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Taking time out used to mean falling off the ladder for good. In Career Interrupted, Norah Breekveldt — author of the acclaimed Sideways To The Top — sits down with fourteen high-achieving women who prove there is another way.
From executives and entrepreneurs to women who rebuilt their working lives after redundancy, illness, or motherhood, each story is a masterclass in resilience: how to step away, how to return, and how to redesign a career on your own terms. Practical, honest, and deeply encouraging, the book tackles the real questions: how to explain the gap, how to rebuild confidence, and how to negotiate a return on your own terms. Breekveldt’s interviewees are generous with specifics, making this a genuinely useful guide — not just inspiration. From CV gaps to confidence gaps, Breekveldt covers the practical and the emotional with equal care, drawing on her own expertise as a career researcher.
For anyone navigating a career break — or planning one — proof that interrupted does not mean over.
Taking time out of a career used to mean falling off the ladder for good. In Career Interrupted, Norah Breekveldt — author of the acclaimed Sideways To The Top — sits down with fourteen high-achieving women who prove there is another way.
From executives and entrepreneurs to women who rebuilt their working lives after redundancy, illness, or motherhood, each woman speaks candidly about the break itself and the harder part: coming back. Their stories are different, but the patterns will be familiar to anyone who has stepped away — the dented confidence, the CV gaps that need explaining, the quiet fear that the world has moved on without you.
Breekveldt draws out the strategies that worked: how these women negotiated their return, found mentors, and turned time out into a genuine advantage. Practical, honest, and refreshingly free of platitudes, this is a book for women planning a break, living through one, or hiring someone coming back from one — and for anyone who believes careers should have second chapters.
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