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ReturnshipCycle: Multiple intakes each year; applications were closed when checked on 2026-10-31. Offers…

Career Comeback Program

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Sydney, Australia

A 12-week paid program at CommBank for professionals back after a career break of two years or more, with skills training, a career coach and buddy, and permanent part- or full-time roles mostly in Sydney.

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: 12-week paid program; industry-specific skills training and onboarding; designated career coach and buddy; regular check-ins with a people leader and program manager; flexible work options depending on the role; permanent part-time or full-time roles.

Who can apply: Career break of two years or more (essential); at least three years of relevant professional experience; permanent Australian working rights; motivated to return on a permanent basis. Consulting, freelance or academic work during the break does not disqualify. Roles in engineering, data science and fraud, banking/finance/accounting, project management and operations, risk and compliance; most in Sydney, some interstate.

Free to apply.

Multiple intakes each year; applications were closed when checked on 2026-10-31. Offers are made at least six weeks before the program start date.

How to apply: through workday (you need an account there).

What to prepare: resume, cover letter, online application.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “We run multiple intakes each year.”

Who can apply

  • Open to working professionals, people in a career transition
  • Career break of two years or more (essential); at least three years of relevant professional experience; permanent Australian working rights; motivated to return on a permanent basis. Consulting, freelance or academic work during the break does not disqualify. Roles in engineering, data science and fraud, banking/finance/accounting, project management and operations, risk and compliance; most in Sydney, some interstate.

What you will need

  • RésuméUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
  • Cover letterOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (workday), which needs an account in your name.

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 Commonwealth Bank of Australia without your tap.

Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.