Professional Background
Julianne Miles is Co-Founder of Career Returners, an expert return-to-work support organisation, and a leading global expert on returning to work after a career break. With a mission is to make career breaks a valued part of a lifetime career, Julianne pioneered the development of corporate returner programmes in the UK and Ireland. Career Returners supports the 10,000-strong free-of-charge Career Returners Professional Community. They have partnered with over 200 leading employers to create supportive routes back to work for over 4,500 professionals. Tech and financial services are the main focus areas, with 25% of the Community having tech backgrounds. Julianne is the author of 'Return Journey: How to get back to work and thrive after a career break', a return-to-work guidebook shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2026. A Chartered Psychologist and a successful returner herself, she was awarded an MBE in 2019 for Services to Business and Equality.
Key Insight
"If retraining in mid-career, recognise that you are building on your existing wealth of skills and experience, not starting from the beginning again."