A Career Break: Help and Guidance for Your Career Break

Ready to turn your career break dreams into reality? Our expert advice covers everything from managing finances and finding overseas schools for your children to securing accommodation and maintaining relationships while you're away. A Career Break is here to help.

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How to Keep in Touch with Friends or Family

Regular contact with friends and family while away helps you stay safe and makes coming home easier for everyone.

House-swapping for a Sabbatical

House swaps can stretch your budget for a long career break by letting you live rent-free in someone else's home.

Pregnant After Career Break: What Are My Maternity Rights?

If you're pregnant after taking a career break, you'll keep your job protections but may lose eligibility for statutory maternity pay.

How to Ask your Employer for a Career Break

Getting your boss to approve a career break means showing how it benefits the company, not just you.

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We Travelled as a Couple on a Career Break: A Case Study

A couple took two months off work to travel New Zealand, Australia and the Cook Islands, here's how they made it happen while self-employed.

Disabled and Travelled the World on a Career Break: A Case Study

Becky took a career break to travel the world despite living with a spinal injury, proving disability doesn't have to stop your dreams.

I Took a Career Break From My Stressful Job: A Case Study

An HR executive took a break from her stressful City job to travel alone to Madagascar and figure out what she really wanted from life.

My Mini Career Break: A Case Study

A 29-year-old travel executive took a month off work to backpack through Central America without leaving her job.

Questionnaire: Should You Leave Your Job?

Use this questionnaire to figure out whether you should actually quit your job or if you're better off staying put.

Pregnant After Career Break: What Are My Maternity Rights?

If you're pregnant after taking a career break, you'll keep your job protections but may lose eligibility for statutory maternity pay.

Helping Children Adjust to Life Back Home

Help your children cope when moving back to the UK after living abroad by preparing them in advance and managing the culture shock.

Starting a New Career

Help yourself get back into work after a career break with practical advice on what employers want to see.

Took Baby on a Caribbean Career Break: A Case Study

A couple took their nine-month-old baby to remote Dominica for six months and quickly learned what backpacking with an infant actually entails.

A Career Break for Extended Honeymoon: A Case Study

Pippa and Aaron quit their jobs for a six-month honeymoon and used it as a springboard to start their own business.

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