Your Career
Didn't Stop.
It Paused.
Tukeri Bafeya is a structured training program for professionals who stepped away from their careers to provide care. We address the real challenges of re-entry: the resume gap, the interview explanation, and the quiet erosion of professional confidence.
The gap on your resume is not the problem. How you carry it is.
Caregiving is demanding, invisible work. When professionals return after one to three years away, they often find that the hardest part isn't the job market itself. It's the internal narrative: the belief that they've fallen behind, that hiring managers will see the gap first, that their skills have somehow expired.
None of that is accurate. But it feels true, and that feeling shapes every application, every interview, every professional interaction. Tukeri Bafeya was built to address this specific moment.
What Makes Us Different
Three challenges. One program.
Every element of Tukeri Bafeya addresses one of three core re-entry challenges that professionals consistently report as most difficult.
The Resume Gap
Reframing a caregiving period on paper requires specific language and strategy. We work through how to present the gap honestly, contextually, and in a way that highlights the professional still present underneath it.
Explore Resume WorkThe Interview Explanation
When the question comes, and it will come, you need a prepared, practiced, and authentic response. We develop that response with you through structured exercises and real-time feedback sessions.
Explore Interview PrepProfessional Confidence
Confidence doesn't return automatically when you decide to go back. It rebuilds through structured reflection, peer connection, and repeated exposure to professional contexts. That's what cohort-based work provides.
Explore Confidence BuildingFrom first session to first offer
Scroll horizontally to follow the program arc.
Assessment & Orientation
You arrive with your history. We spend the first two weeks mapping where you've been, where you want to go, and what specific obstacles stand between those two points. No assumptions. No generic frameworks.
Resume Reconstruction
Your resume gets rebuilt with intentionality. We address the gap directly, reframe the caregiving period in language that hiring managers understand, and update every section for the current market.
Interview Narrative
Developing your story takes practice. These two weeks focus entirely on crafting, testing, and refining how you explain your break. Mock interviews. Recorded sessions. Peer feedback. Iteration until it feels natural.
Network Reactivation
Reconnecting with your professional network after a break requires a specific approach. We work through outreach language, LinkedIn positioning, and the art of reintroducing yourself without over-explaining.
Application Strategy
Where you apply matters as much as how. We examine which roles, companies, and sectors are genuinely receptive to re-entry professionals, and build a targeted application strategy around that research.
Launch & Ongoing Support
The final phase is active job search with program support still in place. You're not dropped at the finish line. We continue working alongside you through the first interviews and into offer negotiation.
From inquiry to your next role
A clear process with no ambiguity about what happens when.
Reach Out
Contact us through the form, phone, or email. Tell us where you are in your re-entry journey. No formal application required at this stage.
Intake Conversation
A 45-minute conversation to understand your background, your caregiving period, and your goals. We use this to determine the right cohort fit and set realistic expectations.
Cohort Placement
You're placed in a cohort of professionals at similar re-entry stages. Cohorts are small by design. The peer dynamic is core to the program's effectiveness.
12-Week Program
Weekly group sessions, individual coaching check-ins, and structured exercises. The program runs for twelve weeks with clear milestones at each phase.
Active Job Search
With a rebuilt resume, practiced interview narrative, and reactivated network, you move into active search with ongoing access to program resources and peer support.
Built for a specific kind of professional.
Tukeri Bafeya is designed for people who had established careers, stepped away to care for a child, parent, partner, or other family member, and are now ready to return. The program works best for those who have been away between one and three years.
You don't need to know exactly what role you want. You do need to be ready to do the work of re-entry in a structured, supported environment.
Group depth. Individual precision.
The program combines two modes of work that reinforce each other.
Cohort Sessions
Weekly group sessions bring together professionals who are navigating the same moment. The shared context creates a learning environment that individual coaching alone cannot replicate. Cohorts meet weekly for two hours throughout the program.
Learn About Cohort Work
Individual Coaching
Each participant receives individual coaching check-ins at key program milestones. These sessions address the specific details of your background, your target roles, and the particular challenges your situation presents.
Learn About Individual WorkThe next cohort is forming now.
Cohort sizes are kept small to maintain the quality of peer interaction and individual attention. Review the upcoming schedule and reach out to discuss your situation.
Based in Chicago. Serving professionals across the US.
Our in-person sessions are held in Chicago at our Cermak Road location. Remote participation options are available for select program components. Contact us to discuss format options for your situation.
