For women returning to work

Coming back to work? Start with what's next, not what you missed.

Simkey is your personal guide for career and life goals. Tell it where you are, by voice or chat, and get clear next steps built around your situation.

Your first goal is free. Talk or type, in 11 Indian languages.

A woman at a table at home in morning light, thinking about her next step

You say

Four years out. I want to come back but I don't know if I should start applying or learn something first.

Your career restart plan
Week 1Get clear on where you are and what you want next
Week 2Narrow down roles that fit you now, and the gaps worth closing
Week 3Rework your resume and how you talk about your break
Week 4Start applying — to a shortlist, not to everything
Simkey, powered by HerKey

Your personal guide for career and life goals.

Where most women start

Start with what's on your mind.

These are the goals women bring to Simkey most often. Yours can be any of them — or something else entirely.

  • Restart my career after a break
  • Figure out which roles fit me now
  • Update my resume
  • Explain my career break confidently
  • Prepare for interviews
  • Upskill before returning to work
  • Start applying for jobs
  • Get clarity on my next career move

Why Simkey

Built for where you actually are.

Find clarity

Work out what matters next, instead of trying to do everything at once.

Take a first step

Turn a vague intention into something you can actually do this week.

Build momentum

One step leads to the next. Confidence follows movement, not the other way round.

  • Personalised to your situation, not to "women returning to work"
  • Career and life goals, because they aren't separate
  • Talk or type, whichever is easier that day
  • There at 11pm, when the doubt usually shows up
  • Guidance that moves as your goal does
  • Built around action, not more information

Searching online

"25 things to do when you return to work after a break."

Simkey

"Tell me where you are and what you're trying to figure out. Let's turn that into your next steps."

Restarter stories

Women who started exactly where you are.

"I stopped rehearsing an apology for the gap and started describing what I actually wanted to do next."
PPriya · BengaluruRestarting after a 6-year break
"I'd been reading about going back for a year. In one evening I had four weeks I could actually start on."
AAnanya · PuneRestarting after a 3-year break
"It asked me what I wanted, not what I'd missed. That was the first time that had happened."
SSameera · HyderabadRestarting after a 9-year break

Plans

Everything your comeback needs, from ₹499 a month.

What you getFreePRO
Your first goal and plan✓✓
Voice or chat, 11 Indian languages✓✓
Unlimited personalised goals—✓
Extended conversations—✓
Memory across conversations—✓
Human support—✓

Your first goal is complete on the free plan — you get the same personalised plan either way.

Pick the plan that fits where you are

Free

₹0

Your first goal, on the house

Create your first goal and see what a personalised plan actually looks like.

What you get —

  • Your first goal, in full
  • Your personalised plan
  • Voice or chat, in 11 Indian languages
Start for Free

No payment to start

Most popular

PRO Monthly

₹499/month

Cancel anytime

Room for every part of your comeback — the role, the resume, the interviews and the balance at home.

Everything in Free, plus —

  • Unlimited personalised goals
  • Extended conversations
  • Memory across conversations
  • Human support
Choose Monthly PRO

Where most comebacks land

Best value

PRO Annual

₹4,999/year

Save 16% annually · ₹417 a month

The same PRO, settled in one payment, for the whole comeback.

Everything in PRO Monthly, plus —

  • A discount of 16% when paid annually
  • Your whole comeback year, covered in one go
Choose Annual PRO

Billed once a year

Inclusive of all taxes · Secure payment

What happens after my first free goal?

Today

Create your first goal free and get your plan. Nothing to pay to start.

Then

Most comebacks need more than one goal — the role, the resume, the interviews, the balance at home. That is where PRO picks up.

With PRO

₹499 a month for unlimited goals, extended conversations and a Simkey that remembers your journey. Nothing is charged unless you pick a plan.

Before you start

Questions women usually ask.

Is my first goal really free?

Yes. You create your first goal, get your plan and work through it without paying anything. It is a complete goal, not a preview that stops halfway.

What kind of goals can I create?

Anything you're actually trying to work out. Career goals like which roles suit you now, how to explain your break, refreshing your resume or preparing for interviews — and life goals too, from rebuilding a routine that works around your family to making time for your own health. If you can say it in a sentence, you can make it a goal.

What happens after my first goal?

Your first goal stays yours to keep working on. If you want more goals or ongoing guidance, you can choose a plan then. Nothing is charged unless you pick one.

Can Simkey help if I've been away from work for several years?

Yes — that's who this is built for. Simkey treats your break as context, not a problem to fix. It starts from where you are today and what you want next, not from what you might have missed.

Can Simkey help with work-life balance, not just the job?

Yes, and for most women coming back it is the harder half. You can set goals around the hours you can realistically give work, how you split things at home, protecting time for yourself, or easing back in without burning out. Simkey treats these as real goals, not as things to sort out later.

Can I work on a career goal and a life goal at the same time?

On PRO, yes — you can run several goals together, and Simkey keeps them connected rather than treating them separately. Your free first goal is one goal, so it is worth starting with whichever is weighing on you most.

Can I use voice instead of typing?

Yes. Speak or type, whichever suits the moment — and in the language you think in, across 11 Indian languages.

What's included in Simkey PRO?

Everything in Free, plus unlimited personalised goals, extended conversations, memory across conversations, and human support. PRO is ₹499 a month, or ₹4,999 a year — which works out to ₹417 a month.

Is what I tell Simkey private?

Yes. What you tell Simkey is yours. Your conversations aren't shared with employers or recruiters, and nothing you say shows up on your HerKey profile or anywhere else. You can delete a goal, or your whole account, whenever you want.

You don't need your whole comeback figured out. Start with one goal.

Tell Simkey what's on your mind. Start from there.