Après

What Après does

Après, LLC is a privately held, Delaware-incorporated career platform headquartered in San Francisco, founded in 2016, that operates a curated two-sided marketplace connecting professional women returning to work after career breaks (typically for caregiving) with employers who explicitly welcome résumé gaps. The company's core product is the web-based job marketplace at apresgroup.com, where job seekers create free profiles and access filterable listings spanning remote, full-time, part-time, contract, flexible, hybrid, and returnship opportunities, while employers pay $249 per job posting and can also access the résumé database of registered members. The platform is supplemented by the proprietary 'Your Turn Framework' methodology, a published book ('Your Turn: Careers, Kids and Comebacks,' Harper Business, 2019), tiered one-on-one coaching kits ($399 mini consultation, $749-$799 three-session kits), a weekly newsletter with sponsorship inventory, certificate and upskilling partnerships (Coursera, Google, Meta, Stanford, Wharton), community events/webinars, and B2B consulting and keynote services sold to employers. Member demographics are notably high-quality: 95% hold college degrees, 55% hold graduate degrees, and 65% can immediately fill mid-to-senior level positions, supporting the platform's enterprise value proposition to employers such as Bank of America, Fitch Ratings, CVC, Marcum, Streamlit, M Booth, City Year New York, and Cultural Care Au Pair. Revenue mechanics span transactional job postings, D2C coaching sales, an auto-renewing annual membership with coaching discounts, newsletter advertising, and professional services — with no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, and a small named team of approximately twelve founders and staff, indicating a lean, mission-driven operating model.

Name

Après

Legal name

Après, LLC

Website

https://apresgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Après is a curated two-sided job marketplace and coaching platform that connects professional women returning to work after career breaks with employers who welcome résumé gaps, supplemented by coaching kits, a published book, and enterprise consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Job Marketplace / Career Reentry Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Readiness & Employability Skills (Resume, Interview, Networking) (EDAMAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mentorship & Coaching (Career, Academic, Industry-Specific) (EDAMAKAA), Resume & Professional Branding (CV, LinkedIn, Portfolio) (EDAAAKAB)

Keywords

• Return-to-work platform
• Career coaching services
• Job marketplace
• Career reentry programs
• Women reentry jobs

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Employer Job Postings: Single job post fee for employers to list opportunities on the platform. Employers pay to access the talent pool of professional women returning to work.
2. Coaching Services: Individual coaching kits sold directly to job seekers: Your Turn Career Mini Consultation ($399), Return to Work Coaching Kit ($799), Career Change Coaching Kit ($749-$799). Premium membership provides discounts on coaching.
3. Newsletter Sponsorship: Sponsorships available for the company's weekly newsletter sent to loyal subscriber base.
4. Consulting Services: Consulting engagements with companies to help market events and attract broader talent pools including mothers on career breaks.
5. Membership Subscription: Annual subscription for members providing access to job marketplace, resume database, and discounts on coaching packages. Auto-renews after initial one-year term.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Après operates a curated online job marketplace that connects professional women returning to work after career breaks with employers who have pledged to welcome resume gaps, complemented by paid 1:1 coaching kits, a Harper Business book ("Your Turn: Careers, Kids and Comebacks"), corporate workshops and keynotes, and a filterable employer-side job posting service. Job listings span remote, full-time, part-time, contract, hybrid, and formal returnship programs across multiple sectors.

Product overview

Après operates as a unified career marketplace and coaching platform designed specifically for women returning to or pivoting in the workforce after career breaks. The core platform consists of a curated job marketplace connecting employers who welcome resume gaps with experienced professional women, supplemented by paid coaching services (Your Turn Career Mini Consultation at $399, Return to Work Coaching Kit at $799, Career Change Coaching Kit at $749), a published book 'Your Turn: Careers, Kids and Comebacks,' career events and webinars, and resource content including the Your Turn Framework methodology. Employer services include job postings and consulting. The platform also features certificate and upskilling program partnerships through Coursera, Google, and universities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Job Marketplace Platform Curated online job board connecting professional women returning to work after career breaks with employers who welcome resume gaps; listings filterable by location, job type (remote, full-time, part-time, contract, flexible, hybrid), sector, and experience level, and feature formal returnship programs.
• Employer Job Posting Services Paid offering for employers to post jobs on the Aprés marketplace ($249 per single job posting), access the resume database, sponsor the Aprés newsletter, and engage consulting services to market events and attract broader talent pools including mothers on career breaks.
• Your Turn Career Mini Consultation A 75-minute one-on-one guided session with Stacey Delo helping individuals discover their next career move using the structured Your Turn framework; priced at $399.
• Return to Work Coaching Kit Three-session coaching package designed for women with career gaps seeking to return to work, covering skills positioning, resume alignment, and action planning; includes a copy of the Your Turn book. Priced at $799.
• Career Change Coaching Kit Three-session coaching package for women pursuing a career change, focusing on goal clarity, skill translation, elevator pitch development, and job market positioning. Priced at $749-$799.
• Your Turn: Careers, Kids and Comebacks Published book by Aprés founders; a career guide for working mothers navigating maternity leave, career breaks, return-to-work, and work-life fit, available for purchase via apresgroup.com.
• Career Events and Webinars Monthly Career Coffee Zooms, themed workshops (e.g., Craft Your Next Chapter, Thriving Without Burnout), and free webinars covering job search strategy, LinkedIn optimization, elevator pitch crafting, and return-to-work recruiting.
• Certificate and Upskilling Programs Curated professional development offerings via partnerships with Google Certificate Programs, Meta Social Media Marketing, Coursera career courses, and Stanford/Wharton certifications, surfaced to Aprés members.

Quantifiable outcome

• 65% of members can immediately fill mid to senior level positions

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Harper BusinesscoreOthersPublisher of 'Your Turn: Careers, Kids and Comebacks' by Jennifer Gefsky and Stacey Delo. Harper Collins imprint that represents and distributes the book.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CoachHub: CoachHub is a broad incumbent digital coaching platform serving enterprise L&D and HR buyers. It competes with Après's enterprise coaching and workshop offerings, though without Après's specialized return-to-work positioning.
• Indeed: Indeed is a broad incumbent job marketplace with global scale. It overlaps with Après as an alternative job-seeking and employer-posting channel, though without Après's curated 'gap-welcoming' positioning or coaching services.
• BetterUp: BetterUp is a broad incumbent in the coaching and career development space with enterprise distribution. It overlaps with Après's coaching kits and corporate workshop offerings, though it focuses on broader professional development rather than return-to-work specifically.
• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the broad incumbent in professional job marketplaces and career content, with vastly greater scale. It overlaps as an alternative channel for both job seekers returning to work and employers recruiting diverse talent, even though it is not niche-focused.

Emerging players

• Maven: Maven is an emerging player in career coaching and returnship-style programs for women re-entering the workforce. It overlaps with Après on career-change coaching and corporate returnship design, with a more venture-backed scale profile.
• PowerToFly: PowerToFly is a diversity-focused talent marketplace connecting women (especially in tech) with remote and flexible roles. It overlaps with Après in employer demand for women returning to flexible work, but is broader in scope and less focused on caregiving-related career breaks.

Direct peers

• iRelaunch: iRelaunch is a direct peer focused on return-to-work programs and returnship design, connecting employers (often large enterprises) with professionals re-entering the workforce after career breaks — the same core value proposition as Après.
• Fairygodboss: Fairygodboss is a direct peer: a career community and job platform for women, with employer reviews, job listings, and coaching content — overlapping strongly with Après's women-focused job board, coaching, and content offering.
• Path Forward: Path Forward runs paid returnship programs with partner companies and is a direct peer in the return-to-work talent space, though with a stronger nonprofit/returnship-program orientation than Après's marketplace model.
• The Mom Project: The Mom Project is a direct peer: a dual-sided job marketplace and community specifically built for women returning to work and balancing careers with motherhood, selling employer postings, talent matching, and career support to a similar audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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