ReLoop: Designing the In-Between

Written By Ligia Adam

There’s a moment in many careers that doesn’t have a clean label.

You’re not starting over. You’re not continuing in a straight line either. You’re in between.

That was me last summer. As I was getting ready to end my second maternity leave and re-enter the workforce after a career break of almost 4 years, I genuinely felt the in between. Still very capable of work, but also very out of sync with the professional world (while I was busy changing diapers, COVID happened (kid 1), then the rise of AI (kid 2).
Also, I was different. Updated, sort of to a new version of myself. A bit rusty, maybe, but fresh and with extra skills.
As I was trying to gain some clarity, I talked to ChatGPT about this journey of transition from the in-between.
What I was trying to do was ‘reloop’, ‘loop back in with clarity’. ReLoop. That term stuck with me.

Because that in between space is often misread.
By recruiters, by companies, and sometimes even by the people inside it.

As I started updating my resume, I realized I have a clear idea of what I’m capable of.
I already knew what I’m good at. And a good enough idea of what I want to be doing next.
So, I followed the traditional route of landing a job - started applying to roles I thought was a good fit for me.
But despite my senior professional experience, accomplishments and so on, I didn’t really have much success.

That’s where ReLoop started.
Not from a product idea, but from a pattern.

Across roles, industries, and transitions, one thing became clear: the problem was rarely capability.
It was representation.

Traditional formats — especially CVs — are built for linear careers. They assume progression equals clarity.

But many careers don’t work that way anymore.
They evolve through:

  • adjacent moves

  • cross-functional work

  • temporary roles

  • rebuilding phases

On paper, that looks fragmented. In reality, it often isn’t.
ReLoop was built to read that difference.

To surface:

  • what stays consistent

  • what actually compounds

  • what makes a profile valuable across contexts

Not to replace judgment. But to make the input to that judgment better.
The first version was simple.

Take a CV.
Translate it.
Make it easier to read.

But quickly, it became clear that wasn’t enough.
Because understanding a career isn’t just about rewriting it.
It’s about interpreting it.

I built ReLoop because, like many professionals with a non-linear career path, I too found that the traditional hiring system is broken. And this is my approach to improve it.

That’s where emerged:

  • the Brief (for visibility)

  • the Roadmap (for understanding)

  • the Role Fit (for decision-making)

ReLoop is still evolving. But the core idea hasn’t changed:
Some careers don’t need fixing. They need better translation.

Ligia Adam
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