Client stories
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Return-to-Work Coaching Programme
“I came in worried that three years of Pflegezeit would look like I had stepped out of my profession for good. The coaching did not erase that worry overnight, but the Lebenslauf rewrite and the interview rehearsals gave me language I could stand behind. I started a 28-hour role in Jena six weeks after we finished.”
The pace was intense in weeks with Kita closures — I wish we had built in one free pause week from the start.
Career Clarity Session
“The clarity session stopped me from applying to full-time roles I could not have sustained. We narrowed to two Teilzeit paths and I left with a one-page brief I still keep on my desk.”
Application Package Review
“My Anschreiben used to apologise for the gap in the first paragraph. The review package cut that habit and showed me where to put childcare facts so they read as logistics, not excuses.”
Interview Preparation Coaching
“Interview prep caught how I rambled when asked about availability. The second rehearsal was noticeably tighter. I still get nervous, but I no longer freeze on the gap question.”
Return-to-Work Coaching Programme
“What helped most was mapping school pickup against a realistic commute from Erfurt. Without that, I would have accepted an offer that looked good on paper and failed by month two.”
Mara had spent three years supporting a parent through illness. Her previous role in municipal administration had been filled permanently. She wanted 25–30 hours near Jena, with Wednesdays free for medical appointments.
Across the Return-to-Work Coaching Programme we rebuilt her Lebenslauf entry for the care years, practised answers to “Why this gap?”, and drafted a Teilzeit proposal she used after the second interview. She accepted a 28-hour contract. The hard part, she noted, was keeping session momentum during Kita closures — something we now build buffer weeks into by default when clients ask.