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What Is a Boomerang Employee? The Rehire Wave, and How to Be the One They Call Back

What is a boomerang employee? It is someone who leaves a company — or is let go — and later comes back to work…

By Joshua Waldman · Sep 11, 2026 · 7-minute read
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