London · Career transition community

Between jobs.
Not between people.

Pause connects Londoners in career transition with each other, for a coffee, a cowork, an honest conversation, or just company while you figure out what's next.

No recruiters. No job board. Just people in the same moment.

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Be one of the first Londoners on the waitlist

What is Pause?

Not a job board.
Something human.

The job search is isolating. You're at home, refreshing your inbox, not sure what everyone else is doing. Pause is built for exactly this moment.

We match you with one other Londoner also in transition, once a week, by area, background, and what you're looking for. Then we get out of the way.

Connect
Coffee chats
Meet someone from a completely different world. Learn what they did, what they're exploring. Walk away with a new perspective.
Learn
Skill swaps
You know one thing cold. They know another. Spend an hour teaching each other. Useful, free, genuinely fun.
Work
Cowork sessions
Stop working alone in your flat. Find someone nearby, go to a cafe together. Job apps are less grim with company.
Stay sane
Accountability
A weekly check-in with someone in the same boat. No pressure, no performance. Just honest progress.

How it works

Simple by design.
No faff.

01
Tell us who you are
Your background, your part of London, and what you're looking for: coffee, a cowork buddy, a career chat. Takes five minutes.
02
We find your match
Once a week, we introduce you to one other person in London also on Pause. One good match, not an overwhelming feed.
03
You actually meet
In person or virtually. What you make of it is up to you. Some get coffee. Some swap skills. Some just have a good honest chat.

Who's this for?

If any of this sounds
like you, you're in.

Pause is for anyone in career transition in London, whatever that looks like.

Recent grad figuring it out
Just left voluntarily
Made redundant
Career change in progress
Between contracts
On sabbatical
Relocating to London
Not sure what's next

Join the waitlist

London's community
for the in-between.

We're launching soon. Get early access and meet your first match before anyone else.