I'm about to return to a FT full-on role in finance after about 10 years in a PT backroom role which I took for work-life balance when my children were small.
I'm coming back in at the same level of seniority I left at, which is pretty good given the role and the industry- there have been lots of changes but I've kept my hand in just enough. However I'm aware that I'm going to be about a decade older than a lot of people at the same level. I have a mental image of myself a bit like the scene in Elf where a grown man is in a classroom of children (I'm aware that that's not actually what it's like 😂 just slightly self-conscious at being older than my colleagues, or less advanced career-wise than my contemporaries, to put it that way).
I wondered whether a careers coach might be useful in helping me navigate this. I'm also very rusty on things like BD and networking. I wondered whether anyone had used a careers coach, what sort of things you discussed and whether it was helpful. I have found a few coaches who are ex-finance which I think will be necessary as obviously different industries work in different ways.
Thanks.