Case Studies
We think it's great to hear about personal experiences of a particular topic. This section contains a number of case studies about people who have taken a career break for a variety of reasons.
Below are our 9 articles in the case studies' category:
Eager to escape a dead-end job, Tracy Bromfield went to South Africa on a four-month career break to volunteer with children and animals. It was a...
When journalist Rachel Oldroyd got pregnant with her second child, she was offered seven month's paid maternity leave. But she decided to take an...
When Pippa and Aaron Witcher got married in 2006, they both quit their jobs. They decided to ask friends for money as wedding presents, instead of...
Four years ago, Dave Richardson resigned from his job, sold his house and went on a career break to travel and see the world.
“I have a taste...
Tom Bureau's first love had always been entrepreneurship. So in 1998 he co-founded a large London-based web business, which in 2002 was acquired by...
When Becky Mason went on holiday with a friend two years ago, the two hatched a dream plan of visiting all the places in the world they had always...
When Jess and Paul Thompson got married, they decided to keep their lives as flexible as possible. “I was a secondary school teacher and he was a...
A difficult time in her personal life was all the impetus Jane Fordham needed to take a career break to see the world. Best of all, she came back to...
Having the chance to switch off from work completely when you're self-employed is a rare opportunity, so John and Jan Lees made the most of it when...
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