Your Great Comeback: How to Successfully Get Rehired

There’s always an element of unpredictability with career moves. Success is not guaranteed. Case in point: the large number of people who left their jobs during the pandemic and regretted it later. In fact, 43% of those who resigned in the last two years now admit they were actually better off at their old job. That’s according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people polled by UKG, a provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions. 

For a growing number of professionals, reaching out to a former employer to ask for a job has become a viable option. As noted by podcaster and best-selling author Dan Schawbel, employees who left a company and then decided to return, did so for a variety of reasons. “Some may have quit to fulfill caretaking duties but are no longer burdened by these. Others may have wanted to explore a different career path but found that it wasn’t the right fit for them.”