Case studies
Here are just a few stories of women who have benefited from using Women Like Us' services.
Sally was looking for a part-time senior management role that gave her all of the challenges – and the pay rate – that she’d enjoyed before motherhood. Online searching produced only freelance options or more junior roles. Women Like Us found her two perfect part-time positions with major companies, and Sally has been able to pick up where she left off, and on her terms.
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When Alice wanted to get back to work after a break to care for her children, the problem was not a lack of opportunity but a lack of confidence. The Women Like Us coaching team helped Alice rediscover her potential and regain the self-belief that would get her working again.
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Alex hadn’t worked at all while bringing up her son, so when she wanted to pick up her career again, after several years away the whole world of work felt different and daunting. Women Like Us worked with Alex to make the jobs market real and rewarding again.
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Trained actor Anna had not had much work since the birth of her children and lacked both the confidence and the networks to restart her career. When Women Like Us coaching workshops helped open her mind to the possibility that part-time work would give her the freedom to also take acting assignments, Anna found herself in a new job that hadn’t closed the stage door on acting opportunities.
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After a six-year career break to have children, Rada felt that her former working skills had evaporated and she no longer had much to offer an employer. A Women Like Us career coach encouraged Rada to focus on the many new skills she’d learnt during her career break. Within a week of finishing the course, she’d expertly landed a senior management job.
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When the career gaps in Janet’s CV kept letting her down at interviews, Women Like Us coached her into focusing on selling her achievements rather than a career chronology. Armed with an altogether more powerful CV and whole new attitude, Janet’s skills now stood out a lot more than her four-year break.
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