&I, and Engineering teams to understand your exact hiring requirements. This might include everything from ideal number of hires to required behaviours, competencies and skills through to engineering stack and interview process.

Recruitment starts

Once we understand your timelines, hiring needs and organisational culture, our team plan and deliver a bespoke marketing and recruitment campaign to attract Returner applications. The three-step interview process commences and your business is introduced as our hiring partner to an excited potential cohort!

Programme, interviews and hires!

Our award-winning programme begins. Technical skills are refreshed and Career and Mindset coaching builds confidence. As a hiring partner, opportunities for further engagement with the cohort occur throughout, helping both parties build rapport. Upon programme completion interview-prep begins, interviews take place and your final hires are made!

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Are you a business? Want to chat with us?

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"Returners are a pool of talent with better gender and age diversity than other more traditional pools, and with talented people that only need a bit of confidence to resume a successful career."

Partnership options

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    Collective

    Investment
    £32,000*

    Enables your organisation to hire diverse engineers returning to the industry in a more accessible way.

    Enquire About Collective
    The Collective Program
    • Up to three organisations aiming to hire up to four engineers per organisation
    • Up to three organisations aiming to hire up to four engineers per organisation
    • Come together and make a difference to individuals.
    Includes Collective Annual Membership, Covering:
    • Access to Slack network of businesses for knowledge sharing and connection-building
    • 3 x free tickets to Reframe: Women in Tech
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    Absolute

    Investment From
    £104,000*

    A powerful opportunity for an organisation to support and tailor a programme in its entirety

    Enquire About Absolute
    The Absolute Programme
    • One organisation aiming to hire up to 16 engineers
    • Come together and make a difference to individuals.
    • Opportunity to have high impact and make tangible progress towards your DE&I objectives and CSR goals. renowed programmes for affecting change within businesses and importantly, the lives of Returners.
    • Bespoke, award-winning service
    • Customisable application process
    • Collaborative marketing approach before, during and post-programme
    • Insight into inclusive hiring practices and support
    • Access to interview and hire all engineers on the programme
    • Flexibility with your timelines to ensure optimal outcomes for your hiring needs.
    Includes Absolute Annual Membership, Covering:
    • Featured Premium Partner our website, event materials and Tech Returners programme brochures
    • Opportunity to comment in white-papers/reports throughout 2023
    • A webinar facilitated by us to showcase culture and Tech at your organisation
    • 4 x free tickets to Reframe: Women in Tech
    • 1 x half-price place for employees on The Confidence Collective programme

Are you an individual looking to return to tech?

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Success stories

  • Don't just take our word for it, hear from the businesses who have already invested in Tech Returner talent. Learn about their successes, learnings and ultimately, the impact on their technical teams.

  • Our Returners lives are changed by the businesses that partner with us. Learn of the impact your organisation could have by hiring diverse, experienced tech talent.

Our hiring partners

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FAQs

We currently support Platform/Cloud Engineering, Java, C# .NET, and JavaScript (React, TypeScript and Node.js). If your language isn’t on this list, please do still reach out to us as we are always looking to enhance our tech curriculum offering. Tech Returners for businesses is about ensuring we provide the talent that the industry is calling out for.

Depending on hiring preferences, organisations can choose to partner with us via any one of the three programme packages we provide:

  • Absolute package: One single organisation which aims to hire up to 16 engineers.
  • Dual package: Two non-competing organisations that aim to hire up to nine engineers per company.
  • Collective package: Three non-competing organisations that aim to hire up to four engineers per company.

Alternatively, we can work with you to create a bespoke programme – so it’s always worth getting in touch with our team!

Get in touch

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