The phenomenon of women opting out of a traditional career (leaving the workforce on a temporary or permanent basis) has been a point of interest in career research on women in their home countries (Volpe and Murphy, 2011), but this phenomenon has not yet been explored in the context of women living and working abroad for an extended period. Women who sojourn abroad of their own accord may be said to opt out of their pre-migration careers before continuing their career paths in their host countries. Apart from traditional barriers to returning to the workforce, the expatriation experience provides an extra layer of complexity to returning to the workforce