Cognizant Returnship Program
Cognizant India
A 3-month paid returnship from Cognizant India for technology professionals back after a career break of at least 12 months, with cohort learning paths, job shadowing, client projects and a mentor, aiming to match you to a client project.
Free to start · no account needed
Get a returner résumé, a cover letter and a career-break note for this programme, drafted from your own résumé in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: 3-month paid experience; structured learning paths for each cohort; job shadowing and real-time client projects; Cognizant mentor.
Who can apply: Technology professionals with 2+ years of prior work experience and a career break of at least 12 months. Offered based on business demand; role requirements may differ. (The profile form also asks whether you have more than 3 years of prior experience.)
Free to apply.
Runs on business demand: submit a profile to be matched to Returnship openings as they become available. No dates posted.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal.
What to prepare: resume, online application.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “Our Returnship Program offers a 3-month paid experience for technology professionals”
Who can apply
- Open to working professionals, people in a career transition
- Technology professionals with 2+ years of prior work experience and a career break of at least 12 months. Offered based on business demand; role requirements may differ. (The profile form also asks whether you have more than 3 years of prior experience.)
What you will need
- RésuméUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal).
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.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a returner résumé, a cover letter and a career-break note for this programme, drafted from your own résumé in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Cognizant without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.