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How to apply to Second Careers, Inspiring Possibilities (SCIP)

The Tata group's platform bringing women back to work after a career break. Tata companies post contract consulting assignments (about six months to a year) and full-time roles; registered women apply directly. No limit on experience or break length.

Official pageListing details

Step by step

  1. Check that you are eligibleThe published rules: Open to working professionals, people in a career transition; Women returning after a break from a full-time employee role; no upper or lower limit on years of experience or length of break. Freelancers or founders may apply if they have more than 50% of their capacity to spare.
  2. Gather the materialsYou will need: Résumé, Application form answers.
  3. Write the answersExplain the break in one honest line and move on; returnship reviewers expect gaps and don't need them justified.
  4. Submit on the official pageApply through the official page (Own portal), and keep the confirmation.
  5. Follow upNote when results are due. If the organiser invites questions, ask once, briefly, after the date has passed.

Timeline

  1. 28 days before the deadlineCheck fit and list the materialsRead the official page, confirm every eligibility rule and list what the application asks for.
  2. 21 days before the deadlineDraft the answers and documentsDraft each written answer and document from what you already have, citing real facts only.
  3. 7 days before the deadlineReview against the criteriaReread every answer against the published criteria, fill the gaps and check every upload.
  4. 2 days before the deadlineSubmit and keep the confirmationSubmit before the last day; portals slow down near deadlines. Save the confirmation.

Questions you will meet, answered honestly

Tell us about your career break.

One or two sentences on what it was. You don't have to share health or family details; “I was caring for a family member” is enough.

Which skills do you need to refresh?

Be specific and say how you are refreshing them already. Naming one real gap is more credible than claiming none.

What reviewers of returnships look for

  • Explain the break in one honest line and move on; returnship reviewers expect gaps and don't need them justified.
  • Show how you kept current, such as a course, volunteering, freelance work or a certification, with dates.
  • Name the role you want to return to and the skills from before the break that carry over directly.
The full playbook for returnships

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

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