Has anyone stepped away from work to start a business and has had a hard time coming back to the work force? I feel that after a 3 year absence, I am completely lost and can’t get hired.

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Difficult but not impossible, a comeback will require to exploit your network. A friend got in to starting business and got sucked in to it for 3+ yrs and 250k negative. Took a lot of convincing but he is now a director leading a large team for CAPGEMINI.

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I did the same. 3 years out. Then came back to my old team. Definitely a tricky transition but I agree with SDM1, using my network was really important in coming back and then finding my feet in the firm again.

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